Hi all,
As many of you may be aware there is a requirement in Victoria for any new house to meet a minimum standard of 5 stars in terms of energy rating. There are many places you can get these done and many surveyors or draftsmen are trained and accredited to do it.
Basically you will submit your plans, elevations etc with any information about construction techniques, insulation types, window types and building fabric (eg: bricks or timber clad).
The amount you pay will vary slightly from certifier to certifier but we paid $200 for ours and was done within a week of submitting our plans etc. What you need to be careful of is that once the rating is done you can't really change the plans as they stamp as set of plans as being compliant and they need to be submitted to your building surveyor for the building permit.
Our house achieved a 7.2 star rating without taking into account any appliances apart from solar hot water. Most house can have the appliances taken into account from what I understand but its best to check with your certifier. That also means you have to have all you appliances picked etc before it goes in for assessment.
Our next step is getting our engineers drawings then we can submit to get out building permit and get the project going.
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