Who is the Remissions Tool for?

The Remissions Tool is specifically designed for developers applying for a remission under Waitakere City Council's Development Contribution policy.

What does it do?

The Remissions Tool is specifically designed to facilitate Waitakere City Council's Development Contribution policy. It assesses what remission your development will achieve, based upon the TUSC score calculated for your development. 

How do I use the TUSC Remissions Tool?

The tool asks for design details of the appliances, lighting, insulation, material types, stormwater, wastewater and use of alternative energy supply that you plan to use in your development. Simply fill in data from your concept design under the various headings by clicking on the appropriate tick box (it helps to have a copy of your design and specifications with you when using the tool). If a feature or question doesn’t apply simply don’t tick the box and TUSC will calculate this as a ‘no’ answer. Each heading e.g.: water, stormwater, lighting etc is on a new page. After you have filled in one page, click on the next heading in the menu bar on the right and continue. TUSC will save your data automatically, and collate it to give you your final score.

What if I get stuck?

If you are unsure of how to answer, need more information on the question, or want advice on how to achieve the best sustainable practice, click on the question mark icons to the right. To get out of help simply click on the scroll bar to the right of the help box.

Results

TUSC will give you a final score once you’ve entered all your data but also calculates a running total as you go along. The sustainability meter at the bottom of the page shows your percentage of water and energy currently saved. This allows you to experiment with minor adjustment to see what will give you the most savings and the greatest remission!

Click here to use this tool