What we do for housing
Building Resilience assesses homes and community buildings, fixes what makes them unhealthy or costly, and helps housing providers buy better systems at lower cost.
- Home and building assessment: building systems, energy use, carbon, indoor air quality and moisture.
- Air quality and ventilation: dehumidification and ventilation that end mould and draughts.
- Net zero pathways: heat recovery ventilation, heat pumps and solar, integrated as one system.
- Accessible testing: we are creating an air-leak process for rural and remote areas where blower door tests are impractical.
- Procurement for housing providers: frameworks that bring in energy-efficient suppliers and cut costs.
Evidence
- First net zero home: a study of 40 homes and community buildings with a First Nations community, with hands-on training that left an energy coordinator and interns in leadership roles. Read the case.
- 30% lower procurement costs for a public social housing organization. The market has about 4.4 million social housing homes, among the oldest and least efficient. Read the case.
Questions people ask
How do you improve air tightness testing in remote communities?
Blower door tests need expensive equipment and skilled technicians that are hard to bring to rural and remote areas. We are creating an alternative process with flexible technology and intuitive software that focuses on finding and fixing air leaks rather than measuring ACH50.