What you need to know

The NABERSNZ energy efficiency rating scheme for office buildings has gained strong traction in the New Zealand market. Building on this success, a significant opportunity now exists to extend its benefits to a wider range of building types.

An exciting development programme is underway to expand NABERSNZ to warehouses, cold stores, retail stores, and shopping centres. With nearly 200 NABERSNZ office ratings completed each year, the tool is already widely used across the property sector to consistently benchmark performance and identify pathways to improve energy efficiency.

By enabling organisations to better measure, manage, and reduce energy use, NABERSNZ helps drive down operational costs and emissions. Extending this proven benchmarking framework to new sectors supports more resilient property portfolios, minimises wasted energy, and responds directly to New Zealand’s increasingly energy‑focused economic and environmental landscape.