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Design Advice

Managing Moisture and Ventilation in Roofs

With new roofing insulation requirements, the architectural community has had to get used to some radically changed details for roofs.

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26 February 2024
27 November 2023

What Makes Good Medium Density Design?

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This month I look at a winning MDH project and share a controversial idea that only those who live in MDH should be able to design MDH + we're giving you another chance to WIN with the Medium Quick-Fire Quiz.

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27 November 2023

Why is it Being Reported that New Terrace Housing is Overheating in Summer?

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When it is being reported that Terrace Housing has overheating problems, is it just the direct experience of individuals in particular buildings who don’t recall all the Terraces which are not a problem, or is there a trend with current materials and regulations which are not as appropriate as they could be?

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30 October 2023

Meet the EBOSS Manufacturers Leading the Industry Forward in a Revolutionary Project

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In this guest post by the team at Tricia Love Consultants, we share an exciting update on the first Landscape and Infrastructure project in the world to receive Living Building Challenge vs4.0 Petal Certification.

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30 October 2023

Plasterboard Possibilities for Medium Density Builds

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This month I discuss plasterboard + we're giving you another chance to WIN with the Medium Quick-Fire Quiz.

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30 October 2023

Tips for BPIR and Families of Products

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A common question for manufacturers and importers of building products is when and how to batch BPIR information for product families or ranges. Here's a guide to help you manage these complexities.

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25 September 2023

Steel Cladding is About to Become More Sustainable

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The use of a crisp, sharp, long-lasting metal cladding is absolutely the right finish for the future, but why don't we brighten up our colour choices?

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21 September 2023

Modelled CCC Data with Matt Curtis

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This month we delve into code completion certificate data with BRANZ Economist, Matt Curtis.

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1 September 2023

Steel vs Concrete in Multi-Storey Construction

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This month I discuss multi-storey construction + we're giving you another chance to WIN with the Medium Quick-Fire Quiz.

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24 July 2023

Should all New Houses be Modelled for Thermal Performance? – Part 2

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For housing design and construction is there such a strong link between passive thermal performance, (before heating & cooling appliances are activated), and the embodied carbon content of the dwelling so that these two important design objectives must be locked together in a single analysis?

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26 June 2023

Should All New Houses be Modelled for Thermal Performance?

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Are we moving in a direction where continuing and narrowing analysis of evermore finer detail of particular aspects of building elements is assumed to automatically leads to better results?

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