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In this free 20-minute module, you’ll learn about some of the key challenges to achieving or exceeding the new performance requirements to comply with H1 Energy efficiency. The focus is on H1/AS1 and H1/VM1 5th edition amendment 1.

Topics include:

• What are construction R-values?
• Roofs – sloping and skillion
• Floors – underslab heating and slabs with attached unconditioned spaces
• Windows – compliance and avoid overheating
• Doors – compliance and opaque doors
• Walls – compliance and improved performance
• Secondary insulation – improve performance for walls and roofs

The webinar covers:

• What the H1 Calculation method is and when to use it
• Reference houses and how these are calculated
• The advantages, disadvantages and limitations of the calculation method
• Tricks + tips how to make it useful
• How to use and verify the output.

• Please note: that access to this webstream will expire after 1 month.

This BRANZ webinar, in partnership with the Window and Glass Association of New Zealand (WGANZ), brings together experts from BRANZ, WGANZ and MBIE to explain the compliance requirements in H1/AS1 5th edition amendment 1.

Please note: that access to this webstream will expire after 1 month.

The Homestar Embodied Carbon Calculator (HECC) is a free tool that assesses the cradle-to-cradle life cycle embodied carbon of homes with traditional constructions (e.g. timber/steel framed homes).

Please note: that access to this webstream will expire after 1 month.

This 20-minute module provides comprehensive guidance on the design and construction of steel-framed buildings and steps learners through a diverse range of fundamental topics including walls, floors, and rafters; roof structure; insulation; thermal breaks and underlays; wiring and piping; fire and acoustics; windows, doors and wall cladding; bracing; and foundations and connections.

This 20-minute module steps designers and builders through the basics of steel-frame buildings. By completing these building blocks, you will gain an understanding of statutory requirements; materials and specifications; linings, thermal breaks, and insulation; and floors, roofs, and walls.

We look at practical solutions to reducing a building’s carbon footprint.

Please note: that access to this webstream will expire after 1 month.

We look at the inter-related topics of compliance and how to calculate carbon footprints.

Please note: that access to this webstream will expire after 1 month.