This handbook provides guidance on the energy efficiency requirements for Class 2 apartment buildings. It also complements the Housing energy efficiency handbook. Together, these handbooks are intended to help you understand and comply with the latest…
Report The ABCB commissioned Professor Mark Taylor, Macquarie University, to conduct a literature review of known causes that contribute to brass fittings leaching lead into drinking water. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors…
This report shows the results of a number of building models that compare the energy, cost and greenhouse gas emission reductions of buildings built to Deemed to Satisfy provisions of Section J NCC 2016 with those built to Section J NCC 2019. It was…
This updated report presents an order of cost estimate for the proposed changes to the National Construction Code of Australia (NCC) to include mandatory minimum accessible housing provisions for new Class 1a (single residential) and Class 2 (…
This paper investigates the fatigue performance of the battens using analysis methods applied in studying cladding fatigue. A series of tensile tests, static tests, constant amplitude cyclic tests and block cyclic load tests were conducted and the…
This Case Study outlines developing a DTS Solution for the energy efficiency of an interior lighting refurbishment for an office building. It is based on the DTS Provisions in Section J, Part J6 Artificial lighting in NCC Volume One.
The…
Here are the key changes in residential energy efficiency for NCC 2022.
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