Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L00058:reg:7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L00058
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7
Character Range: 9479–10831

7  Commercial buildings projects
 (1) For paragraph 106(1)(a) of the Act, this determination applies to an offsets project that satisfies the following:
 (a) the project involves any of the activities (the project activities) mentioned in subsection (2) being undertaken, for the purposes of the project, at one or more commercial buildings that have, or are eligible to have, a NABERS energy rating;
 (b) each project activity could reasonably be expected to result in eligible carbon abatement;
 (c) the project activities, collectively, could reasonably be expected to result in an improvement of at least one star in the NABERS energy rating for each of those buildings.
 (2) The activities are the following:
 (a) modifying, installing, removing or replacing:
 (i) energy‑consuming equipment; or
 (ii) equipment that generates electricity for consumption at the building; or
 (iii) a building component or other equipment not mentioned in subparagraph (i) or (ii);
 (b) changing how energy‑consuming equipment is controlled or operated;
 (c) changing the energy sources used by energy‑consuming equipment;
 (d) promoting behaviours by occupants of the building that affect energy consumption by energy‑consuming equipment at the building.
 (3) A project covered by subsection (1) is a commercial buildings project.

Part 3—Project requirements