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.

Sources

  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 to 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 to 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. 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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