Jackson Digney
Are You Reducing The Energy Efficiency Of Your Home?
We focus on bridging the gaps of Sustainability, Energy Efficiency and Buildings Cost. This gives you the opportunity to benefit from a range of expertise, buying power and connections to provide you with the most cost effective means of achieving a home that performs, and provides you with comfort for the long run. Ready to […]
Why Should You Use Double Glazed Windows?
As a follow on from our article on window selection (see here) here is some great information about links to more about what can be done to counter the effects of glazing on the Energy Efficiency of your home. Have you ever wondered why the little cooling fins you see on computers, fridges and anything […]
Why You Need To Make Sure Your Builder Knows Energy Efficiency
There are more and more builders now catching on that Energy Efficiency Building is in vogue. But there is a big difference between saying it and living it. This article highlights just how careful you need to be to make sure that not only your builder, but his trades are focused on ensuring that […]
Zero Carbon Homes – The Key to Curbing Climate Change
Its often talked about, blogged about and bandied about. Climate Change – is it real, is it not. While this article is about climate change, its talks to a matter that is far more important to us. Waste – industrial and construction. Greener building techniques and building help to reduce waste. Our methods aim to […]
NanoPCM – 12% More Energy Efficient
Are you thinking about what can be done differently to get maximum performance from your house? A few months ago we talked about BioPCM, an innovative product which is going into our Belair Project. The benefits of this product is its ability to store heat and cool. What sets it apart from masonry (brick, block and concrete) […]
Windows – Where Your House Hurts Your Back Pocket
Did you know one of the largest effects on your homes energy rating is windows? The choices made on your window selections can have a dramatic effect on the build budget and the energy rating, which is ultimately the cost to run of your home. When deciding on windows, saving money upfront can cost you […]
Your New Home Could Be Built Using Carbon Neutral Bricks!
Its been an interesting few months at Enduro Builders. We have two enquirers from couples wishing to build brick veneer homes. To most of you, this might sound quite normal, and they are by far the most common building method in Australia (see below for an example of some different types of wall construction). […]
Do You Know How Leaky Your House Is? See The CSIRO Report Here
One of the major determinants of a homes ability to maintain a temperature is its air tightness. We all know about opening our windows at night during summer and closing them in the morning. What happens during winter? What about winter where we want to stop cold draughts? A well built home, with windows and […]
Not Being Energy Efficient Hurts Profits
Did you know the commercial building and sales industry often leads the way with reforms which eventually flow through to the residential market? On the industry side this has occured over the last few years with the Work Health and Safety Act, as a whole Commercial building embraced the new legislation, with residential lagging behind. The […]