Better Commercial Buildings
Napier & Blakeley are proud to announce that we have been selected and approved by Sustainability Victoria as a panel provider of services to assist owners of commercial property to apply for grant funding as part of their Better Commercial Buildings program.
The following table provides some introductory information relating to the program and for further details or to commence with an application please contact :
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About the program |
Sustainability Victoria’s $1.76 million Better Commercial Buildings program delivers grants of up to $30,000 for commercial building owners and managers to retrofit their building to reduce their energy consumption. Buildings must be situated in Melbourne and more than 1000 m2 to be eligible. A panel of approved service providers is available to participants in the program. |
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Some further information |
New funding to make your building more energy efficient Did you know that improved building performance can lead to savings in energy costs, increased tenant satisfaction, and lower vacancy rates? The Better Commercial Buildings program will provide $1.76 million in grants to support building owners, managers, and tenants make their buildings more energy efficient, reduce emissions, and improve their NABERS rating by 1 star, on average. Applications are now open. Funding to upgrade 50 underperforming commercial buildings Sustainability Victoria’s Better Commercial Buildings program will support owners of Victoria’s commercial buildings and tenancies (including offices, hotels, retail, and data centres) to identify and implement energy efficiency upgrades that lead to an improvement in building performance. Recipients of the last building upgrade program reported:
The program will also provide access to a facilitation service for participants wishing to access third party finance for upgrades. TO SEE IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE AND TO APPLY GO TO: www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/betterbuildings or email buildings@sustainability.vic.gov.au |
We are pleased to announce that Stephen Cooke has joined Napier & Blakeley as an Associate Director to manage our Transaction Advisory team in Sydney. As part of our national team Stephen will also manage instructions throughout NSW and the ACT, and on National Property Portfolio acquisitions and disposals as they come to market.
Stephen is a trusted advisor who understands stakeholders desired outcomes throughout property and development cycles. He has a proven track record in identifying, assessing and mitigating a broad range of property risks associated with:
Stephen has over 15 years of professional experience – 11 of which were spent in Sydney, advising a range Australia’s leading property Investment and Development Groups who are both local and international stakeholders in the property investment sectors.
He will also work closely with our NSW Quantity Surveying Division, on some new large development projects coming to fruition with a need for both cost risk planning and development due diligence on the documentation, programme, heritage issues to be considered and the general services design assessment which may include GRESB and NABERS reviews.
For any further information or simply to say hello to Stephen you can contact by any of the following methods:
Stephen Cooke
Associate Director
m. 0409 228 552
e. scooke@napierblakeley.com
a. L8, 20 Hunter Street, Sydney NSW 2000
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