State Environmental Planning Policy (Sustainable Buildings) 2022
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5 Prescribed residential accommodation
5 Prescribed residential accommodation
(1) This section applies to dwellings in prescribed residential accommodation.
(2) Column 1 of Table 2 specifies the standard for the total heating and cooling of a dwelling.
(3) Column 2 of Table 2 specifies the standard for heating a dwelling without a suspended floor.
(4) Column 3 of Table 2 specifies the standard for cooling a dwelling without a suspended floor.
(5) Column 4 of Table 2 specifies the standard for heating a dwelling with a suspended floor.
(6) Column 5 of Table 2 specifies the standard for cooling a dwelling with a suspended floor.
(7) This section does not apply to a dwelling that has a suspended floor above a garage.
(8) If a dwelling has a suspended floor and another type of floor, the applicable standard is the floor area weighted average of the standards for a dwelling with and without a suspended floor.
(9) If more than 50% of the external walls of a dwelling are mud brick or rammed earth, the applicable standard is the standard for a suspended floor.
Table 2
| Climate zone | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | | 8 | 75 | 58.5 | 51.7 | 57.3 | 56.1 | | 9 | — | 39.5 | 50 | 38.3 | 55 | | 10 | — | 12 | 55.5 | 15.2 | 54.5 | | 11 | — | 27.8 | 26.6 | 32.5 | 24 | | 14 | 120 | 119 | 22.1 | 116.5 | 32.7 | | 15 | 51 | 47.1 | 30.1 | 39.3 | 33.3 | | 17 | 30 | 26 | 17.5 | 27 | 19.7 | | 18 | 61 | 56.2 | 29.8 | 53.4 | 35.1 | | 20 | 96 | 90.1 | 32.6 | 85.1 | 41.1 | | 24 | 122 | 117 | 30 | 114 | 35 | | 25 | 298 | — | — | — | — | | 27 | 79 | 75.9 | 49 | 70.8 | 58.6 | | 28 | 60 | 56 | 37.5 | 53.6 | 43.4 | | 46 | 75 | 56.4 | 58.3 | 51 | 56.5 | | 48 | 79 | 72.6 | 31.6 | 67.1 | 32.3 | | 56 | 30 | 25 | 18 | 25.6 | 18.9 | | 65 | 156 | 150 | 17.9 | 149.8 | 38.5 | | 69 | 277 | — | — | — | — |