Mould Awareness Week

It’s mould awareness week! A week that revolves around mould with the purpose to raise awareness among Kiwis. Mould is a common issue in NZ houses, and we seem to

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Gab Learns Weather-tightness

Weathertightness The world is a changing place, and we are seeing this in our climate and weather patterns. The change isn’t consistent, floods and temperature extremes are becoming more frequent,

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Gab Learns Houses That Work

Houses That Work Houses, buildings, whatever – we are talking about those that work (and those that don’t)! It’s the devil’s advocate argument when we talk about improving your home

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Service Extension: Passive House Certification by Denise Martin

A passive house, the crème de la crème of housing, benefiting the environment and comforting its residents – but how do we get there? Passive House is designed and tested

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Gab Learns the Best Heating Options

Best Heating Options We are here, it was inevitable and now it is here. Winter. And we are desperate to know what the best heating options are for winter! We

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Gab Learns The Healthy Home Standards

The Healthy Home Standards Let’s talk about the Healthy Home Standards! It’s been a buzz for quite some time (years in fact) in the industry, and we tenants are ready

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Magical Winter Fixes

Magical Winter Fixes Ok, it’s cold outside – like 5 degrees, but the inside of the house isn’t any better, and we are all looking for those magical winter fixes!

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Gab Learns Starblock Retrofits

Lesson Thirteen – Gab Learns Starblock Retrofits We’re into a new season of Gab Learns, and while in previous podcasts/articles we covered housing concepts, we’re now diving deeper into specific projects.

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Gab Learns Allergies

Lesson Twelve – Gab Learns Allergies Spring is here (if you watch the video, you can tell from our clothing), and that means allergies are here too (noooo!) We vaguely know

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Gab Learns Air Movement

Lesson Ten: Air Movement Heading into warmer months, spring is here, and summer is coming (yay)! But what does this mean for how we feel in our homes? We have

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