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Consultation Document 2021 Feedback 

1.Do you broadly support increasing the number of conditional requirements for v1.1?
2.Do you support the updates to the Climate Adaptation Plan Credit?
3.Do you support the proposal to impose the EMS/EMP requirement to all phases rather than just focusing on construction works?
4.Do you support the proposed update to the above table for Credit 15?
5.Proposal 01 - Future Proofing for NZBC Changes. Should the tool pre-empt changes in NZBC now? or wait for the update to occur formally which may result in a change in points achieved between similar buildings rated under the same version of the Green Star tool?
6.Proposal 02 – Limiting Fossil Fuel Use. Should the Green Star tool limit / prohibit the use of fossil fuels for high scoring buildings? Should the limits on 4, and 5 Star buildings be more restrictive than those proposed?
7.Proposal 03 – Clarification of the Reference Building HVAC System Definition. Do you support the proposal to define the Reference HVAC system design to mirror the Proposed design with component based efficiency requirements only? Should the NZGBC undertake modelling to determine the impact of this change prior to implementation?
8.Proposal 04 – Treatment of Fan Energy, Process Loads, and Supplementary Systems. Should the Green Star energy and GHG emissions assessment exclude the systems provided to support a process? If process loads are excluded, should process requirements that are supported by a general space cooling, heating and ventilation systems, also be excluded from the assessment (e.g. isolation room ventilation rates)? If process loads are included should there be updated component efficiency requirements that address these situations?
9.Proposal 05 – Simplification of Supplementary Calculations. Do you support inclusion of conservative compliance pathways for energy consumption estimation?
10.Proposal 06 – Simplification of Software Inputs. Do you agree with the providing a definition of the lowest level of accuracy acceptable for HVAC systems and modelling calculations?  Do you support enabling higher levels of accuracy to be utilised at the modellers discretion, wht the value of this approach being the potential for additional Green Star points? 
11.Proposal 07 – Updating Reference Heating Efficiency and Fuel Type. Is a change in Reference building space and water heating efficiency and carbon factor required? If so, which Option (and associated level of points reduction) should be implemented as part of the v1.1 update?
12.Proposal 08 – Updating of GHG Emissions Rates for Electricity. Do you support the use of average future emissions factors for assessing building GHG emissions?
13.Issue 1- Potable Water Category Points and Weighting. Do you agree with reducing the number of points available under the water category from 12 to 10 ? Do you agree with the threshold for obtaining full points under the Performance pathway being reduced from a 95% reduction to a 75% reduction?
14.Issue 1 – Potable Water - Calculator and Guide. Do you agree with updating the Potable Water calculator with New Zealand specific data and providing the methodology for creating this data for other locations?
15.Issue 2 – Potable Water – Fixture Water Efficiency Benchmarks. Do you agree with the suggested clarifications for the potable water credit including suggested approaches for atypical buildings?
16.Issue 3 – Potable Water – Fire Test Water. Do you agree with the proposed clarification for this credit?
17.Issue 4 – Potable Water – Heat Rejection. Do you support the proposed clarification for water-based heat rejection systems as it relates to this credit?
18.Issue 5 – Potable Water – Prescriptive Pathway Rainwater Tank Sizing. Do you agree with the suggested approach for issues with rainwater tank sizing as it relates to the Prescriptive Pathway?
19.Issue 6 – Potable Water - Interiors ratings. Do you support the proposed clarifications and update to the Potable Water calculator for Interior rating projects?
20.Issue 7 – Potable Water – Landscape Irrigation. Do you agree with the clarification for the Potable Water calculator as it relates to projects that have landscapes which do not require irrigation?
21.Do you broadly support the recommendations for the new Green Star Embodied Carbon Credit?
22.Do you broadly support the recommendations for the new Green Star v1.1 Ecological Protection Credit?
23.Do you support the recommended changes found in the appendix for DAB v1.1?
24.Do you broadly support the proposed new credit structure in Green Star Design & As Built NZ v1.1
25.Do you broadly support the proposed new credit structure in Green Star Interiors NZ v1.1?
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