This training course is now complete.

This training course provided energy efficiency training for commercial property valuers and commercial real estate agents.  The course aimed to demonstrate why energy efficiency needs to be part of the equation when considering the value of a commercial building for both tenants and property owneres, about the benefits of electricity and energy efficiency in commercial buildings, and how to ensure electricity and energy efficiency adds to the value of a building and is reflected in building valuations.  The course was developed in consultation with the Property Institute of New Zealand (PINZ).

Who was this coursed aimed at?

PINZ members, including property managers, property consultants, property developers, property valuers, plant and machinery valuers, and commercial real estate agents.

Course material

Presentations

• 3 September 2010 - Massey
• 4 September 2010 - Massey
• 27 October 2010 - Presentation
• 27 October 2010 - webinar

Resources

Electricity Commission links

The Electricity Commission no longer exists and is now the Electricity Authority. As a result the links have moved. Once we locate the material on the new site, these links will be updated. The new website is www.ea.govt.nz.

• The Electricity Commission, a Crown entity set up under the Electricity Act to oversee New Zealand's electricity industry and markets, also invests several millions of dollars a year on a range of “efficiency programmes”
• Last year a review identified areas of “market failure” i.e. areas where saving electricity was highly cost effective.
• This report outlines the electricity savings potential in New Zealand Commercial buildings;  approximately one third is for lighting, one third for heat and cooling and one third to power equipment.

Commercial Building Disclosure (CBD) is a national programme designed to improve the energy efficiency of Australia’s large office buildings

NABERS - National Australian Built Environment Rating System. Measures an existing building's environmental performance during operation, rates a building on the basis of its measured operational impacts in categories – Energy and greenhouse emissions, water, waste and indoor environment.
 
Computers, servers and data centres are the fastest growing area of energy use in all developed countries.

Green Star -  Ratings establish how the premises will perform under ideal circumstances based on design information and management processes. Also in New Zealand

LEED - Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design is an internationally recognized green building certification system

Green Lease  - Encourage sustainable practices by both the landlord and the tenant and  removes disincentives to energy and water efficiency, recycling etc

IPMVP - The International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol provides a framework for ‘measuring’ energy or water savings.

Bench-marking of energy efficiency eg. Property Council; Office Building Energy Consumption Handbook

Case studies examples of identifying on-going energy savings from large and smaller commercial buildings which are already efficient.
http://www.eeca.govt.nz/node/9252

Energy efficiency training specifically for Facilities Managers and related areas: Property Managers, Building Managers, Maintenance Managers, Operations Managers, Asset Managers and others. 

Who is PINZ?

PINZ is the Property Institute of New Zealand (www.property.org.nz).  PINZ offers a Future Professional Programme for recent graduates.