Designing Roofs to Meet H1’s Increased Insulation RequirementsChanges to the NZBC’s H1 standard were announced in November late last year. The changes were brought about by MBIE in an effort to...
Utilising Passive House Principles-in Warm Roof DesignThere are six important functions that a good warm roof system will resolve. This applies for the design of the building envelope, and...
Thermal Bridge vs Continuous EnvelopeWhether inspired by passive house principles or not, most of the industry is now attempting to design for continuity of the thermal...
Designing for Internal MoistureIt is 2023 and New Zealand is still building unhealthy homes. Many things contribute to unhealthy homes, but a big contributor is...