Mastering the GFA Audit: Common Areas You Should Be Excluding from Your Calculation Reading Time: ~12 minutes Key Takeaway: If you include the wrong areas in your GFA, your building may wrongly fall under EECA requirements—leading to compliance risks, penalties, or unnecessary reporting. Introduction Problem: You’re calculating your building’s GFA for EECA compliance—but one small mistake can push you over the 8,000 sqm threshold. Agitation: That means you could be flagged as an applicable building when you shouldn’t be. Worse, your BEI calculation becomes inaccurate, your energy performance rating drops, and suddenly you’re dealing with audits, reports, and potential penalties. Solution: “Mastering the GFA Audit: Common Areas You Should Be Excluding from Your Calculation" helps you get it right. In this guide, we break down exactly what to exclude, based on official guidelines, so you can stay compliant and confident. 📦 Summary Box GFA (Gross Floor Area) is critic...