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How to breathe well (without freezing). Solving indoor air quality and mould problems using mechanical ventilation with heat recovery.

The story of a new house in Canberra (Australia) that failed to protect against winter cold and summer heat. How did this happen? What can be done to fix it?

How the Australian building industry and regulations failed to deliver a comfortable house.

A life less leaky.

Retrofitting insulation boards for better walls.

Adding another layer to the windows.

It’s curtains folks.

Retrofitting insulation on the exposed edge of a heated concrete slab.

The missing insulation: Spray-foaming the ceiling under box gutters.

Attempts at rectifying incorrect insulation in a raked ceiling.

Steel beams are the weakest link. Thermally speaking.