Check out this blog by Ian McChesney on the Energy Cultures site.
Ian says “The overall policy on cold homes looks increasingly ad-hoc and lacking coherency – which pretty much sums up the proposed rental standards as well.” He suggests we need a new agenda for cold homes, which (among other things) focuses on “affordable warmth”
What do you think?
A good summary of why mould is a problem for health from a Massey University researcher.
Roofs are integral to a home’s weathertightness, and deferring roof maintenance can have all sorts of consequences for the liveability and healthiness of a home.
Fletcher Building has produced a new consumer website to guide homeowners through roof replacement. Worth checking out to see if it is useful when talking replacement with your clients.
PrefabNZ has just launched a competition to design a universal bathroom pod suitable for the accessible needs of retirement and social housing dwellers.
The hope is that designs can be built and demonstrated to retirement village and social housing developers, and may also be suitable for multi-unit residential developments.
Entries due 7 December.
