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Apartment energy efficiency Handbook 2023 cover

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Apartment energy efficiency Handbook

Publisher

Australian Building Codes Board

Version: 2023. (Current)

Assists in understanding the energy efficiency provisions in NCC Volume One that apply to Class 2 apartment buildings.

Condensation in buildings handbook 2023 cover

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Condensation in Buildings Handbook

Publisher

Australian Building Codes Board

Version: 2023. (Current)

Assists in understanding the condensation requirements in NCC 2022 Volumes One and Two.

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Page 62

… spaces Lower temperatures in interstitial spaces around an insulated interior are one of the expected effects noted in Figure 4.4. In cooler spaces, RH will be higher and framing … resistance. This arrangement follows an example in the British Standard BS 5250:2011+A1:2016 "Code of practice for control of condensation in buildings" (Figure F.6). It relies on ventilation to …

Page 113

… Condensation in Buildings Handbook summaries below describe the scope of some of these standards and outline the nature of their content. British Standard (BS) 5250:2011+A1:2016 Code of practice for control of condensation in buildings This Standard is a code of practice providing …

Page 119

… F References and further reading • ABCB, Housing Provisions Standard: Australian Building Codes Board, 2022 • ABCB, National Construction Code Volume One. Canberra: Australian Building … Code, Volume Two. Canberra: Australian Building Codes Board, 2022. • ABCB, Scoping Study of Condensation in Residential Buildings: Final Report. Canberra: Australian Building Codes … Porirua, NZ • Building America, 2010 ‘Guide to Determining Climate Regions by County’. Best Practices Series, U.S. Department of Energy, vol. 7.1 • Consumer, Building and Occupational …

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NatHERS assessor handbook

Publisher

Australian Government

Version: 2019. (Current)

Explains how NatHERS assessments work and is an essential tool for NatHERS assessors.

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Page 81

… a window with multiple glazing that includes both Group A and Group B components, it is good practice for assessors to identify the individual elements when naming the windows entered into NatHERS software. For example, if as assessor is splitting a window identified as W01 in the … window manufacturer has a glazed hinged door, assessors must use that custom window product code. Otherwise, it is entered as a Group A casement window with the appropriate default window …

Page 98

… NatHERS assessor handbook 8.8.1 Loss of insulation Ceiling penetrations, such as recessed light fittings, are modelled in the … have a diameter of approximately 300–350 mm. It is worth noting that the National Construction Code requires internal (ie. without a window or door) bathrooms, WCs and ensuites to have … mechanical ventilation. If an exhaust fan is not shown on the documentation, it would be best practice for assessors to check with the client and confirm whether an exhaust fan should be …

Design Practitioners’ Handbook cover 2021

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Design Practitioners’ Handbook

Publisher

NSW Department of Customer Service

Version: 2021. (Current)

The Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 and Design and Building Practitioners Regulation 2021 (the DBP legislation) were established to raise the standards of building design and building work.

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Page 18

… Practitioners must assume that when they provide a declared regulated design, it may form part of the set of construction issued regulated designs. Regulated designs and declarations are also … is specific to a particular design, for example, for designs where additional standards or codes were applied to the regulated designs or where the designs incorporated specialist advice. … This is in addition to general requirements upon Design Practitioners under the Code of Practice to work within their competence and expertise. There are offences and penalties 18 …

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… for making Declarations that a practitioner is not authorised to make or for breaching the Code of Practice. To make a Design Compliance Declaration for a design, the person making the …

Community Recovery: Australian Disaster Resilience Handbook Collection. Third edition, 2018. cover

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Community Recovery: Australian Disaster Resilience Handbook Collection

Publisher

Australian Government

Version: Third edition, 2018. (Current)

Provides a comprehensive guide to community recovery in Australia.

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… The 2002 Bali bombings brought the reality of terrorism to Australia with significant loss of life and far-reaching psychosocial impacts on … to winds may have potential consequences for the agricultural and energy sectors and building codes (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [CSIRO] 2015). These changes may challenge the prevailing theories about how we manage recovery. Practices that worked in the past may not work in the future. Changing climate conditions, …

Practice Standard for Professional Engineers 2024 cover

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Practice Standard for Professional Engineers

Publisher

NSW Fair Trading

Version: 2024. (Current)

The Practice Standard for Professional Engineers applies to all NSW registered professional engineers; it sets the clear standards of work and behaviour by engineers carrying outprofessional engineering work under the Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (DBPAct).