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ABSA professionals make it easy to boost the environmental performance of new house designs and ensure compliance with the appropriate sustainability regulation or assessment scheme.

ABSA Assessors use sophisticated computer programs to analyse building plans and can offer practical and cost-effective ways to improve the performance of a home. They have completed rigorous training and examination, are subject to regular auditing, and are backed by Professional Indemnity Insurance.

Assessors can work with your home's designer and save you time and money by incorporating environmental considerations into the design up front, maximising the benefits and eliminating any costly changes to non-compliant plans.

ABSA Assessors can assist you to measure your new home's performance under the following sustainability Regulations:

How is an assessment generated?

ABSA Assessors conduct Thermal Performance Assessments by inputting your house design into Federally developed and approved computer software packages. Since 1st May 2009 there is only one classification of software permitted for use in Australia under both the Building Code of Australia (BCA) and BASIX Frameworks. They are 2nd Generation Software tools and include:

Accurate
BERS Pro
FirstRate v5

2nd Generation software features enhanced rating capability, especially in the accuracy of ventilation modelling. This software enables increased modeling functionality and analysis. For further information about 2nd Generation Software Click Here.

Assessors must be trained and examined in each software package that they wish to use. State and territory governments determine which software packages are permitted to be used in their jurisdiction

Voluntary schemes

You can also rate the environmental performance of an existing building using several tools and Schemes run by other Organisations. For more information click here.