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Release History
2.0.0
BESS Release 2 (Beta)
This release includes a brand new user interface for BESS, featuring:
- A more responsive design for tablet and mobile devices
- Dark and light mode options
- Redesigned editor grids / editor modals, no more horizontal scrolling
- Improved filtering and data entry options, particularly for complex projects.
- Improved navigation via redesigned and expanded sidebar
- Improved Projects page including maps, plus more search and filter options
- Ability to bookmark credits to return to later
- Changes to how projects are saved and published.
- Improved Supporting Evidence page that removes duplication
- A new Tool Notes documentation website
The new user interface is fully back compatible - so you can use it to access BESS projects created in any previous engine.
The BESS Release 2 User Interface is currently in beta. During this period, the existing BESS user interface (now called "BESS Classic") will be available and users can switch between the BESS Release 2 User Interface and the BESS Classic User Interface.
Note that BESS-9 Engine Projects can only be created and managed in the BESS Release 2 User Interface.
A new way to manage your projects
You can now:
- Keep all versions within one 'project', including multiple 'drafts' / scenarios with their own version name
- See which versions are in draft or have been published
- Copy any version to a new version within that project, or to a new project at a new address.
BESS-9 Engine
This release includes a new engine (BESS-9). BESS-9 includes:
- Updated greenhouse emission factors, in line with the latest release of the Australian National Greenhouse Accounts Factors.
- Category change: new Integrated Water Management (IWM) category to replace Water and Stormwater categories
- IEQ credit 1.5 Minimal internal bedrooms has been removed
- IEQ credit 2.3 Ventilation - Non-Residential. Minor change to scoring.
- On project setup, dwellings data entry now includes number of bedrooms
- Category name change: Energy category now called Operational Energy
- Category name change: Waste category now called Waste & Resource Recovery
- Innovation changes: users can select an initiative from the built in library, or add their own.