NatHERS Assessments & 7 Star Energy Rating Reports
Certified Energy prepares NatHERS thermal performance assessments and 7 Star energy rating reports for new homes, alterations, additions, townhouses, apartments and multi-dwelling residential projects.
We’ll review your documents and confirm the right residential energy compliance pathway.
The NatHERS process does not need to feel complicated. Once we receive your available documents, we review the project and confirm the practical next step for your residential energy assessment.
Upload your plans, elevations, sections and project details through the quote form.
Our team checks the available information and confirms what NatHERS or 7 Star energy rating documentation is likely to be required.
If NatHERS, BASIX or other thermal performance work is needed, we’ll explain the next step clearly.
Once the scope is confirmed, we prepare the required NatHERS assessment, energy rating report or related residential compliance documentation.
NatHERS and BASIX often sit close together in residential energy compliance. Depending on the project location and approval pathway, a NatHERS thermal performance assessment may be required as part of the broader residential energy documentation.
Certified Energy can review your project documents and confirm whether your project needs NatHERS, BASIX or related thermal performance work.
You can still send us the available information. We’ll review your project details and confirm whether NatHERS, a 7 Star energy rating report, BASIX or another residential energy assessment is required. Send your project documents for review.
Frequently Asked Questions
A NatHERS assessment models the thermal performance of a residential dwelling. It is commonly used to show how well a home performs in relation to heating and cooling demand, and may be required for residential energy compliance, BASIX-linked assessment or 7 Star energy rating documentation.
A NatHERS assessment may be required for new homes, alterations, additions, townhouses, apartments and multi-dwelling residential projects. The exact requirement depends on the project type, location, approval pathway and the residential energy compliance documentation needed.
NatHERS is the assessment framework used to model the thermal performance of a dwelling. A 7 Star energy rating refers to the rating outcome often required under current residential energy efficiency provisions. Certified Energy can review your project and confirm what rating documentation is needed.
Yes. Send us the available project documents and we’ll confirm the likely NatHERS, 7 Star energy rating, BASIX or residential energy assessment requirements. You do not need to understand the full compliance pathway before contacting us.
Plans, elevations, sections, roof plans, the project address and basic project details are usually enough to begin. If you have a window and glazing schedule, construction materials, insulation details, BASIX information or certifier comments, include those as well.
Once we receive your project documents, our team can review the available information and confirm the next step. The timing of a formal quote may depend on the project type, document quality and whether NatHERS, BASIX or additional residential energy assessment work is required.
Yes. You can send the information currently available. Your drawings do not always need to be final before you make an enquiry. If more detail is needed before the NatHERS assessment can proceed, we’ll let you know clearly rather than leaving you to guess.
Some NSW residential projects require BASIX as well as NatHERS or related thermal performance assessment. BASIX and NatHERS often sit close together in residential energy compliance, and we can review your documents and confirm what is needed.
Yes. NatHERS or related residential energy performance requirements may apply to alterations, additions and renovation projects depending on the scope of work and approval requirements. Send us the available plans and project details and we can confirm the likely requirement.
NatHERS outcomes can be affected by orientation, glazing, shading, insulation, ventilation, roof colour, construction type, thermal mass and climate zone. Early review can help identify issues before they become late design changes.
Yes. Certified Energy works with homeowners, architects, building designers, builders and residential developers. We can help review the available project information and guide the NatHERS, BASIX or related residential energy assessment process.
Yes. You can request a NatHERS quote before every document is final. Early review can help identify what is missing, what is likely to be required and whether the project may also need BASIX or another residential energy assessment.
Yes. Certified Energy also works with NatHERS Existing Homes assessments for existing residential properties. If your project relates to an existing home rather than a new build, alteration or approval pathway, you can learn more on our NatHERS Existing Homes page.
Plans, elevations, sections and project details are usually enough for our team to begin reviewing your NatHERS, 7 Star energy rating or residential energy assessment requirements.
