HVAC overview

Understanding how heating and cooling contributes to electricity consumption helps tenants and building operators collaborate for efficiency.

Green office champions, campaigns & competitions

Green champions, switch-off campaigns and competitions are all ways to encourage green behaviour at work. They are all opportunities to communicate corporate values and create positive social outcomes.

Overview sustainable workplace behaviours

Creating a corporate culture where staff feel empowered to take action is an essential part of any sustainability strategy. Engaging staff can take many forms. The term 'behaviour change' refers to all the workplace sustainability measures that rely on staff changing their habits, from switching off to recycling right.

Daylighting, de-lamping and optimisation

A number of strategies to improve lighting efficiency can be implemented alongside a technology upgrade.

Undertaking a lighting audit

By undertaking a lighting audit, you can assess usage, fixture quantity and quality and illumination and wattage levels. CitySwitch toolkits can help non-technical staff start the audit process in-house.

Waste management tips and tools

There is a lot that offices can do to reduce waste and recycle office supplies, plus many forms of assistance in all Australian states.

Undertaking a green office audit

Auditing helps identify potential energy savings and can be done internally or externally. While your capacity to efficiency assessments will depend on resources and skill sets, CitySwitch provides templates and guidance to get started.

Reporting on energy savings

Reporting helps recognise the organisation’s achievements and identify the next areas of activity.

Map of Green star rated properties

When choosing your next office accommodation, check out an interactive map of the best performing properties under Green Star and NABERS.