Designing for 7-Star Compliance on Difficult Sites: Slopes and Overshadowing
$99.00 GST
Achieve 7-star NatHERS compliance on sloping and overshadowed sites. CPD on solar access, modelling and glazing strategies for designers and assessors.
Description
This CPD course explores how sloping sites and overshadowed residential lots affect the ability to achieve 7-star NatHERS compliance under the NCC. Participants learn how site geometry, solar access, and climate zone interactions influence thermal modelling outcomes and why standard compliance assumptions often fail on difficult sites. The course examines practical strategies including drone surveys, LiDAR scanning, glazing optimisation, insulation upgrades, and iterative modelling workflows to improve compliance performance without compromising design intent. It also provides guidance on assessor collaboration, documentation management, and compliance risk reduction throughout the design and construction process. Through detailed case studies and applied examples, the course equips architects and building designers with a structured framework for delivering compliant and defensible residential projects on constrained sites.
This CPD provides general guidance on professional responsibilities and documentation practices. It does not constitute legal advice or replace project-specific contractual or statutory obligations.
