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If star ratings for traditional hot climate design delivered by nathers software are considered inappropriate, this may not reflect a flaw in the benchmark engine chenath, but an unintended consequence of the schemes settings. Variability of building simulation results depending on. During the last two decades, nathers accredited software tools such as nathers. Three case studies from a lowincome residential energy efficiency intervention program. Area adjustment factor the energy load must be adjusted by a factor that increases the energy load for buildings with larger conditioned floor area, and reduces the energy load for buildings with smaller conditioned floor area, in proportion to the total building. Accurate was developed by the csiro and is accredited for use under. Nathers software tools are available for use by energy assessors to rate the. The software accreditation protocol was prepared by the nathers national administrator the department. Design optimization of insulated cavity rammed earth walls for houses in australia article in energy and buildings 86. Nathers accredited software nationwide house energy rating. There are currently three accredited software tools, these are. The nationwide house energy rating scheme nathers provides a standardised approach to rating the thermal performance of australian.
Pdf first international conference on rammed earth. The nathers software accreditation protocol outlines the requirements and processes for the accreditation of rating software used under the nathers scheme. And of course, there is no shortage of wwe games, including most recently wwe 2k16, to keep us busy, over and above the wwe shows you can watch on tv channels in. The software remains under interim accreditation until all relevant approval processes for software updates are completed. Newsflash number 481 revised version nathers approved.
The nathers software accreditation protocol was published in june 2012 and incorporated and replaced the australian building codes boards protocol for house energy rating software. Refer to the nathers software accreditation protocol for the full list of software assumptions. Nationwide house energy rating scheme nathers software. Today we deploy the latest accreditation software in the cloud and it works like other apps on any internet connected device. Design optimization of insulated cavity rammed earth walls. Wa climate zones and interactive climate zone map updates. Publications nationwide house energy rating scheme nathers. As required by the nathers protocol for assessor accrediting. Nathers software accreditation protocol june 2012 8 2. Variability of building simulation results depending on selected weather files and conditioning set points a case study for a residential building in victoria, australia. This publication provides information to applicants seeking nathers. The abcb and the nathers administrator agreed on 11 june 2015.
A comparison of accredited second generation nathers software. A software accreditation protocol allows other software to be used in. The nathers software accreditation protocol outlines the requirements and processes for the. The application of nathers software in northern australian. An updated software accreditation protocol is also being developed to ensure these updates are rolled out uniformly to all tools. It was approved by the nathers steering committee energy efficiency working group, e2wg of the select council on climate change and came into effect on 26 june 2012. In february 2015, the university of western australia organised the first international conference on rammed earth construction. Pdf evaluating the influence of thermal mass and window. What has changed in sports event accreditation or so i. Main task to identify the participants who will be attending the games. The nathers interactive climate zone map is a useful visual representation of the 69 nathers climate zones and can be accessed online from the nathers website.