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FirstRate5® house energy rating software

FirstRate5® is an easy-to-use interactive tool with a graphic user interface that enables designers and thermal performance assessors to generate energy ratings for a home by tracing over floor plans. The software integrates the AccuRate calculation engine to estimate the annual heating and cooling energy and can be used to rate an existing design or as an interactive tool to optimise the design beyond compliance.

Latest news

  • Holiday Support Schedule

    Dec 13, 2024
    The FirstRate5 helpdesk will closed from Tuesday 24 December (12pm AEDT) and will re-open on Tuesday 7 January 2025 (9am AEDT). Please note that on 23 & 24 December helpdesk support will be limited and only urgent issues will receive a response.
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  • Sustainability Victoria Launches Website Enhancements for Faster Whole of Home Assessments

    Nov 15, 2024
    Sustainability Victoria (SV) is excited to announce a series of key upgrades to the FirstRate5 Whole of Home (WoH) assessment process, designed to significantly reduce the time required to import FirstRate5 (FR5) jobs into the WoH Tool. These enhancements will streamline workflows and improve overall platform performance for a more efficient user experience.
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  • Scheduled Maintenance: FR5 & WoH Websites Unavailable from 8:30pm 13 November 2024

    Nov 11, 2024
    Sustainability Victoria would like to inform customers that the FirstRate and FirstRate5 Whole of Home Tool websites will be down for scheduled maintenance from 8:30pm (AEDT) Wednesday 13 November 2024 to 7:00am (AEDT) Thursday 14 November 2024. During this time, both websites will be unavailable, so please complete any time-sensitive work before the website shutdown.
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  • FirstRate5 helpdesk closed on Tuesday 5 November

    Nov 01, 2024
    Sustainability Victoria would like to inform users that the FirstRate5 helpdesk will be closed on Tuesday 5th of November due to a Victorian public holiday,
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  • Release of FR5 v5.5.5a (3.22)

    Sep 18, 2024
    FirstRate5 v5.5.5a (3.22) is now available as a free download from www.fr5.com.au. Sustainability Victoria (SV) recommends that all users upgrade to this version as soon as possible. FR5 v5.5.5a (3.22) contains five bug fixes.
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