Performance

This handbook provides guidance on the energy efficiency requirements for Class 2 apartment buildings. It also complements the Housing Energy Efficiency Handbook.

This Standard provides a set of technical provisions that if complied with enable dwellings to better meet the needs of the community, including older people and people with mobility limitations.

Provides an overview of the Assessment Methods used when determining compliance with the NCC’s mandatory Performance Requirements.

The Indoor Air Quality Verification Methods Handbook assists in understanding the indoor air quality (IAQ) Verification Methods in NCC Volume One and Volume Two.

The Housing energy efficiency handbook assists in understanding the energy efficiency provisions in NCC Volume Two that apply to houses.

The Bushfire Verification Methods handbook assists in understanding the Verification Methods for building in bushfire prone areas in NCC Volume One and Volume Two.

The Condensation in Buildings Handbook assists in understanding the condensation requirements in NCC Volume One and Volume Two.

This document outlines a process to assist practitioners with the development and approval of simple and complex Performance Solutions.

This document provides a table highlighting the BCA 2022 references compared to the BCA 2019 references.

CFD analysis to calculate Total R-values and mitigation requirements for thermal bridges in ceilings and suspended floors with adjacent airspace.

Generalised simplified calculation method to calculate thermal bridges in ceilings and suspended floors with an adjacent airspace. (Includes process to deal with battens, encapsulation).

This ABCB Standard provides WOH efficiency factors for Class 1 dwellings, Class 2 sole-occupancy units and Class 4 parts of buildings in the energy efficiency provisions of the NCC.

This Standard provides details of the heating and cooling load limits for energy efficiency that apply to the NatHERS compliance pathway in Volumes One and Two of the NCC.

This report summarises the research on the impacts of thermal bridging mitigation (TBM) undertaken to

A review of industry feedback and approaches to upgrading to 7-star building fabric

This report details a range of technical modifications to both the method and underlying assumptions

This report describes the costs and benefits of increasing ratings in Class 1 dwellings from 6 to 7 stars, and in Class 2 buildings from a 6-star average (with a minimum of 5 stars) to 7 average (w

Decision Regulation Impact Statement for a proposal to increase residential building energy efficiency requirements

Decision Regulation Impact Statement for a proposal to increase residential building energy efficiency requirements

Provides guidance to use these Verification Methods in NCC Volume One for ramps and access to and within a building.