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…
There’s new energy efficiency requirements and compliance pathways for apartments in NCC 2022.
Here’s an overview of what you need to know.
This document explains the requirements for reducing thermal bridging in residential buildings focusing on metal-framed walls, roofs, ceilings and floors. It provides practical guidance on compliance options and methods to improve energy efficiency and…
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…
We’ve released 4 new continuing professional development (CPD) micromodules.
With the National Construction Code (NCC) Provision A2.2(4) in effect since 1 July 2021, the process for developing Performance Solutions is now a mandatory requirement.