Plan Assessor: software for assessing new build homes

NHER Plan Assessor is our Government-authorised software for assessing the energy efficiency of newbuild homes 'off plan'. It covers all parts of the UK and draws from 20 years' experience of producing market leading energy efficiency software.

NHER Plan Assessor is designed for:

New build property plans

  • On Construction Domestic Energy Assessors
  • Authorised SAP assessors
  • Code for Sustainable Homes assessors
  • Architects and designers
  • Housebuilders
  • Housing Associations
  • Building Control professionals and other checking authorities
  • Anyone wanting to see how the energy efficiency of homes can be improved

Key Features

  • Developed by NHER, the pioneers of energy rating who continue to lead the field for quality and innovation
  • Free high quality technical support by phone and web, backed up by SAP/Building Regulations experts
  • Robust software with a proven track record and the highest quality assurance standards
  • User friendly interface, including traffic light system and data validation routines to help avoid data entry errors
  • Desktop software linking to the internet only when needed - retain full control of your data
  • Approved for both SAP 2005/Building Regulations 2006 and SAP 2009/Building Regulations 2010
  • Covers all countries in the UK: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
  • Software is continually improved in consultation with users
  • Developed for Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista, 7)
  • Optimised for a screen resolution of at least 1024x768.

Plan Assessor is our full SAP desktop software package.  SAP 2005 and SAP 2009 are both included in the purchase price, but why not try it out free for 30-days? 

NHER Plan Assessor 5.3 - for SAP 2009/Building Regulations 2010

  • BRE approved for all SAP 2009 based outputs and Energy Performance Certificates 
  • Code for Sustainable Homes:  Ene 1 'Dwelling Emission Rate',  Ene 2 'Fabric Energy Efficiency',  Ene 7 'Low and Zero Carbon Technologies'
  • CSH outputs available on the NHER Code Report
  • Building Regulations submissions for all UK regions
  • Import and Export of records to and from database in XML format
  • Import of XMLs exported from Plan Assessor 4.5 – this can be used to issue SAP 2009 EPCs for dwellings assessed against Building Regulations 2006
  • Backwards compatible with Plan Assessor versions 4.5, 5.0, 5.1 and 5.2.
  • Select micro-CHP and heat pump systems from the Product Characteristics Database, in addition to boilers and mechanical ventilation systems
  • We are currently working on adding additional features into the next version of the software

SAP 2009 software includes the following developments: two main space heating systems in the dwelling, up to 5 community heating heat sources, hydro-electric systems, and multiple PV, Wind, and Appendix Q system, mechanical cooling (air conditioning), Assess thermal bridging (ψ values and y-value) in accordance with Building Regulations 2010 

NHER Plan Assessor 4.5 - for SAP 2005/Building Regulations 2006

  • A range of SAP 2005 based outputs, including Building Regulations submissions, Predicted Energy Assessments and Energy Performance Certificates 
  • Fully approved Code for Sustainable Homes (Version 2, May 2009) reports including ENE 7
  • Batch production of EPCs and Building Regulations outputs
  • Export of key results in Excel format
  • Database updates when new software versions are released
  • Model total energy consumption, including energy used for cooking, lights and appliances
  • Demonstrate the impact of different heating patterns and occupancy scenarios
  • Identify total CO2 emissions and comprehensive running costs, based upon BREDEM 12 and sensitive to location
  • Import RDSAP data to go beyond the improvement options offered by an existing dwelling EPC
  • Calculate a dwelling’s NHER Rating (0-20 scale)
  • Goes beyond SAP to provide total energy use, carbon emissions, running costs for various occupancy standards

See the Plan Assessor screenshots for an example of the NHER 'look and feel', or try the evaluation version

Plan Assessor 5: Results screenPlan Assessor 5: Product databasePlan Assessor 5: Individual compliance dialogue

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Developed by our expert in-house team

Lisa McNeilLisa McNeil is a senior consultant in our technical development team, and plays a key role in the ongoing development of NHER Plan Assessor software.