The home designs of Lot Owners are assessed against the Building Standards using the Design Assessment Scoresheet .
The Scoresheet measures the resources that a NEV dwelling uses, and considers the house energy emissions and water consumption in a similar manner to the 2004 BASIX benchmark, but seeks an initial reduction of estimated consumption that is less than 70% of the BASIX 2004 benchmark for both. Goals for each category in the Scoresheet are provided in Table 1 of the NEV Building Standards.
Scoresheets may be filled out by either the lot owners, the lot owner’s design consultants or by a Nev Registered Assessor. The Lot Owner is responsible for any cost incurred in completing the NEV Scoresheet.
The scorecard includes 3 ratings that new homes must achieve. They are:
Compliance with these 3 requirements will yield home designers 37 points on our assessment scorecard. |
With 37 points achieved through designing in the mandatory performance items, the home designer then needs to achieve a further 33 points to reach the minimum targeted score of 70 points. The additional points are attained by adopting design strategies supported by the option matrix provided in the Design Assessment Scoresheet. Many options and combination of options are supported by the scoresheet, a tab on the scoresheet tilted Options provides a detailed list, and Lot Owners are encouraged to discuss with their designer the elements that best suit their requirements. Some, though not all, of the available options are presented below:
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Bonus points have been built into the scorecard to account for the fact that some home owners may have difficulty in reaching 70 points because, for example, the NatHERS star rating system does not recognise innovations such as earth-ship construction, food production, water tanks and composting toilets. |