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Social Housing and the Cost of Poor Thermal Design

Social housing is meant to protect the most vulnerable. Yet across Australia and globally, many social housing projects are thermally[...]

Environmental | Heat Policies | Industry | Passive House | Sustainability | Urban Heat

How Local Councils Can Reduce Urban Heat at Scale

Urban heat is not a future problem. It is already driving higher energy demand, worsening heat stress and increasing night-time[...]

Cool Surfaces | Environmental | Heat Policies | Industry | Sustainability | Urban Heat

Cool Roof Policies

Where They Succeed and Where They Fall Short Cool roof policies are now embedded in building codes across the US,[...]

Cool Surfaces | Heat Policies | Industry | Passive House | Sustainability | Urban Heat

The Case for Including Thermal Diffusivity in Energy Modelling

Energy modelling still revolves around conductivity and R-values. That made sense when winter heat loss was the dominant issue. It[...]

Cool Surfaces | Environmental | Industry | Insulation Coatings | Passive House | Sustainability | Thermal Info | Urban Heat

Why Building Codes Ignore Surface Thermal Behaviour

The problem Most building codes are built around one core idea: slow heat flow through a material. That means R-values,[...]

Cool Surfaces | Environmental | Industry | Passive House | Sustainability

Heat Blocking for Transportable Classrooms

Transportable classrooms are fast to deploy and cost effective. But thermally, they are brutal. Steel skins. Thin walls. Low mass.[...]

Cool Surfaces | Environmental | Industry | Sustainability

Reducing HVAC Load in Container Offices

Shipping container offices are practical, modular and fast to deploy. But thermally, they are brutal. Steel is thin. Steel absorbs[...]

Cool Surfaces | Industry | Insulation Coatings | Sustainability | Thermal Info

Container Homes and the Myth of Spray Foam as the Only Answer

Container homes look simple. Steel box. Line it. Insulate it. Done. That’s the myth. In reality, a shipping container is[...]

Cool Surfaces | Industry | Passive House | Sustainability | Thermal Info

The Role of Ceramic Coatings in Remote Site Accommodation

Remote site accommodation is built for speed, cost control and mobility. Not long-term thermal performance. Mining camps, defence bases, oil[...]

Cool Surfaces | Industry | Insulation Coatings | Sustainability

Surface Behaviour vs Internal Insulation

A Performance Comparison That Actually Matters The insulation industry has trained everyone to think from the inside out. R-values. Bulk[...]

Cool Surfaces | Environmental | Passive House | Sustainability | Urban Heat

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