Ecotect Architects are able to provide advice on ratings requirements for commercial developments. We can also help to organise ratings for your building through a qualified assessor.

As a member of the GBCA the firm keeps abreast of ratings systems and has in-house expertise. In this area, the training in commercial rating systems and the thermodynamic calculations involved, is a critical part of the Murdoch University Masters Program that Garry Baverstock initiated and developed.  We are not followers but leaders in this field.

We have experience in using all rating systems and access to specialists who can assist in having reliable ratings carried out. Our depth of knowledge will ensure that discrepancies and errors will be picked up easily and avoid a lot of wasted time in gaining development or building approvals.

The firm is able to give advice prior to rating so that changes will ensure that minimal rating runs will be needed to achieve high levels of efficiency in commercial building designs

• 1978 - 1984,  Devised the TECTO rating system.  This was the first definitive rating tool based on a computer calculation of heat loads.  It was a critical step forward in the eventual establishment of the NatHers program in the mid 1990s
• 2006,  Worked with Energy Strategies in the ACT evaluating changes to the AccuRate rating tool for housing
• 2000 - 2006,  Advice to Neville Peterkin of SEDO in the trialling and improvements to the NatHers programs and First Rate.
• 2006,  Establishment of the MSc program and establishing introductory training for architects for AccuRate use and also GBCA GreenStar tool.
• 2010,  Swanbourne Business Centre offices rating
• 2011,  Assessment of an Ecotect-Architects office retrofit in Murray St, Perth to ensure that mandatory disclosure provisions will not hold up future sales of the property.

A fixed price will be established for this service that will include liaison and checking time from our in-house office experts.

Interested in this service? Why not contact us for information on how we can work with you.