In lieu of undertaking work under the current version of the online calculator, we have repurposed the Home Star Thermal Envelope models* to establish an alternative approach for assessment. Apartments are assumed to be compliant if the actual heating capacity installed in the living room is higher than the modelled peak heating demand. All apartments are provided with a minimum of 1.5kW in the living room space.

It should be noted that the development meets and, in some cases, exceeds New Zealand Building Code requirements, and the apartments are designed to New Zealand Green Building Council Homestar 7 ratings.

All apartments are believed to meet the Healthy Homes Standard for heating capacity based on the energy modelling undertaken.

Please refer to the attached Home Star modelling report for details of this assessment.