# Energy 3.4 Clothes Drying
# Applies to
All residential developments
# Objective
Ensure the efficient use of energy and to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse emissions associated with clothes drying
# Summary
Points are awarded when clothes drying energy consumption is >10% below the benchmark (due to a combination of clothes lines and efficient mechanical dryers), as calculated by the built-in calculator or demonstrated via alternative modelling.
# Documentation & evidence required
- Site or floor plans showing the location of clothes drying equipment.
# Further information
BESS assesses the proposed clothesline depending on whether it is unprotected, under cover or shared. For example, BESS places more value on a private outdoor line protected from the rain, rather than a shared clothes line not protected from the rain.
BESS uses the clotheslines and clothes dryer selections to estimate energy used for clothes drying.