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Figure 3: Thermal image of an exterior wall face of one of the blocks, focusing on the spandrel detail, before (left) and after (right) the upgrade. Rain-saturated polystyrene wall insulation is suspected in the left image.
Two fact sheets are available to download from the BRANZ website. These cover two important aspects of the project – the tools that inform thermal upgrades of apartments and how to enrich environments when upgrading apartments for vulnerable tenants.
Three BRANZ study reports covering the technical aspects of the upgrade are also avail- able from www.branz.co.nz/study_reports: ● Kotuku Apartments thermal modelling –
design stage
● Retrofit performance measurements of
Kotuku Apartments
● Implications of the Kotuku Apartments
retro t on its occupants.
Note This project relied on many individuals.
BRANZ would especially like to thank the past and present tenants of Kotuku Apartments who allowed access to their apartments for equipment to be installed and monitored.
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