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Architectural building energy compliance · South Africa

SANS 10400-XA
compliance,
handled.

FLUX:SOL helps building professionals meet SANS 10400-XA requirements through clear, project-specific compliance support — often with more favourable cost and design outcomes than the deemed-to-satisfy route.

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Rational assessment

XA / 10400

Envelope

Fenestration

Shading

The constraint

The deemed-to-satisfy route is not always the best route.

SANS 10400-XA compliance can be technical and time-consuming. The deemed-to-satisfy route may achieve compliance, but it can also introduce rigid design constraints, over-specified glazing or insulation, and unnecessary cost.

FLUX:SOL assesses the building holistically to identify a practical, project-specific compliance route.

SANS 10400-XA compliance can be technical and time-consuming. The deemed-to-satisfy route may achieve compliance, but it can also introduce rigid design constraints, over-specified glazing or insulation, and unnecessary cost.

FLUX:SOL assesses the building holistically to identify a practical, project-specific compliance route.

prescriptive route Vs. Rational assessment route

prescriptive route Vs.
Rational assessment route

prescriptive route Vs.
Rational assessment route

A rational assessment considers how the complete building performs— not one isolated specification at a time — allowing stronger-performing elements to offset weaker ones within a coordinated, holistic assessment.

Services

Compliance support, without the friction.

01

Rational Design XA Compliance

Project-specific assessment through the rational design route, allowing the building to be considered holistically rather than evaluating each element solely against deemed-to-satisfy requirements.

02

Performance Recommendations

Practical recommendations informed by simulation, covering insulation, glazing, shading, orientation and other envelope decisions that influence energy performance and thermal comfort.

03

Cost-Effective Fenestration Assessment

Focused assessment of glazing areas, SHGC values, U-values, orientation, and shading to help avoid unnecessarily expensive fenestration specifications while still supporting XA compliance.

BETTER OUTCOMES

XA Regulation compliance
with better outcomes.

By assessing the building as a whole, FLUX:SOL can help avoid unnecessary over-specification and preserve more of the architectural intent, while still resolving the compliance requirement clearly, and more cost-effectively.

Process

A clear route from drawings to compliance input.

A clear route from drawings to compliance input.

01 / Send

Send

The building professional sends the relevant project drawings, schedules, and basic building information.

02 / Assess

Assess

FLUX:SOL reviews the project against SANS 10400-XA requirements and considers the most suitable compliance route.

03 / Resolve

Resolve

The building envelope, fenestration, shading, and insulation strategy are assessed holistically.

04 / Issue

Issue

Clear compliance input or documentation is prepared for project use.

Why FLUX:SOL

Compliance support that understands architecture.

FLUX:SOL helps professionals resolve XA compliance without making it more complicated than it needs to be. The service is technical, clear, and design-conscious — aimed at giving building professionals a practical compliance route that may be less restrictive than simply applying deemed-to-satisfy requirements.

FLUX:SOL helps professionals resolve XA compliance without making it more complicated than it needs to be. The service is technical, clear, and design-conscious — aimed at giving building professionals a practical compliance route that may be less restrictive than simply applying deemed-to-satisfy requirements.

Contact

Need XA compliance input?

Send through the project information and we’ll help identify a suitable compliance route.

Direct email

hello@fluxsol.co.za

FLUX:SOL

SANS 10400-XA compliance support for BUILDING PROFESSIONALS.

SANS 10400-XA compliance support for BUILDING PROFESSIONALS.