136AWhat are environmental upgrade works?

#### 136A What are environmental upgrade works? 136A What are environmental upgrade works? > > (1) For the purposes of section 54E of the Act, environmental upgrade works include any works in respect of a building that result in an environmental improvement in respect of the use and occupation of the building. > > > (2) Works result in an environmental improvement if the works— > > > > > (a) increase the efficiency of energy or water consumption, or > > > > > (b) reduce energy or water consumption, or > > > > > (c) prevent or reduce pollution, or > > > > > (d) eliminate or reduce the discharge of wastes, or other substances, that are harmful to the environment, or > > > > > (e) reduce the use of materials, or > > > > > (f) enable the recovery or recycling of materials, or > > > > > (g) enable the monitoring of environmental quality, or > > > > > (h) reduce greenhouse gas emissions, or > > > > > (i) encourage or facilitate alternative methods of transportation to the use of a private motor vehicle (such as walking and cycling). > > > (3) Without limiting the above, the following works are environmental upgrade works if they result in an environmental improvement— > > > > > (a) the replacement, modification, removal or installation of end-user equipment, > > > > > (b) the modification of the usage of end-user equipment. > > > (4) In this section— > > > > end-user equipment means any equipment, process or system that— > > > > > (a) directly consumes energy or water, causes a risk to human health, or degrades the environment, or > > > > > (b) controls or influences the impact any other equipment, process or system has on the consumption of energy or water, human health, or the environment.