This booklet summarises BRANZ-Beacon research into what makes curtains most effective. The research found floor-length, thickly lined curtains which are installed close to the wall are the most effective.
Document Tag: healthy homes
Verney Ryan, Andrea Blackmore. This project developed specific targeted advice aimed at the interaction point between volume home builders and home buyers to highlight higher performance options for typical volume […]
Vicki Cowan, Heidi Mardon, Pamela Jones. This project explored teaching home performance to 10-12 year olds with a school trial at Maeroa Intermediate. A Healthy Homes unit was taught using a […]
Kootuitui ki Papakura. The Kootuitui ki Papakura partnership with Auckland Council through The Southern Initiative (TSI) led to this case story which tracks the development of Ko Huiamano − Warm, Dry, […]
Auckland-Wide Healthy Homes Co-Design Group. This second report on the Auckland Healthy Homes Initiatives (HHI) co-design journey focuses on work undertaken since October 20161. It builds on the key findings […]
Auckland-Wide Healthy Homes Co-Design Group. This document records the Auckland Wide Healthy Homes (AWHI) co-design journey for the period October 2015 to September 2016. It is not a plan of […]
Glenda Lock, Verney Ryan. This research explored options for upgrading or retiring privately owned building stock at the development or neighbourhood level within the Tāmaki regeneration area. The project sought […]
Lois Easton. This report documents the upgrade of Papanui 1, one of the case studies in the Build Back Smarter Project. The project aimed to develop evidence that residential performance […]
Andrea Blackmore. A summary of the Build Back Smarter project which looked at how home performance upgrades could and should be undertaken at the same time as earthquake repairs. Case […]
Lois Easton. This report documents the upgrade of Redcliffs 1, one of the case studies in the Build Back Smarter Project. The project aimed to develop evidence that residential performance […]