Software accreditation

The Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme allows for competing software products to be accredited, by providing a fair and transparent process for commercial software tools to be assessed.

Software Accreditation Protocol

The test procedure, called the Software Accreditation Protocol, involves a suitably expert person demonstrating and declaring that a particular software produces compatible results across a portfolio of building designs and climate zones.

• Download the Software Accreditation Protocol

Documents are available for downloading as PDF files. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view these files.
If you are unable to access these documents, please contact us to organise a suitable alternative format.

Accredited 2nd generation NatHERS software tools

• AccuRate (Version 1.1.4.1) - accredited May 2006
• BERS Professional (Version 4.1 (03/09/09)) - granted provisional accreditation 8 November 2007
• FirstRate 5 (Version 5.0 Build 215) - granted provisional accreditation 31 August 2007

Use of HERS logo

Accredited tools are eligible to use the HERS logo in a responsible way, and advertise their association with the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme.

The logo is owned by the Commonwealth of Australia and may be licensed to software developers to promote NatHERS.

Whenever consumers see the HERS logo they can be sure that all reasonable steps have been taken to ensure that the product has been fully tested against the Protocol.