By Dael Climo
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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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By David Hindley
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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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By Manuel Diaz
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1 February 2022, Build 188, Feature article
Peddlethorp Architects Director Manuel Diaz reviews the challenges posed by MBIE’s Building for climate change programme and the implications for architects and builders – as well as the benefits for all.
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By Greg Burn
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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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By Sylvia Allan, Larissa Clarke, Dr Judy Lawrence
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1 February 2022, Build 188, Feature article
Climate change hazards such as erosion and flooding threaten many coastal communities. While we wait for new legislation to better enable adaptation, pressures for coastal housing and urban development are continuing within an inadequate planning and building framework.
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By Antonia Reid
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1 February 2022, Build 188, Feature article
As MBIE’s Building for climate change programme develops, targets will be set for energy use and caps put on embodied carbon. The industry is also encouraged to think innovatively about designing, building and operating buildings.
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By Greg Burn
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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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By Dave Dowdell
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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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By David Carradine, Nick Locke
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1 June 2022, Build 190
Research shows that, apart from some slight changes, light timber-framed buildings designed using our current standards should largely stand up to the increased wind speeds that climate change is expected to bring.
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By Lindsay Wood
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1 October 2022, Build 192
Lindsay Wood from climate strategy company Resilienz says that the less we mitigate and adapt to climate change, the more resilient we will need to be.
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