Green Star FAQs

Project teams should justify their definition of common uses, major uses, and major sources in the submission using the below as a guide.  Metering is to be provided to allow for monitoring of the relevant areas or functions of the project. In most cases floor-by-floor metering will suffice if the entire floor has a single use. If a floor has multiple...

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No. For the purposes of the Green Star Case Study criteria under the Industry Development credit from Green Star Performance v2, portfolios may use a portfolio submission approach by providing information for an overall case study for the whole portfolio, supported with information for 3 individual asset case studies.

Yes, for the purposes of the Amenity and Comfort credit, all amenity rooms must comply with Minimum Expectation and Credit Achievement in the Light Quality and Acoustic Comfort credits and the 'Equal access to the building' criterion under the Inclusive Design criteria in Credit Achievement regardless of whether they are considered regularly occupied areas in the project. The above credits do...

Initial refrigerant charge refers to the quantity of refrigerant added to a building system or domestic appliance upon installation. It does not include any refrigerant top up during operation due to leakage.