News

The National Administrator has accredited Accurate Sustainability Version 2.3.3.13 for use under NatHERS from 1 November 2014.

Previous versions of Accurate and Accurate Sustainability are no longer accredited.

Technical Note 1.2 is for use with software using Chenath engine V3.13 only.

Zoning guide for the Technical Note 1.2 (2014) is also available for assessors information.

NatHERS Accreditation of Software Tools

The National Administrator would like to provide an update on the accreditation progress with the three current NatHERS accredited software tools.

• Details of the 2014 software release - includes details of the new Universal Certificate
• Details of the New default window libraries

A revised and updated Protocol for Assessor Accrediting Organisations has been released.

The NatHERS Benchmark study engaged 344 NatHERS assessors who volunteered to assess one of four randomly-selected house plans in their chosen NatHERS software tool.

New assessors will be required to be qualified with the Certificate IV in NatHERS Assessment from January 2014.

NatHERS Software Technical Notes

The Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) has advised that accreditation of the course in Building Thermal Performance Assessment (Residential) NTIS code 91318NSW, expired on 30 June 2013. The course is no longer nationally accredited or a VET qualification.

The NatHERS Benchmark Study is being undertaken in order to better understand the future training and development needs of NatHERS assessors. As such, all assessors are invited - indeed encouraged - to participate.