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One tool to rule them all?

By Jonquil Brooks 1 February 2022, Build 188, Feature article

With the growing urgency to measure carbon emissions from building and create warmer, drier, healthier homes, how can evaluation tools help? A Building Research Levy-funded project has been asking industry.

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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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Environment Roadmap for Action

By Karla Falloon 1 February 2021, Build 188, Feature article

Tinkering around the edges won’t be enough to achieve Aotearoa’s 2050 climate change targets. The new Construction Sector Environment Roadmap for Action shows how success depends on people at every level of the building sector becoming involved.

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Carbon reporting metrics

By Chris Nicholl 1 February 2022, Build 188, Feature article

The development of an easy method for cost consultants to accurately report the amount of embodied carbon a project produces can assist construction to be both sustainable and turn a profit.

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