BASIX® Certification for ALL residential projects in ALL local areas
✓ Alterations & Additions to existing dwellings
✓ New or renovated swimming pools & spas
✓ New Secondary Dwellings/’Granny Flats’
✓ New Single Dwellings
✓ New Dual Occupancy Dwellings
✓ New Townhouse/Villa Developments
✓ New Multi-unit Developments
What you will get:
- ‘Simulation method’ analysis for Thermal Comfort for new dwellings, using the latest & accredited software: ‘AccuRate Sustainability V2.3.3.13 SP4’.
- Calculations for WATER saving & for ENERGY saving.
- Realistic ‘WATER OPTIONS’, ‘THERMAL COMFORT OPTIONS’ and ‘ENERGY OPTIONS’ that will enable your project to achieve BASIX compliance.
- Official NSW Dept. Planning & Environment BASIX® Certificate.
- Official ‘Universal NatHERS Certificate’ (where applicable).
- Stamped & certified drawing set ready for lodgement.
What is NatHERS?
- The House Energy Rating Company uses the latest and accredited thermal performance software, ‘AccuRate Sustainability V2.3.3.13. SP4’, to produce a Universal NatHERS Certificate to accompany drawings for lodgement.
- In NSW, many BASIX Assessments require the ‘Simulation Method’ to determine the Thermal Comfort of a proposed development. This involves a thermal performance assessment using accredited software that ultimately produces a Universal NatHERS Certificate. (In other jurisdictions, a universal NatHERS Certificate alone could be required.)
- Using the software user interface, your NatHERS Accredited Assessor enters data to develop a simulation model of the house or apartment, including:
– size and function of rooms
– size and specification of openings
– building materials/windows/products
– type of construction
– dwelling orientation
– location - The Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) is a ‘star’ rating system (out of 10) that rates the energy efficiency / thermal performance of a house, based on its design as taken from drawings.
- Good design (= higher ‘star’ ratings) can reduce the amount of energy needed to keep a home thermally comfortable. By providing an estimate of a home’s potential heating and cooling energy use, NatHERS helps to make a dwelling more thermally comfortable for the inhabitants and also helps residents to save on energy bills through smarter design choices.