Hold an annual stakeholder workshop to review progress on the Strategic Plan (linked to review of Plan) Stakeholder workshop Mid 2017 NA All key stakeholders Establish a Stakeholder Advisory Committee and outline the details and role of the Committee in a Terms of Reference (TOR), and publish it on the NatHERS website. Stakeholder Advisory Committee of Reference, and meetings 2017 NA Operating procedures Implement the NatHERS Service Charter and other operating procedures Ongoing delivery of the NatHERS Service Charter Ongoing NA Compliance Prepare a targeted awareness program for building certifiers the role of the NatHERS Universal Certificate in building compliance Communications plan and materials e.g. new video Mid 2017 NA EEAT Technical Advisory Committee Revise the TOR for the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) New TAC TOR document June 2017 NA EEAT Appoint new TAC members TAC meeting organised June 2017 NA Accreditation and updating of rating tools Action Deliverable Timeframe Participants Software Accreditation Protocol Undertake a review of the Software Accreditation Protocol and supporting documentation for software providers to clearly outline software tool requirements Revised Software Accreditation Protocol Mid 2017 NA EEAT Software providers Implement clear consultation times to introduce new versions or changes to the NatHERS tools Revised Protocol with agreed consultation timeframes Mid 2017 NA EEAT Future Software Updates Intended release dates for software to align with the NCC dates, with a standard transition period Revised Protocol with key dates outlined Ongoing NA EEAT ABCB Plan the next update of software to include: new climate files and other changes New version of NatHERS Ongoing NA EEAT TAC
as agreed by the Steering Committee ABCB Research and development Action Deliverable Timeframe Participants Software tools Review the Universal Certificate in response to feedback from assessors and building certifiers. Universal Certificate Review document and updated Certificate if required Mid 2017 NA EEAT AAOs Software providers Encourage consistency in use of software tools by assessors through investigating how internal rule and logic checks, and help information from the Technical Notes, can be incorporated into the software New version of NatHERS tools 2019 NA TAC Software providers Benchmark software Progress high priority Chenath updates Chenath change proposal and Preliminary Impact Analysis (PIA) Late 2017 NA CSIRO Software providers ABCB Update the climate files and undertake a PIA for this action Preliminary Impact Analysis (PIA) document and climate files update Late 2017 NA CSIRO Software providers ABCB Update Climate zone mapping to reduce reliance on post codes Updated Climate zone map Mid 2017 NA CSIRO Software providers ABCB Collaboration Collaborate with other interested institutions to review the assumptions of the NatHERS benchmark software and the validity of its outputs Assumptions and other research documents Ongoing NA TAC CRC LCL Liaise with the CRC for Low Carbon Living (CRC LCL) and leverage off relevant projects Meetings and research reports Ongoing NA TAC EEAT CRC LCL Improving assessor skills and capability Action Deliverable Timeframe Participants Certificate IV in NatHERS assessment Evaluate the effectiveness of the Certificate IV in association with relevant qualification Certificate IV Review document and revised Mid 2017 NA EEAT AAOs
bodies and active engagement from the assessor industry Certificate IV where necessary TAC RTOs Assessor skills Consolidate NatHERS User Guidance,and revise Technical Notes and other documents to better communicate the principles and functional specifications that underpin NatHERS software tools Best Practice User Guide for NatHERS Software, and revised NatHERS Technical Notes and Practice Notes Mid 2017 NA EEAT AAOs Accredited assessors Software providers Investigate options to do QA reviews of assessments done by non-accredited assessors (e.g. through the software portals) Discussion Paper 2017 NA EEAT Software providers AAO responsibilities Investigate means for electronic linking of AAO assessor accreditation details and QA requirements with NatHERS software portals Discussion Paper 2018 NA AAOs Software Providers Review the requirements for continuing professional development (CPD) to ensure they are contributing fully to improving assessor skills Updated AAO Protocol 2017 NA AAOs Monitoring and evaluation Action Deliverable Timeframe Participants Data Develop a national ratings dataset that provides the NatHERS Administrator with comprehensive information on new dwellings to inform and scheme administration Data collection and Annual Report Mid 2017 NA EEAT Software providers AAOs Monitoring and evaluation Publish an annual report on the outcomes of NatHERS against the KPIs and include statistics from software providers and AAOs Annual report Annually NA EEAT