By Trevor Pringle
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1 October 2007, Build 102
Within New Zealand homes a slip, trip or fall injury occurs every 3 minutes. This affects around 400,000 adults and children each year – that’s more than all sports and road injuries. Using the right surface could prevent many of these.
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By Jessica Winter
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1 April 2008, Build 105, Feature article
Health problems for tenants in old Wanaka houses led to a successful retrofitting experiment. This basic research shows that improvements can be expected for a relatively small cost.
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By Mikael Boulic
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1 October 2008, Build 108, Feature article
A research project monitoring temperatures in houses has identified a need to educate people on how to use heaters more effectively.
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