GRIDARA

Industry news & references

The public case for building flexibility.

GridAra's concept is built on published regulatory change and industry research, not private forecasts. These are the sources, with a short summary of what each contributes.

  1. 2025

    NABERS

    Evolving benchmarks for a decarbonised future

    NABERS recalibrated its energy benchmarks against a decarbonising grid. The effect: a portion of B and C-grade office buildings moved below the 5.5-star mark that many corporate and government leases require — turning a rating slip into a lease-compliance risk.

    nabers.gov.au/news/evolving-benchmarks-decarbonised-future
  2. 2025

    JLL · market analysis

    The race to decarbonise Australian cities

    JLL's analysis of NABERS rating coverage across the Australian office market: how few buildings hold any rating, and how few reach the higher thresholds now being written into leases. Context for the size of the gap mid-grade buildings face.

    jll.com/en-au/newsroom — high-sustainability-rated assets
  3. 2025–2028

    NABERS · programme

    Recognising energy flexibility within building ratings

    A multi-year, government-supported programme examining whether a building's energy flexibility — not just its consumption — should be formally recognised in its rating. This is the category IPEOS is built to serve. Presented at IBF26 by Rachel Montgomery (NABERS).

    ibf.airah.org.au/presentation/energy-flexibility-in-commercial-buildings
  4. 2025–2026

    CSIRO · research

    Every smart building is a grid asset — a large-scale flexibility initiative

    CSIRO completed a pilot across more than 200 buildings, measuring not only how much flexibility a building can offer but how reliably it can deliver it — the firmness of the resource. Presented at IBF26 by Matt Amos (CSIRO).

    ibf.airah.org.au/presentation/every-smart-building-is-a-grid-asset
  5. From 1 Jul 2026

    Commonwealth of Australia · leasing policy

    Government office lease NABERS threshold moves to 6.0 stars

    For new Commonwealth government office leases from July 2026, the minimum NABERS Energy rating rises from 5.5 to 6.0 stars — widening the gap that mid-grade buildings must close to stay leasable to government tenants. (Linked: a plain-English explainer of the NABERS rating and threshold change.)

    cim.io/blog/nabers-rating-everything-you-need-to-know
  6. 19 Nov 2026
    forthcoming

    AIRAH · Intelligent Building Forum 2026 (Melbourne)

    IBF26 — how buildings participate in energy flexibility markets

    AIRAH's 2026 programme is built around how buildings participate in energy flexibility markets and how that participation is measured and valued. Relevant sessions: Energy Flexibility in Commercial Buildings (NABERS), Every Smart Building is a Grid Asset (CSIRO), Energy Flexibility is the New Energy Currency (Nathaniel Galindo, Next Green Group), and AI in Buildings (Jon Clark, Dexus).

    ibf.airah.org.au/ibf26/program

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