Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations

BUILDING (GENERAL) REGULATION 2008 - REG 44AC

    (1)     This section applies to an energy efficiency certificate for any of the following energy efficiency provisions:

        (a)     the building code, volume 2, clause H6D2 (2) (b) (Application of Part H6);

        (b)     the building code, volume 1, clause J3D14 (Net equivalent energy usage of a sole-occupancy unit of a Class 2 building or a Class 4 part of a building).

    (2)     The energy efficiency certificate must be produced using the whole-of-home calculator.

    (3)     The “b title="A2001-14">Legislation Act

, section 47 (5) does not apply in relation to the whole-of-home calculator.

    (4)     In this section:

"whole-of-home calculator" means the NCC Whole of Home Calculator published by the Australian Building Codes Board on its website.

Note     The whole-of-home calculator does not need to be notified under the “b title="A2001-14">Legislation Act

because s 47 (5) does not apply (see href="http://www.legislation.act.gov.au/a/2001-14" title="A2001-14">Legislation Act

, s 47 (7)). The calculator is accessible at www.abcb.gov.au