commercial

Thermarate’s commercial division specializes in providing commercial energy efficiency assessments for class 2-9 buildings.

Every new commercial building, development, extension or alteration is required to show compliance with the energy efficiency provisions set out in Section J of the BCA Volume One.

The most common ways of assessing compliance withSection J are the Deemed-to-Satisfy (DTS) method and the Verification Methods (JV1 and JV3).

Deemed-To-Satisfy (DTS)

• The DTS method determines compliance based on each aspect of the proposed building meeting minimum BCA requirements including – construction materials, building sealing, HVAC systems, artificial lighting and hot water systems.
• A DTS report incorporates a glazing calculator, artificial lighting calculations and HVAC calculations

Verification Method JV1

• Involves the use of sophisticated energy rating software tools.
• Applicable to the residential components of Class 2 and Class 4 buildings.

Verification Method JV3

• Involves the use of sophisticated energy efficiency modeling software.
• The software calculates the energy loads of a building and compares it to a reference building designed to BCA Deemed-to-Satisfy requirements.