# 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.
It is always recommended that any indoor clotheslines are located in spaces able to be naturally ventilated in order to reduce condensation risk.