Description

1 May 2023, saw most of the recent new H1 updates move from their transition phase to become the sole H1 Acceptable Solution compliance paths available to architects and designers of all our housing and buildings up to 300 m².

H1/AS1 5th edition Amendment 1, which includes the schedule method and the calculation method, will become the most used reference document for most buildings as designers lodge documentation for residential building consent applications.

Further, as these schemes are granted building consent by the various consenting authorities, these designs will drive the fundamental energy efficiency performance criteria of almost all our new housing constructed in the foreseeable future.

Scope

This article includes:

• Raising building energy efficiency
• Addressing heat loss from the slab
• Proprietary products available
• Considering what profile to use