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The 2019 CBD Program review, conducted by the Centre for International Economics, examined whether the CBD Program: 

  • was effective in improving the energy efficiency of commercial office buildings 

  • should be expanded to other high energy use commercial building sectors. These include hotels, serviced apartments, office tenancies, data centres, and shopping centres. 

Due to the impacts of COVID-19 on the Australian economy the review was not finalised. 

Public consultation 

The draft report was published on this website and stakeholder workshops were held in October 2019: 

Read the Draft Report: Independent review of the Commercial Building Disclosure Program [PDF 2.7 MB] [DOCX 4.6 MB] 

Submissions on the draft report 

Submissions that weren’t marked confidential include: 

Previous consultation 

CIE released an issues paper in January 2019. 

Read the Issues Paper: Review of the Commercial Building Disclosure Program [PDF 537 KB] [DOCX 421 KB] 

Submissions on the issues paper 

Submissions that weren’t marked confidential include: