BESS

Are you looking for a BESS certificate for your next project?

Here at Certified Energy we take pride in helping our clients and their projects reach their full potential in order to ensure maximum savings and minimum energy use, allowing for cost effective yet sustainable solutions. Our specialists can ensure that you achieve the highest possible scores on your BESS assessment. For more information about BESS please read the detailed description below, or call us at 1300 443 674, our dedicated staff will be happy to help in any way possible.

What is a BESS certificate?

The Built Environment Sustainability Scorecard (BESS) is an online assessment tool which can be used to create Sustainable Design Assessment (SDA) reports or Sustainability Management Plans (SMP) for development projects in Victoria.BESS is fast becoming the Victorian equivalent of BASIX in New South Wales as more local councils begin to require ESD assessments at the planning permit stage of the development cycle.  There are currently 17 councils in Victoria that are implementing BESS with more Victorian councils expected to follow in 2016/17. BESS has been seen by many as a bottom up approach to managing ESD principles in design and development as the push for sustainability has come from the local councils in contrast to the State government, like NSW which has legislation enforcing the scheme.

Recently BESS has replaced two previous tools that supported the Sustainable Design Assessment in the Planning Process (SDAPP) in the past 10 years. Those being:

• STEPS: originally developed by Moreland City Council to assess residential buildings
• Sustainable Design Scorecard (SDS): originally developed by the City of Port Phillip to assess non-residential buildings.