effectiveness and administration. Publish an annual report on Annual report published Annually NA the outcomes of NatHERS on website from BC against the KPIs and September including statistics from 2016 software providers and AAOs. Appendix A Outline of current NatHERS Governance – Structure Glossary AAO: Assessor Accrediting Organisation, which is an organisation that accredits Assessors in accordance with the Protocol for Assessor Accrediting Organisations. ABCB: the Australian Building Codes Board. AccuRate: The commercial software tool developed by CSIRO comprising a graphical user interface and the Chenath Engine. Assessment: a thermal performance simulation performed using NatHERS software of a residential building (NCC Class 1, 2, 4 and attached Class 10a buildings only) conducted by an Assessor for regulatory purposes. Assessment Certificate: an official certificate bearing the NatHERS logo produced by an Assessor from the NatHERS software detailing key data from the assessment and relevant specifications for the residential building. Assessor: a person accredited by an AAO to use NatHERS software to estimate the thermal performance of buildings for regulatory purposes. The Buildings Committee of the EWG. BC: Benchmark Assessment: an assessment done by an Assessor of one or more standardised plans where the rating result has already been calculated, to check the accuracy of the rating and competency in software operation. Assessor’s Benchmark Software: the most recently accredited combination of the Chenath Engine and AccuRate graphical user interface developed by CSIRO. CAD: computer-aided design software used by architects, engineers, drafters, artists, and others to create precision two-dimensional (2-D) or three-dimensional (3-D) drawings, technical illustrations and models. Chenath Engine: the CSIRO-developed thermal calculation engine that predicts hourly heating and cooling energy requirements for residential buildings. CSIRO maintains the Chenath Engine and licenses the engine to software tool providers.
effectiveness and administration. Publish an annual report on the outcomes of NatHERS against the KPIs and including statistics from software providers and AAOs. Annual report published on website Annually from September 2016 NA BC Appendix A – Outline of current NatHERS Governance Structure Glossary AAO: Assessor Accrediting Organisation, which is an organisation that accredits Assessors in accordance with the Protocol for Assessor Accrediting Organisations. ABCB: the Australian Building Codes Board. AccuRate: The commercial software tool developed by CSIRO comprising a graphical user interface and the Chenath Engine. Assessment: a thermal performance simulation performed using NatHERS software of a residential building (NCC Class 1, 2, 4 and attached Class 10a buildings only) conducted by an Assessor for regulatory purposes. Assessment Certificate: an official certificate bearing the NatHERS logo produced by an Assessor from the NatHERS software detailing key data from the assessment and relevant specifications for the residential building. Assessor: a person accredited by an AAO to use NatHERS software to estimate the thermal performance of buildings for regulatory purposes. BC: The Buildings Committee of the EWG. Benchmark Assessment: an assessment done by an Assessor of one or more standardised plans where the rating result has already been calculated, to check the accuracy of the Assessor’s rating and competency in software operation. Benchmark Software: the most recently accredited combination of the Chenath Engine and AccuRate graphical user interface developed by CSIRO. CAD: computer-aided design software used by architects, engineers, drafters, artists, and others to create precision two-dimensional (2-D) or three-dimensional (3-D) drawings, technical illustrations and models. Chenath Engine: the CSIRO-developed thermal calculation engine that predicts hourly heating and cooling energy requirements for residential buildings. CSIRO maintains the Chenath Engine and licenses the engine to software tool providers.
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