Climate change

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Scoring home runs

By Dael Climo 1 April 2022, Build 189, Feature article

The shortage of adequate housing is a global problem – one likely to be exacerbated as governments struggle to deal with the added impacts of climate change. Some global success stories show that targeted intervention, good planning laws and a humanistic approach will help.

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Becoming resilient

By David Hindley 1 October 2022, Build 192, Feature article

There is more to resilience than just ensuring buildings are better able to cope with floods or earthquakes. It can also be applied to communities and individual businesses. Understanding resilience in all its forms can save time, money and stress for building firms, building owners and the country as a whole.

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Rule of thumb 1: Increase insulation

By Greg Burn 1 June 2022, Build 190

BRANZ modelling identified six areas for designers to focus on to reduce the carbon footprint of a new build. In the first of this series, we look at the practical considerations for designers using rule of thumb 1 Increase construction R-values.

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Designing for the climate

By Greg Burn 1 February 2022, Build 188, Feature article

Dramatically reducing the carbon footprint of residential new builds presents significant challenges for architects, designers and the entire industry. Revisiting basic design principles is one tool that will be useful.

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Rules of thumb to cut carbon

By Dave Dowdell 1 June 2022, Build 190

Recent BRANZ modelling provides a starting point for designing lower-carbon houses by quantifying carbon emissions savings from six design rules of thumb. In part 1 of this 2-part series, we explain the modelling and cover the first two rules of thumb.

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