OpenBuildings 2023 has been fully approved by the English Energy Performance of Buildings Division for Part L submission, for both PartL 2021 and Part L 2013.
Note that XML files from prior or latter versions will not be accepted for submission by building control.
To download, visit the Software Centre and select the required version ( 23.00.00.114), as below:
The approved versions of SBEM in OpenBuildings 2023 are:
For Part L 2021: SBEM v6.1.e.0
For PartL 2013: SBEM v5.6.b.0
Important: For OpenBuildings 2023 you must install the above SBEM engines to run the PartL calculation.
Please find full details, and instructions on how to do so here.
Free Part L energy assessor training is available On-Demand for Select users - here.