Prefab Passive House in Australia: Why Factory-Built Panels Are the Most Reliable Path
NETZERO BLOGS Prefab Passive House in Australia: Why Factory-Built Panels Are the Most Reliable Path Passive House is having a real moment in Australia. The ACT now recognises it as an official compliance pathway. Major developers are starting to use it as a selling point. Builders are getting calls from clients who have read about […]
Can Prefabrication Fix the Housing Crisis? A Deep Dive into the Challenges—and the Potential
NETZERO BLOGS Can Prefabrication Fix the Housing Crisis? The Future of Prefabrication Housing Britain, like many other nations, is experiencing an escalating housing crisis. With a target of 300,000 new homes per year, traditional construction methods are proving too slow, too expensive, and increasingly constrained by labour shortages. In this climate, prefabrication housing is often […]
Building for Health and Climate
NETZERO BLOGS Building for Health and Climate Healthy climate-resilient homes are becoming increasingly important as we face the dual challenges of climate change and rising health concerns linked to the built environment. A recent article published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine adds further evidence to what many in the sustainable building industry have […]
Why We Choose Salamander
NETZERO BLOGS Salamander Windows: Why We Choose Salamander for High-Performance Homes Salamander Windows: Why We Choose Salamander for High-Performance Homes At Net Zero Plus, every decision we make is guided by our commitment to performance, sustainability, and future-focused building practices. That’s why we’re proud to partner with Salamander, a European leader in premium uPVC window […]
ENERGY-EFFICIENT DOORS
NETZERO BLOGS ENERGY-EFFICIENT DOORS Energy Efficient Doors play a much bigger role in home performance than most people realise. How many doors do you think you’ve walked through in your life? Hundreds? Thousands? Probably somewhere around that figure. But have you ever really thought about those doors as more than just entrances and exits? The […]
WINDOWS AND YOU
NETZERO BLOGS WINDOWS AND YOU So your house probably isn’t just some seamless block with a roof over it. There are likely several seams and openings — ways in and out of the home. Your door is usually the main one, but there are others too, like back doors and windows. If you’re trying to […]
Passive House Principles
NETZERO BLOGS Passive House Principles Passive House Principles Coziness through efficiency The Passive House is the world’s leading standard in energy-efficient construction: heating energy savings amount to more than 80% compared to the legally required new building standards. The heating demand in the passive house is less than 15 kWh / m² (relative to the […]
THE 5-BIGGEST MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT PREFAB HOUSES
NETZERO BLOGS THE 5-BIGGEST MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT PREFAB HOUSES So here are 5 facts about Prefab Houses: “A prefab house comes off-the-peg and is impersonal.” Not correct. The house-of-the-peg is a prejudice that survived the 70s. With the desired equipment, a prefabricated house in wood construction nowadays becomes a completely individual home. Whether façade and roofing, […]
ADVANTAGES OF A PASSIVE HOUSE
NETZERO BLOGS ADVANTAGES OF A PASSIVE HOUSE In two years, the goal in Europe will be to stop building traditional homes, according to the European Union, which announced that from 2020 all homes will have to be built in passive technology. Almost zero energy consumption, care for the environment, large savings – these are just […]