‘It’s very uncomfortable, leaks like a sieve, and is probably not delivering the performance that a new tenant wants’ – You need Passive House
There are plenty of spruikers for residential Passive House (PH), but what about all those leaky B and C grade office buildings that are past their use-by date and yet have too much embodied carbon to lose in a knockdown?
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‘It’s very uncomfortable, leaks like a sieve, and is probably not delivering the performance that a new tenant wants’ – You need Passive House
There are plenty of spruikers for residential Passive House (PH), but what about all those leaky B and C grade office buildings that are past their use-by date…
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