As part of this year’s coming residential energy efficiency National Construction Code (NCC) changes a new “Whole of Home” assessment will be rolled out across the industry.
The current Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) assesses the thermal performance of a home, based on building materials, such as roof, wall and floor materials and insulation, doors and windows types and sizes. The minimum thermal energy rating changes this year from 6 to 7-star.
New to NatHERS will be a rating of the energy efficiency of appliances installed within the home with a rating out of 100.
Appliances included with the Whole of Home assessment are:
- heating and cooling appliances
- hot water systems
- lighting
- pool/spa pumps
- on-site energy generation
- cooking and plug-in appliances (optional)
The new rating provides transparency to the impact of each appliance on a homes energy use, greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs.
Visit the NatHERS website for further information https://www.nathers.gov.au/WholeofHome
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions https://vstarenergy.com.au/contact/
SDAPP – 10 Key Sustainable Building Categories
1.0 Indoor Environment Quality: to achieve a healthy indoor environment quality for the wellbeing of building occupants.
2.0 Energy Efficiency: to ensure the efficient use of energy, to reduce total operating greenhouse emissions and to reduce energy peak demand.
3.0 Water Efficiency: to ensure the efficient use of water, to reduce total operating potable water use and to encourage the appropriate use of alternative water sources.
4.0 Stormwater Management: to reduce the impact of stormwater run-off, to improve the water quality of stormwater run-off, to achieve best practice stormwater quality outcomes and to incorporate the use of water sensitive urban design, including rainwater re–use.
5.0 Building Materials: to minimise the environmental impacts of materials used by encouraging the use of materials with a favourable lifecycle assessment
6.0 Transport: to minimise car dependency and to ensure that the built environment is designed to promote the use of public transport, walking and cycling.
7.0 Waste Management: to ensure waste avoidance reuse and recycling during the construction and operation stages of development.
8.0 Urban Ecology: to protect and enhance biodiversity and to encourage the planting of indigenous vegetation.
9.0 Innovation: to encourage innovative technology, design and processes in all development, so as to positively influence the sustainability of buildings.
10.0 Construction and Building Management: to encourage a holistic and integrated design and construction process and ongoing high performance.
Building Thermal Rating Assessors 