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Having a properly insulated home can almost halve your yearly energy bills and can pay for itself in as little as five years, according to Kingspan, a global leader in insulation. Kingspan’s National Specification Manager Stuart Braine and Kingspan’s National Residential Sales Manager for Insulation Brent Livy explain some of the benefits of insulation.
Water damage tops the list of building defects, with experts blaming a lack of regulation of waterproofing, a critical skill currently not required to be carried out by a specialist.
Water damage tops the list of building defects, with experts blaming a lack of regulation of waterproofing, a critical skill currently not required to be carried out by a specialist.
The news that Victoria may cave to housing industry pressure to further delay the implementation of 7 star NatHERS relating to energy efficiency in housing and that New South Wales might also cave is bad news for humanity.
In a time where greenwashing has become so prevalent that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has had to launch a crackdown and impose fines on many businesses, the need for certified sustainability credentials has never been greater. Across the architecture and design industries, certifications have become a means of third-party verification that a company, product, or process actually does what it says it does.