Category: Podcasts
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Build Aotearoa 22: Glenn Harley and Sharon Robinson
Smart Living Spaces Courses https://mailchi.mp/d8da871e6018/freecourse https://www.smartlivingspaces.nz/healthy-homes-for-home-owners-1 Airtightness and Energy Efficiency https://mailchi.mp/55993a8ce34e/guideline-august_2024-328287#mctoc2 Overheating and Carbon https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/middayreport/audio/2018957722/green-building-council-supports Building Consents https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nathanspeir_acts-cameron-luxton-wants-builders-to-be-activity-7246579587780861954-wGPc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop Oil and Gas – Evidencehttps://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/30/anne-salmond-are-they-listening/ Multiproof MultiProof resources | Building Performance Minor variations guidance | Building Performance Wao https://www.linkedin.com/posts/wao-nz_with-just-over-four-weeks-until-wao-summit-activity-7246334252701663232-tLOB?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
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Build Aotearoa 21: PHINZ 2024
I caught up with Glenn Harley and Joseph Lyth to chat about the recent PHINZ conference in Wellington.
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Build Aotearoa 19: Constructive
Thoughts from Constructive 2024 Early in the agenda at this year’s Constructive forum by the Registered Master Builders Association, a key theme emerged around the economy and cost of building. It got me thinking that a commonly posed question of “balancing sustainability with cost” might be fundamentally flawed. Environmental and economic sustainability should not be…
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Build Aotearoa 18: Better Building with Monique Kelly
Wao is a collective dedicated to a regenerative future. I caught up with co-founder Monique Kelly to discuss why she does what she does, and their upcoming Summit. For more information check out https://www.wao.co.nz/summit2024
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Build Aotearoa 15: Building Circularity
The construction industry plays a pivotal role in the quest for a sustainable, low-carbon future. Traditional construction practices follow a linear model: take, make, dispose. However, this approach leads to significant waste and resource depletion. Enter building circularity – a transformative concept that aims to design and construct buildings for long-term sustainability, ensuring materials can…
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Build Aotearoa 13: Homestar vs Building Code
The New Zealand Building Code does not guarantee performance in all areas that many homeowners might expect. Fortunately, Homestar is available to close the performance gaps. Homestar Headline Benefits• Fresh air• Dry• Comfort• Carbon Homestar Design ChecklistThis is a summary of the basic requirements over and above basic building code…
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Build Aotearoa 10: Warmer and Wetter
This week, I attended a BRANZ seminar titled ‘Building for our Changing Climate’ in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. It’s encouraging to see rooms filled with designers, builders, product suppliers, building officials, and others interested enough in this critical topic to dedicate four hours of their week to it. A key takeaway is that we’re not adequately…
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Build Aotearoa 9 with Steve Penny
Steve Penny is the founder and director at Honoris, a building services consultancy in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is also the host of his own podcast, A Penny for Your Thoughts.
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Build Aotearoa 8: Cool by Design
Many people might be surprised to know that the New Zealand Building Code does not require any consideration of overheating in homes. The energy efficiency requirements in our code are based only on the ability of buildings to keep warm without excessive heat loss. There is nothing to prevent homes from being designed with large…