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Tag: houses

raised house
Posted inSpinifex

Rising above the tide…and other things

by Russell Hall 12 August 202112 August 2021
Posted inHousing

How to make a home in Adelaide get to 10 stars – maybe more

by Poppy Johnston 23 February 20212 March 2021
Posted inHousing

This rammed earth, Passive House home is in a community bound by sustainability

by Poppy Johnston 12 November 20207 December 2020
Posted inRating tools

Why NSW’s BASIX tool needs some love  

by Poppy Johnston 20 August 202031 August 2020
Posted inHousing

How comfortable is your home in the hot weather or cold? Soon you’ll be able to prove the claims (and maybe get a better price when you sell)

by Mollie Hersh 13 August 202026 August 2020
house in the bush
Posted inHousing

No smoke, no ash: here’s how one house survived the fires

by Paul Whitington 6 February 202011 September 2020
gerard butler
Posted inArticles

California’s wildfires and what Australia can learn

by Poppy Johnston 23 January 202030 January 2020
Elmwood, Wadonga, NSW
Posted inArticles

Wodonga builder proves 10 star homes not so hard if you’re a quality builder to start with

by Willow Aliento 28 November 201921 January 2020
Posted inMaterials

New meets old: Cob houses enter the twenty-first century

by David Thorpe 15 October 201915 October 2019
australian housing development
Posted inHousing

Australia’s still building 4 in every 5 new houses to no more than the minimum energy standard

by Trivess Moore, RMIT University; Michael Ambrose, CSIRO, and Stephen Berry, University of South Australia 25 June 2019
Joel Dignam, Better Renting
Posted inHousing

ACT’s disclosure scheme reveals appalling residential housing quality

by Willow Aliento 12 April 201819 April 2018

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