The intent of this Imperative is to treat energy as a precious resource and minimise energy-related carbon emissions that contribute to climate change.
All projects must achieve a reduction in total net annual energy consumption (after accounting for on-site renewable power), as compared to a typical existing building with comparable climate, size, use, and occupancy, and combustion must be limited as follows:
• Energy Performance Requirement of 70% reduction from an equivalent building baseline
• No combustion allowed
• Renewables must be on-site to count toward the efficiencies above
All projects must meter energy used by the project.
New must demonstrate a twenty percent reduction in the embodied carbon of primary materials compared to an equivalent baseline.
All projects must select interior materials with lower than industry average carbon footprint for product categories for which embodied carbon data is readily available.
All projects must be designed to be “zero ready” through strategies such as designating area(s) and/or preinstalling wiring and connections for both electric vehicle charging and future installation of renewable energy systems.
This year, Pā Reo became the 38th LBC project from around the world to become 7 Petal Living Certified. See Our Living Future Projects Map for a map of certified buildings.