Nabers, everybody needs good Nabers

Nabers, everybody needs good Nabers
Green buildings have the highest occupancy and lowest vacancy rates. (Image: Green Building Council)
Maria Slade
Some Australian exports are better than others.Possums and 501s we could do without.Long-running TV soaps fall into the questionable category.Comedy gold like The Castle and the more recent Fisk, the misadventures of a brown-suited Melbourne lawyer now in its third season on ABC, have gone straight to the pool room.A less entertaining but still significant Aussie import is Nabers, the energy efficiency rating tool for buildings set up in 1999.Star ratingsThe National Australian Built Environment Rating System, or Nabers, is a bit like the energ...

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