Green Party's pledge to renters: What you need to know
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The Green Party have launched their pre-election housing policy with promises to give everyone in New Zealand a healthy home to live in.

The Greens are looking to introduce changes to the rental market to “give everyone in New Zealand a healthy home to live in”.

  • Dave@lemmy.nzMEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I wonder if there are companies in NZ that build houses to a standard that people coming from overseas expect?

    I know heatpump powered central heating is becoming more common, but it seems only for those who know to ask for it. I’d be interested in knowing what other things make warmer houses, so I know to look out for them.

    • Rangelus@lemmy.nzOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      When we built, we went with a smaller local contractor. We came from a cold, damp, house, so specified we wanted it WARM. Something that helped is we have polystyrene backed cladding. This isn’t included in the R-value calcs for Code, but definitely helps. We also went with thermally broken frames, which wasn’t worth the money I don’t think.

      • Dave@lemmy.nzMEnglish
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        1 year ago

        So I went searching to see what might be different overseas. I picked Canada, and found a page saying Canadian’s use about 60% of their total energy use heating their home. So I thought maybe they are just more willing to crank the heater up

        But then I came across this page. It lists typical R-value for insulation. The numbers are in the 30-60 range… that’s got to be a difference in how they measure, right? I don’t think you can buy insulation more than an R value of about 4 in NZ…