Footnotes

Chapter 1

[1]        Senate Selection of Bills Committee, Report No.6 of 2010, 18 March 2010.

[2]        The Hon Greg Combet MP, Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 18 March 2010, p. 2928.

[3]        Regulation Impact Statement, p. iii.

[4]        Ministerial Council on Energy, Statement on National Framework for Energy Efficiency: Overview Plan of State One Measures 2005-2007, December 2004, at: www.ret.gov.au/Documents/mce/_documents/FINALFINAL0Dec04MCEStatementonNFEEOverview20050926160618.pdf (accessed 27 April 2010).

[5]        COAG, National Partnership Agreement on Energy Efficiency, www.coag.gov.au/coag_meeting_outcomes/2009-07-02/docs/NP_energy_efficiency.pdf (accessed 30 April 2010).

[6]        COAG, National Partnership Agreement on Energy Efficiency, Attachment A, National Strategy on Energy Efficiency (Measures Table), p. 25, www.coag.gov.au/coag_meeting_outcomes/2009-07-02/docs/Energy_efficiency_measures_table.pdf  (accessed 30 April 2010).

[7]        Energy Efficiency Council, Submission 5, p. 1.

[8]        Ms Clare Walsh, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Renewables and Energy Efficiency Division, Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 22.

[9]        Energy Efficiency Council. Submission 5, p. 4.

[10]      Energy Efficiency Council, Submission 5, pp 4–5.

[11]      Regulation Impact Statement, p. iii.

[12]      Regulation Impact Statement, p. iv.

[13]      Regulation Impact Statement, p. iv.

[14]      Mr Peter Verwer, Chief Executive Officer, Property Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 6.

[15]      'Office property' is as defined by the NABERS Energy Protocol—a place in which business, clerical or professional activities are conducted. The spaces quoted also include spaces that support those working in an office such as meeting rooms, kitchens, storage and specialty areas such as child minding.

[16]      Property Council of Australia, Office Market Report, 2008, cited in Regulation Impact Statement, p. 2.

[17]      Property Council of Australia, Office Market Report, 2008, cited in Regulation Impact Statement, p. 2.

[18]      Energy Efficiency Council, Submission 5, p. 3.

[19]      Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, answer to question on notice, question 8, 12 April 2010 (received 23 April 2010).

[20]      Regulation Impact Statement, p. 2.

[21]      NABERS website at: www.nabers.com.au/page.aspx?cid=533&site=2 (accessed 3 May 2010).

[22]      Regulation Impact Statement, p. 3.

[23]      Regulation Impact Statement, p. 3.

[24]      Regulation Impact Statement, p. 3.

[25]      Mr Robin Mellon, Green Star Executive Director, Green Building Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 2.

[26]      Mr Robert Murray-Leach, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Efficiency Council, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 33.

[27]      Mr Robert Murray-Leach, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Efficiency Council, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 33.

[28]      Mr Ché Wall, Managing Director, WSP Lincolne Scott, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 14.

[29]      Mr Robert Murray-Leach, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 34.

[30]      Mr Robert Murray-Leach, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Efficiency Council, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 33.

[31]      Energy Efficiency Council, Submission 5, p. 2.

[32]      Energy Efficiency Council, Submission 5, p. 3.

[33]      Energy Efficiency Council, Submission 5, p. 3. For example retrofitting improved HVAC, lighting, elevators and appliances, and insulation.

[34]      Regulation Impact Statement, p. 33.

[35]      Regulation Impact Statement, p. v.

[36]      Regulation Impact Statement, p. 39.

[37]      Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill 2010, subclause 10(1).

[38]      Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill 2010, subclause 3(1).

[39]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 76.

[40]      Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, answer to question on notice, question 14, 12 April 2010 (received 23 April 2010).

[41]      Mr Mark Davis, Director, Commercial Building Performance Team, Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 23.

[42]      Mr Peter Verwer, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 9.

[43]      Mr Peter Verwer, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 9.

[44]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 76.

[45]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 76.

[46]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 76.

[47]      Ms Clare Walsh, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 28.

[48]      Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill 2010, subclause 13(1).

[49]      Mr Gene McGlynn, Assistant Secretary, Building and Government Energy Efficiency Branch, Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 28.

[50]      NABERS, ‘About NABERS for Offices’, www.nabers.com.au/page.aspx?code=ABOUTUS&site=2 (accessed 29 April 2010).

[51]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 78.

[52]      NABERS, ‘Frequently Asked Questions’, www.nabers.com.au/faqs.aspx?site=1 (accessed 29 April 2010).

[53]      NABERS, ‘Frequently Asked Questions’, www.nabers.com.au/faqs.aspx?site=1 (accessed 29 April 2010).

[54]      NABERS, ‘Frequently Asked Questions’, www.nabers.com.au/faqs.aspx?site=1 (accessed 29 April 2010).

[55]      Mr Gene McGlynn, Assistant Secretary, Building and Government Energy Efficiency Branch, Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 29.

[56]      Mr Mark Davis, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 29.

[57]      Mr Peter Verwer, CEO, Property Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 8.

[58]      Mr Peter Verwer, CEO, Property Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 8.

[59]      Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill 2010, paragraph 13(1)(c).

[60]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 78.

[61]      Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill 2010, clauses 24 and 25.

[62]      Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill 2010, Part 2, Division 2.

[63]      Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill 2010, clause 32.

[64]      Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill, clause 33.

[65]      Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill, clauses 34 and 35.

[66]      Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill, Part 4, Division 2.

Chapter 2 - Key issues

[1]        Mr Peter Verwer, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 6.

[2]        Mr Ché Wall, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 14.

[3]        Mr Robert Murray-Leach, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 34.

[4]        The Hon Greg Combet MP, Minister Assisting the Minister for Climate Change, Second Reading Speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 18 March 2010, p. 2928.

[5]        Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, answer to question on notice, question 6, 12 April 2010 (received 23 April 2010).

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 86.

[7]        Property Council of Australia, Submission 4, p. 2.

[8]        Lend Lease, WSP Lincolne Scott and Built Ecology, Submission 3, pp 11–12.

[9]        Mr Peter Verwer, CEO, Property Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 6.

[10]      Property Council of Australia, Submission 4, p. 2.

[11]      Mr Peter Verwer, CEO, Property Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 8.

[12]      Lend Lease, WSP Lincolne Scott and Built Ecology, Submission 3, p. 12.

[13]      Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, answer to question on notice, question 3, 12 April 2010 (received 23 April 2010).

[14]      Mr Mark Davis, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 23.

[15]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 86.

[16]      Mr Robert Murray-Leach, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Efficiency Council, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 36.

[17]      Mr Peter Verwer, CEO, Property Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 7.

[18]      Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, answer to question on notice, question 3, 12 April 2010 (received 23 April 2010).

[19]      Regulation Impact Statement, pp 2–3.

[20]      Regulation Impact Statement, p. 2.

[21]      Information about the NGERS corporate group and facility thresholds can be found at www.climatechange.gov.au/en/government/initiatives/national-greenhouse-energy-reporting/business-need-to-report.aspx (accessed 3 May 2010). The NGERS corporate group threshold will decrease from 125 kilo tonnes (kt) of greenhouse gas emissions for the 2008–09 reporting period, to 87.5kt and then 50kt for the 2009–10 and 2010–11 reporting periods respectively (all expressed on CO₂ equivalent basis).

[22]      See www.climatechange.gov.au/government/initiatives/national-greenhouse-energy-reporting/~/media/publications/greenhouse-report/national-greenhouse-energy-register-pdf.ashx (accessed 3 May 2010).

[23]      Lend Lease, WSP Lincolne Scott and Built Ecology, Submission 3, p. 5.

[24]      See for example Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Bill, paragraph 21(1)(a); and subclause 13(3).

[25]      Explanatory Memorandum, p. 79.

[26]      Mr Peter Verwer, Chief Executive Officer, Property Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 8.

[27]      Property Council of Australia, answer to question on notice, 12 April 2010 (received 29 April 2010) p. 2.

[28]      Property Council of Australia, answer to question on notice, 12 April 2010 (received 29 April 2010) p. 2.

[29]      Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, answer to question on notice, question 3, 12 April 2010 (received 23 April 2010).

[30]      Attorney-General's Department, Penalty Unit Conversion Table, at: www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/page/Publications_FramingCommonwealthoffences,civilpenaltiesandenforcementpowers-Penaltyunitconversiontable (accessed 4 May 2010).

[31]      Property Council of Australia, Submission 4, p. 3.

[32]      Property Council of Australia, Submission 4, p. 4.

[33]      Mr Ché Wall, Managing Director, WSP Lincolne Scott, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 16.

[34]      Mr Ché Wall, Managing Director, WSP Lincolne Scott, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 20.

[35]      Mr Ché Wall, Managing Director, WSP Lincolne Scott, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 20.

[36]      Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, answer to question on notice, question 31, 12 April 2010 (received 23 April 2010).

[37]      NABERS, ‘Frequently Asked Questions’, www.nabers.com.au/faqs.aspx?site=1 (accessed 29 April 2010).

[38]      Mr Peter Verwer, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 8.

[39]      Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, answer to question on notice, question 29, 12 April 2010 (received 23 April 2010).

[40]      Property Council of Australia, Submission 4a, p. 4.

[41]      Regulation Impact Statement, p. 2, quoting Property Council of Australia, Office Market Report, 2008.

Coalition Senators' Additional Comments

[1]        Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, answer to question on notice, 12 April 2010, question 10 (received 23 April 2010).

[2]        Mr Peter Verwer, Property Council of Australia, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 6.

[3]        Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, answer to question on notice, 12 April 2010, question 26 (received 23 April 2010).

[4]        NABERS website: www.nabers.com.au.

[5]        Mr Mark Davis, Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010, p. 26.

[6]        Mr Mark Davis and Mr Gene McGlynn, Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010,  p. 25.

[7]        Mr Mark Davis, Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2011, p. 25.

[8]        Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, answer to question on notice, 12 April 2010, question 2 (received 23 April 2010).

[9]        Mr Mark Davis, Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010,  p. 26.

[10]      Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, answer to question on notice, 12 April 2010, question 37 (received 23 April 2010).

[11]      Property Council of Australia, answer to question on notice, 12 April 2010 (received 29 April 2010), p. 5.

[12]      Property Council of Australia, answer to question on notice, 12 April 2010 (received 29 April 2010),  p. 6.

[13]      Mr Ché Wall, Managing Director, WSP Lincolne Scott, Committee Hansard, 12 April 2010,  p. 16.

[14]      Property Council of Australia, answer to question on notice, 12 April 2010 (received 29 April 2010), p. 1.