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For optimal reliability and safety, accurate internal design pressures must be applied to all building designs. To achieve this, it is essential for architects, designers and specifiers to understand the recent changes to AS/NZS 1170.2, which sets out the procedures for calculating wind speeds and resulting wind actions to be used in structural design.
It’s time to act as quickly as humanly possible. This week, Australia’s leading engineers and technology experts from the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering have called for Australia to get to net zero 15 years quicker than our current goal of 2050 to be more consistent with a 1.5℃ trajectory.
A series of experiments and simulations have been conducted to investigate how natural (i.e. buoyancy and wind-driven) ventilation through cavities formed behind steel cladding can influence the thermal and hygric (i.e. moisture-related) performance of walls in Australia. Changes to the National Construction Code (NCC) in 2019 introduced requirements for the thermal resistance of cavities to be calculated using methods outlined in the new standard AS/NZS 4859.2:2018. These calculation methods reduce the nominal thermal resistance of such cavities significantly when they include openings for ve...
For optimal reliability and safety, accurate internal design pressures must be applied to all building designs. To achieve this, it is essential for architects, designers and specifiers to understand the recent changes to AS/NZS 1170.2, which sets out the procedures for calculating wind speeds and resulting wind actions to be used in structural design.
The Sustainability Summit features a pivotal session titled Why 10-Star Homes Will Become the Norm in Residential Design. But How to Get There? which will address a fundamental shift in the aspirations of homeowners and builders beyond the mandated 6-star energy rating stipulated by the National Construction Code.