ESD services

More and more emphasis is been given to the impact of our building on the environment. At LittleShrub, we take great pride in helping our clients meet their environmental, sustainability, budgetary and regulatory goals and needs. Whether its for a commercial or residential project, we successfully manage our clients various objectives through the regulatory landscape. Whether this be the Section J reports to meet the new NCC | BCA requirements or NatHERS assessments for residential homes, we can help.

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Technical services

LittleShrub has a range of technical services aimed at building and construction product manufacturers, distributors and importers. We guide, coach and mentor our clients through the regulatory landscape and enable them to market products to sell within the building and construction sector throughout Australian and New Zealand.

Services range from producing technical marketing collateral such as technical datasheets, installation instructions or technical bulletins, to devising testing regimes to bring products to market including product redesign and even bespoke software solutions to market your products beyond your competitions capabilities.

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We’re proud to help build a more environmentally sustainable Australia for today and into the future.

Commercial services

Section J

Section J Reports are used to assess the Deemed to Satisfy provisions of the National Construction Code (NCC) Volume 1. It checks a commercial building is meeting the energy efficiency obligations and outlines the path to meeting these requirements.

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JV3 Simulations

JV3 simulations are an alternative to Section J reports. They are typically performed when traditional routes to compliance can not be satisfied. This is often the case when undertaking a significant renovation or refurbishment of a commercial or residential building.

However this is not its only purpose. JV3 simulations offer supreme flexibility and many trade offs can be varied against each other to determine a net positive effect. Its a great tool when certain constraints of the construction are non-negotiable such as the case in heritage listed sites or more simply for design aesthetics reasons.

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Residential services

NatHERS

NatHERS assessments, or perhaps more commonly referred to as; 6 star energy reports are an option to satisfying the energy efficiency requirements of the National Construction Code Volume 2. This is an pathway for residential buildings ensuring they have the right amount of energy efficiency measures required to be compliant.

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BASIX

BASIX is NSW initiative introduced by the NSW government as part of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act. This scheme aims to encourage minimum environmental and sustainability requirements into every NSW home since the scheme was introduced.

Homes in NSW will typically use this as a means of demonstrating compliance, however other methods are available which can be discussed with our team.

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