FirstRate5 v5.5.4 (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. FR5 v5.5.4 (3.22) contains the following two bugs fixes and enhancements. An updated thermal bridging training video is now available and the software user manual has been updated. The FirstRate5 helpdesk will be closed from Friday 22 December 2023 (12pm AEDT) and will re-open on Monday 8 January 2024 (9am AEDT).

Sustainability Victoria is pleased to announce that FirstRate5 Whole-of-Home (v1.0.0) has achieved NatHERS Whole of Home accreditation. This means that the tool has meet the accuracy requirements set by the NatHERS Administrator and can generate a valid Whole of Home performance rating.

Sustainability Victoria has made a further update to the FirstRate5 End User Terms of Service published yesterday. The new update is in addition to those changes published on 9 November 2023. The updated End User Terms of Service and the updated Software Licence Agreement apply to: new users of the FirstRate5 website and software, effective 9 November 2023; and existing users of the FirstRate5 website and software, effective 16 November 2023.

Sustainability Victoria has updated the FirstRate5 End User Terms of Service (End User Terms of Service) and FirstRate5 Software Licence Agreement (Software Licence Agreement), which apply to the FirstRate5 website and software. The updated End User Terms of Service and the updated Software Licence Agreement apply to: new users of the FirstRate5 website and software, effective 9 November 2023; and existing users of the FirstRate5 website and software, effective 16 November 2023.

FirstRate5 v5.5.3a (3.22) is now available as a free download from www.fr5.com.au. This version contain two bug fixes. Sustainability Victoria (SV) recommends that all users who have downloaded FR5 v5.5.3 (3.22) upgrade to this version.