A practical design guide to lower carbon, healthier homes

The New Zealand Green Building Council has launched the latest Homestar Design Guide.  

This new document provides an overview of the concepts of building performance introduced in Homestar version 5 and is intended as a ‘how to’ guide for designers and professionals navigating the Homestar certification process.

As well as detailed case studies to show how to achieve various Homestar ratings across the motu, the guide provides detail on the options and routes available for projects to achieve Homestar certifications of varying ambition and outlines best practice methodology for higher performance, and healthier homes.

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