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Short, practical videos that take you from installing BERS Pro 6 to sending a NatHERS certificate to your client. New videos are being recorded now. Ask to be notified and we will email you as each playlist goes live.

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Six playlists that follow the life of an assessment. Start at the top if you are new, or jump to the topic you need.

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Welcome to the BERS Pro Training Centre

A quick tour of what is coming: six playlists that follow the life of an assessment, from first install through to the certificate landing in your client's inbox. Each video is short, focused on one task and recorded in BERS Pro 6.

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Playlist 1 of 6

Getting Started

Install, sign in and get your bearings. Everything you need before you draw your first zone.

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    Installing BERS Pro 6 and signing in

    Getting StartedComing soon

    Download the installer, get through Windows SmartScreen and sign in with your Energy Inspection account.

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    A tour of the launcher

    Getting StartedComing soon

    Dwelling Assessments, Certificates & Credit, Support & Training and Settings, and where to find each one.

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    Your first dwelling assessment

    Getting StartedComing soon

    Create a project, enter the address and dwelling details, and pick the right climate zone.

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    How BERS Pro stays up to date

    Getting StartedComing soon

    What the automatic updates cover (engine, climate data and compliance) and what to do when one arrives.

Playlist 2 of 6

Using the software

The workspace, the tools and the habits that make day-to-day modelling fast.

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    The workspace: ribbon, panels and shortcuts

    Using the softwareComing soon

    Where everything lives, how to arrange the panels and the keyboard shortcuts worth learning first.

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    Loading a plan and calibrating the scale

    Using the softwareComing soon

    Bring in the architect's PDF or image, set the scale from a known dimension and lock it in place.

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    Project defaults and the reference catalogue

    Using the softwareComing soon

    Set constructions once so every new element is filled in for you, and browse the catalogue of walls, floors, roofs and coverings.

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    Undo, redo and zone validation

    Using the softwareComing soon

    Recover from mistakes cheaply and use the zone reference checks to catch problems before you simulate.

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    Importing FirstRate 5, Hero and BERS Pro 5 files

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    Open projects from other tools, what carries across and what to check afterwards.

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Modelling a House: Basics

Trace a simple single-storey home from plan to first star rating.

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    Drawing zones and assigning zone types

    Modelling a House: BasicsComing soon

    Trace living, kitchen/living, bedroom, unconditioned and garage zones, and why zone type matters to the engine.

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    Walls, floors, ceilings and roofs

    Modelling a House: BasicsComing soon

    Assign external, internal and upper walls, set the floor type and build the roof and ceiling.

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    Windows, doors and skylights from the WERS library

    Modelling a House: BasicsComing soon

    Insert openings, choose certified products from the WERS database and set frame and glazing details.

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    Eaves, orientation and true north

    Modelling a House: BasicsComing soon

    Set true north, add eaves and check the sun path in the 3D view before you simulate.

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    Running your first simulation

    Modelling a House: BasicsComing soon

    Press F5, watch the engine run and read the star rating, adjusted energy load and heating and cooling loads.

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Modelling a House: Advanced

Multi-level homes, complex shading, tricky floors and the details jurisdictions ask for.

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    Multi-level homes, stair voids and level overlays

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    Model a two-storey home with inter-level floors, stairwells and overlays to align levels.

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    Shading: pergolas, wing walls and neighbours

    Modelling a House: AdvancedComing soon

    Add horizontal and vertical shading devices and neighbouring obstructions, then verify them in 3D.

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    Suspended floors, slab edge insulation and waffle pods

    Modelling a House: AdvancedComing soon

    Explicit modelling of sub-floor ventilation, slab edges and waffle pod slabs.

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    Steel frames and thermal bridging

    Modelling a House: AdvancedComing soon

    Steel-framed walls with thermal breaks and applying thermal bridging where the jurisdiction requires it.

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    Class 2 and multi-dwelling assessments

    Modelling a House: AdvancedComing soon

    Organise apartments and attached dwellings so large jobs stay manageable.

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    Whole of Home: appliances, PV and battery

    Modelling a House: AdvancedComing soon

    Build a Whole of Home profile with heating, cooling, hot water, lighting, cooking, pool & spa, solar PV and storage.

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Creating Options

Compare alternatives quickly and find the most cost-effective path to compliance.

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    Comparing runs side by side

    Creating OptionsComing soon

    Keep prior outcomes alongside the current run to see exactly what each change did.

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    Replacing glazing across the model

    Creating OptionsComing soon

    Swap glazing products in one action and re-simulate to test an option in minutes.

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    Batch simulating climates and Whole of Home profiles

    Creating OptionsComing soon

    Run one model across climate zones or several appliance profiles in a single batch.

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    Existing and proposed: pre- and post-renovation

    Creating OptionsComing soon

    Use the renovation simulation modes to model additions and alterations with existing and proposed runs.

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    Meeting NCC load limits at least cost

    Creating OptionsComing soon

    A method for working through insulation, glazing and shading options until the heating and cooling limits are met.

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Sending out the Results

Turn a finished simulation into reports, a certificate and a HERS Portal submission.

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    Reading the analysis panel

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    Star rating, adjusted energy load, monthly loads, the NCC benchmark view and the technical metadata behind the result.

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    Exporting results to Excel and PDF

    Sending out the ResultsComing soon

    Produce client-ready reports and hourly Whole of Home data.

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    Generating the certificate package

    Sending out the ResultsComing soon

    Assemble the certificate XML, project file, engine input and plan images for thermal-only or Whole of Home certificates.

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    Uploading to the HERS Portal from BERS Pro

    Sending out the ResultsComing soon

    Submit and track your certificate through the embedded portal without leaving the application.

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    Certificate credits and re-issuing a certificate

    Sending out the ResultsComing soon

    Check credits from the launcher, top up, and what to do when a certificate needs to be re-issued.

About the Training Centre

The Training Centre is the video companion to BERS Pro 6. It is built for new assessors who want to be productive in their first week, and for experienced assessors moving across from other NatHERS tools who want to know how BERS Pro does things.

Every video is short and covers one task, recorded in the current release of BERS Pro 6. The playlists are ordered the way an assessment actually runs: get set up, learn the workspace, model the house, test your options, then send out the results and the certificate.

Videos are being recorded now and will be published here as each playlist is finished. If there is a topic you would like covered, tell us.

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