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A skillion roof design

By Bruce Sedcole 1 April 2024, Build 201

As the dust settles after the introduction of the revised H1 requirements last year, BRANZ has continued to receive a steady stream of related queries about the ventilation of residential dwellings – especially roof spaces.

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More on H1

By Greg Burn 1 April 2024, Build 201

People still have plenty of questions about the new H1 requirements as was clear from a recent series of BRANZ workshops on the topic. Here are some of the issues that came up.

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Slab edge insulation

By Bruce Sedcole 1 June 2023, Build 196

May Day, 1 May 2023, saw most of the recent new h1 updates move from their transition phase to become the sole h1 Acceptable Solution compliance paths available to architects and designers of all our housing and buildings up to 300 m².

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Hands on for H1

By David Hindley 1 April 2023, Build 195

With decades of research into thermal insulation, structural strength, internal moisture and related topics, BRANZ is well placed to give practical advice about some recent questions we’ve heard around h1 compliance.

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Compliance for H1 5th edition design

By Bruce Sedcole 1 August 2022, Build 191

The BRANZ helpline has received many calls asking how to approach designing new houses that are compliant with the higher thermal requirements of New Zealand Building Code clause H1 Energy efficiency 5th edition. The first step is to look further than just the schedule method.

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