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H1 Compliance Case Study: Residential Building with over 40% Non-Thermally Broken Aluminium Frame Windows in Auckland

Reshape recently worked on 2 seperate residential project in Auckland, where we faced an interesting challenge. The design of both projects had a lot of windows - they covered over 40% of the walls and both owners only wanted to use non-thermally broken Aluminium framing to save construction costs.

Whan to find out how we achieved compliance while not compromising on energy efficiency or aesthetics? Read the article below.

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New Zealand Building Code, H1 Clauses Breakdown

In New Zealand there is a Building Code that contains rules and standards for constructing a house or commercial building. The building code is broken down into clauses covering each area of construction compliance.

One of these clauses is H1 Compliance which makes sure that buildings are designed and built so that they operate in an energy efficient way. There are 3 main compliance method pathways for H1 as follows and each method as 2 sub pathways depending on the building type.

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Simplifying H1 Reports: Your Path to H1 Compliance Made Easy with Reshape Consulting

Reshape Consulting offers expert guidance to achieve H1 compliance for energy efficiency. They provide advice, reports, and assistance every step of the way. Learn how they can help you achieve energy efficiency standards. A must-read for building owners, architects and developers.

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Passive design for commercial buildings - Part 1: Achieving passive design

Passive design of buildings is a practice that utilises natural energy to heat, cool, ventilate, and light a building. Active design relies on mechanical heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems and internal lighting to produce the same results.

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Passive design for commercial buildings - Part 2: Active systems for passive design

Certain active systems are required or beneficial for optimal temperature, humidity, comfort and ventilation control for passive commercial buildings. These systems are required due to the challenges faced in implementing passive design in commercial buildings described in part 1 of this article.

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Design HVAC systems to reduce disease transmission while aiming for Carbon Zero

We are moving into an age where all buildings will be designed to reduce the spread of pathogens and at the same time become carbon zero for a healthier planet and population.

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Going Carbon Zero – Building Services Specifics

Overview This article gives insight into making new and existing buildings carbon zero. Approaches include reviewing your energy sources, energy usage, refrigerants, waste disposal, and offsetting any unavoidable emissions using offset programmes. The Basics What is a Carbon Zero Building?

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The future of commercial buildings in an age of remote working

Overview This article is targeted at building owners, property managers, and development managers and gives insight into possible solutions for the increasing number of unoccupied commercial buildings in Aotearoa. The solutions involve re-purposing these buildings to continue making a profit and become more resilient to future changes.

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The ultimate ventilation guide to reducing COVID-19 transmission in commercial buildings

We are likely to see new variants of COVID-19 in the future. COVID-19 is mostly spread in particles that escape from an infected person’s mouth or nose. This makes controlling the spread of COVID-19 using well-designed ventilation systems critical to effectively reducing the spread of the virus.

This article will discuss the best ways to ensure your ventilation system can reduce the spread of pathogens like COVID-19.

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Steel Framing and Condensation: A Balancing Act for Building Designers

Attention, Architects, Builders and design specialists! Let's talk steel framing and it’s not-so-secret nemesis: condensation. This dynamic duo can spell big trouble for building longevity and occupant comfort. But fear not! With the right knowledge and design strategies, we can transform steel from a condensation culprit to a champion of structural integrity and healthy living.

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Frequently asked questions on NZBC H1

Reshape Consulting receives numerous questions from the building industry about the NZBC H1 Energy efficiency requirements. Answer to our frequently asked questions on H1 are answered here.

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Embodied carbon - A building services perspective

We want to clarify what is required to reduce emissions, adopt sustainability initiatives, and get to carbon zero.

Embodied carbon is an often forgotten piece of the sustainability picture and we are excited to provide you with more information about it.

We aim to provide forward thinking information in easy to understand terms. If there is anything you are interested to know more about, get in touch.

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