Project overview
In April 2023, the Australian Government announced funding to expand the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) to offer energy assessment and ratings for existing homes. This would involve modelling of existing homes through the CSIRO developed AccuRate Enterprise – Existing (AE-E) software to obtain an energy star rating.
One of the challenges of modelling existing homes is obtaining the dimensional data that is required. Unlike new homes that have dimensioned plans, existing homes generally don’t have plans and traditionally a time-consuming onsite measure up has been required. CSIRO have been exploring how to better streamline the data collection process for AE-E. One such method is using LiDAR scanning technology built into mobile devices to collect and record spatial dimensions coupled with survey questions to capture construction information. This can then be exported directly into AE-E to simplify a full NatHERS energy rating.
This project aims to undertake field trials of this proposed methodology to explore its feasibility and accuracy.
The overall project is being funded by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) and CSIRO. The banking sector is funding the collection of the data and the energy assessment.
What does participation involve?
Participation in these trials will involve you granting permission for a fully trained and accredited valuation professional to access your home scan and collect construction information of your home. The scan and data collected will then be provided to a qualified energy rating assessor to undertake an energy assessment of your home. The scan and data gathering process will take up to an hour to complete but may take longer on larger and more complicated homes. There will be no cost involved to the homeowner.
Would you like to be involved?
If you would like to be involved, then please download and read through this Research Participant Information Sheet. It outlines all the information you need and also has contact details of the research leads if you would like to ask further questions. It also covers the important issue of your privacy and how we will use the data we collect.
After you have read this information and are happy to be involved, then please complete the consent form below.
Consent Form
Please read through the following terms and conditions, complete the details and tick and submit the form.