Energy and water use standards for large commercial development under Sustainable Buildings SEPP
10B Energy and water use standards for large commercial development under Sustainable Buildings SEPP
This section applies to an application for a construction certificate for large commercial development.
The application must be accompanied by reports about the standards for energy and water use achieved by the development, taking into account the standards specified in State Environmental Planning Policy (Sustainable Buildings) 2022, Schedule 3.
The report for energy use must be in the form of a report under Section J of the Building Code of Australia.
The report for energy use may also—
refer to a performance-based design solution under Section J of the Building Code of Australia, or
incorporate a review by a member of an independent review panel under NABERS.
The report for water use may be in the form of annotated drawings and specifications.
Subsection (2), to the extent it relates to energy use, and subsections (3) and (4) do not apply to large commercial development on land to which the following local environmental plans apply—
Sydney Local Environmental Plan 2012,
Sydney Local Environmental Plan (Green Square Town Centre) 2013,
Sydney Local Environmental Plan (Green Square Town Centre—Stage 2) 2013.
Despite subsection (6), subsections (2)–(4) apply to large commercial development to the extent that the development relates to prescribed serviced apartments.
In this section—
large commercial development and prescribed serviced apartments have the same meaning as in State Environmental Planning Policy (Sustainable Buildings) 2022.
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