For industrial warehouse projects located within an industrial estate, where the site boundary is shared with an industrial or commercial development, compliance with the Light Pollution to Neighbouring Bodies may be demonstrated by meeting the standard AS/NZS 4282:2019 Control of the obtrusive effects of outdoor lighting. In this circumstance, the credit requirement to meet the above standard at the site boundary does not apply. 

If the adjacent lot to the project is a residence (house, apartment, hotel, hospital or aged care), an environmentally sensitive area or the zoning is unknown, this approach may not be applied and requirements of the credit for AS/NZS 4282:2019 must be met at the boundary of the site. 

It is expected that the designers of the outdoor lighting should limit the obtrusive effects as far as practicable whilst meeting the safety requirements of the outdoor working space i.e. ensure that all lights have a high mounting height to provide controlled light distribution in a downward direction (i.e. narrower beam).

The Healthcare Guidance does not explicitly allow for specialist medical light fittings to be excluded from this credit. However, the guidance does say that “where a space has a clinical functional requirement, which contradicts the requirements listed in either the Submission Guidelines or the Healthcare Guidance documents, the clinical requirement shall always take precedence. Clinical spaces are considered Not Applicable within most of the Indoor Environment Quality category”. Specialist medical light fittings are part of the clinical requirements, therefore can be excluded from assessment for this credit.

Points for credit 17B.4 can be awarded independantly of each other. There is not a requirement to achieve the point for providing cycling facilities to the building’s regular occupants as a prerequisite for the the point to be awarded for providing cycling facilities to the building’s visitors.

The Enviromark Diamond framework is accepted as a compliant Environmental Management System for projects valued at over $25 million.

• In office facilities, consideration should be given to the usage patterns of the building. Floor-by-floor sub-metering is appropriate if the entirety of the floor is an office area. If a floor has a significant component that differs from the principal use, for example a number seminar rooms, then this space should be sub-metered as well.
• In retail facilities, consideration should be giving to separately meter staff only areas, such as warehousing or office area, from the retail areas and tenancies, and separately sub-metered from the back of house and central systems.
• In an education building, the metering strategy should address the multiple uses in the facility. The kitchen, computer classrooms, auditoriums, gyms, swimming pool, laboratories, study rooms, classrooms and lecture halls all have different usage patterns. As such, the metering strategy should separately sub-meter those.
• In residential buildings, an effective mechanism to monitor energy and water consumption data should allow for the reporting of daily usage data. ‘Smart Metering’ systems supplied to all units is an acceptable method of meeting the requirements for distinct uses.
• In a building such as an industrial warehouse with a large floor plate, energy meters should be provided separately for lighting consumption, and other power consumption.

• Green Star - Design & As Built - Lighting Comfort: Minimum Lighting Comfort and General Illuminance and Glare Reduction
• Green Star Buildings - Light Quality: Lighting Comfort and Glare from Light Sources

• Dedicated end-of-trip facilities on another floor, easily accessible by a short walk (not through high traffic areas) or elevator.
• Dedicated end-of-trip facilities located outside of the building but within easy access. E.g. one end-of trip facility for a complex of buildings.
• Lockers provided within end-of-trip facilities

• Shower facilities on another floor or within tenancies, with access to them through high traffic areas, past tenancies, or though main part of building where lots of people are expected to be working or living.
• Showers provided within other bathrooms that are there to meet statutory accessibility requirements.
• Use of communal showers within a hotel/hostel environment, that customers and occupants use.
• Lockers provided far away from changing facilities