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Insulating for comfy winters

By John Burgess 1 June 2009, Build 112

In the last Build, we included a summary of the results from the 3-year Papakowhai retrofit study conducted by BRANZ for Beacon Pathway. Here we look in more depth at what the findings suggest for insulation and heating.

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Optimum upgrades

By Roman Jaques 1 August 2017, Build 161

Information BRANZ gathered when monitoring thermal performance during an upgrade of ageing apartments will be useful to landlords wanting to carry out similar work and to minimise the impact on tenants.

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Costs to reach minimum

By Dr Julie Bennett 1 December 2016, Build 157

A field test of housing in several New Zealand locations found most didn’t meet University of Otago minimum housing standards. So what would it cost to bring them up to scratch, and what do landlords think?

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