‘Buildings don’t use energy – people do’ is a story written for the Fifth Estate, by Stephen Choi, senior consultant with Viridis.

This is an extensive article unveiling the complexities of energy auditing, building management and how people approach the associated challenges.

As a consultant, Choi consistently finds that there is often “a gulf between what the client thought they wanted compared to where they thought they were”.

In questioning why he starts by looking at the Australian Standards.

This is a timely article as Standards Australia has in April 2013, released for public consultatin, a draft standard for energy audits.

Read the article on the Fifth Estate here.