From May 2011 it’s a requirement of the National Construction Code (NCC) that all new buildings and extensions are energy efficient. If you’re building a new house, town house, apartment complex or if you’re planning an extension of your current home, then you’ll need a certificate that says it complies with the Code. This is where the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) comes in and is enforced in every state other than New South Wales where the BASIX supersedes this.

If you’re just after a non-obligated free quote, we need your project site plan, floor plans and elevations and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

However, if you’re interested in a full assessment of your project we’ll need a full copy of your plans and specifications along with a completed copy of our checklist. You can find a link at the bottom of the page.

Some fine details about your project aren’t always found on the plans, so we developed this checklist which lists all the required information we need in order to make an accurate assessment of your building. We cannot commence the assessment without this information, so it’s very important you send it to us as soon as you can!

The 10 Star checklist is available as a PDF form and you can download it here. Attach a completed copy in an email with all the other documentation mentioned above, if you have any trouble completing this you can contact us and we can guide you through it.

Once we have a copy of your plans and all the necessary information we run your home through a computer simulation program that will calculate air temperature of each individual room for every hour of everyday for an entire year. This will give us a comprehensive look into how well your home performs and indicates any problem areas that need to be addressed.

To give you an example, by simple trialing window sizes in a specific room we are able to come up with the perfect size window which will let enough sun in summer therefore it still stays cool all day long and will allow plenty of sun in during winter to keep that room warm.

It’s a delicate balancing act nevertheless by the end of it you are left with a home that will be comfortable to live in all year round and the money you save on your heating and cooling bills, can instead be used on treating yourself.

Generally it usually takes under a week for individual homes and up to two weeks for multi-residential developments, once we have all the required information. This may also vary depending on our current workload and the complexity of your design. Although we understand that sometimes you may need a specific job completed before a certain target date. We are happy to work with you to make this happen which may incur an additional fee, contact us today and see how we can help.

Yes, because we do not physically need to come to your site we are able to work on projects all over Australia. You can find a list of all the required information above.

Yes, 10 Star is a BASIX accredited certifier, the process follows the NatHERS assessment method as well as entering extensive data into the BASIX online index.

New South Wales introduced the Building Sustainability Index (BASIX) in 2004, with the aim of reducing a dwellings use of water, increasing the energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. A BASIX Certificate is required by the Department of Planning and Infrastructure when submitting a Development Application to your local government council.

Climate change is arguably the greatest challenge faced by humanity today and according to the ‘Department of the Environment website’, Australian households are directly responsible for about one-fifth of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions.

The average household’s energy use generates over 7 tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its premises. Heating and cooling accounts for 40% of this energy use, making it the largest energy user in the average Australian home. Now what if we could eliminate heating and cooling from a home? This will nearly cut in half the average energy used by an Australian home and reduce on the greenhouse gas emissions produced.