Performance

Describes the compliance options for Performance Requirement H6P1 and the development of a Performance Solution using the benchmarks in Specification 44.

Provides guidance on the process for developing NCC Performance Solutions across all Volumes of NCC 2022.

Provides guidance on applying the NCC 2022 evidence of suitability provisions across all volumes.

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

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

This report is a cost-benefit analysis of a series of options identified by Weir Legal & Consulting for the Building Product Assurance Framework (BPAF).

This report was commissioned to identify and explore regulatory options to progress the Building Product Assurance Framework (BPAF).

This report provides an overview of the proposed regulatory options for the progression of the Building Product Assurance Framework (BPAF).

In June 2024, Building Ministers approved the ABCB Business Plan for 2024-2025.

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 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.