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NCC 2025 for Architects: Commercial and Apartment Buildings
NCC 2025 lands hardest on the commercial and apartment buildings you design, on different dates by state.
Where NCC 2025 concentrates its heaviest changes across Class 2 to 9 buildings. The commercial energy step change and mandatory on-site solar, water management and sub-surface water, carpark fire safety, then all-gender facilities, condensation, Performance Solution assessment and Class 2 accessibility, and how to confirm which edition governs each project while adoption rolls out state by state.
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4 modules, final quiz and certificate.
Introduction and objectives
Why NCC 2025 turns its attention to commercial buildings, and the four things you will be able to do by the end of the hour.
NCC 2025 in Context for Commercial and Apartment Work
Triage any project by building class, read the Code through its intent, and confirm which edition governs it as adoption rolls out.
Commercial Energy and Mandatory On-Site Solar
Work with the reduced energy budget, the greenhouse gas cap and on-site solar for Class 3 and Class 5 to 9, and see why gas now costs roof area.
Water Management and Carpark Fire Safety
Know where the water management and sub-surface water provisions bite, and when open-deck carparks and car stackers need sprinklers.
The Other Key Changes and Preparing for Adoption
Weigh the all-gender facilities option, condensation, Performance Solution assessment and Class 2 accessibility, then plan your practice’s transition.
Key takeaways
The six points to carry into your next commercial or apartment project.
Final quiz and certificate
Ten questions, several of them project scenarios. Pass and the certificate goes straight into your dashboard.
Intermediate. For architects and designers who already work in NCC Volume One across Class 2 to 9 buildings and know the Deemed-to-Satisfy and Performance Solution pathways. Covers the NCC 2025 changes that matter most for commercial, apartment and mixed-use work and how to manage the staggered adoption. Detached housing and residential energy rating are outside its scope.
Written for the people who design and approve Class 2 to 9 buildings.
Architects
Your commercial and apartment projects carry the heaviest NCC 2025 changes, and your practice may work across states on different editions.
Architectural designers
You document mixed-use and multi-residential work and need to know which changes reach your drawings first.
Commercial building designers
Energy, solar and water decisions now have to be settled at concept, before the roof and plant space are gone.
Building surveyors
You assess Class 2 to 9 applications under two editions and need the changes that matter in one place.
Building certifiers
You certify commercial and apartment work and catch the designs that carry NCC 2022 assumptions into NCC 2025.
Where this hour goes on your record.
National Standard of Competency for Architects (NSCA 2021) performance criteria this course aligns with:
Advice in line with building codes, standards and planning rules
Budget and timeframe tested against codes and legislation
Energy, water and carbon over the project lifecycle
Integrating water, thermal and lighting systems with consultants
Quality and performance standards for materials and systems
| If you are | How it is recorded |
|---|---|
| An architect | 1 formal CPD point. Aligned with NSCA 2021 performance criteria PC12, PC20, PC31, PC33 and PC45. |
| An architectural or commercial building designer | 1 CPD point. Your certificate, the learning outcomes, the module outline and your quiz result are kept in your dashboard, so you can show what you studied if your CPD is audited. |
| A building surveyor or building certifier | 1 hour of CPD on NCC 2025 for Class 2 to 9 buildings, recorded on your certificate for your registration body or state scheme. |
CPD On Demand is not a registered training organisation and courses are not accredited by any registration body. Each course is aligned with the relevant competency frameworks and gives you the records to evidence it. CPD rules differ by registration body and state, so check with yours if you are unsure.
Pairs well with.
Fire Safety in Class 2 to 9 Buildings for Architects
The fire provisions behind the carpark changes, across the classes you design.
Class 2 Apartment Design Compliance for Architects
The apartment side of Volume One, from classification to compliance.
The Waterproofing Time Bomb: Defending High-Risk Balconies and Podiums Under the New Water Management Provisions
The new water management provisions for balconies and podiums, detail by detail.
Before you enrol.
Know which NCC 2025 changes reach your commercial and apartment projects, and when, in one self-paced hour.
$99, 60 minutes, certificate on completion.