Response 825841690

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What is your name?

Name
Margot Kirke

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Kitchen and Home Sketch Designs

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Radio button: Unticked Specialist - disability access
Radio button: Unticked Specialist - energy efficiency
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Residential energy efficiency

Question 1

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Please explain your response and provide additional information to support your view.
We need to be doing everything we can. and we need to go all the way back to green fields being designed into estates that provide the maximum number of long north sided blocks for best solar advantage. That may meal a few less blocks to sell for more profit but it is fundamental.

Question 2

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I do not know. But if we get the orientation of the land and the house right firstly then the materials and insulations, air locks etc we have a better chance of the rest following.

Question 3

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If it is working overseas then we do not need to reinvent the wheel!

Question 4

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We need all buildings to comply so all should be subject to the same regs and DTS. BUT as long as the DTS is responsible and realistic, including all the elements from first principals up.

Question 5

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Need to be applied to ALL homes .

Question 6

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Question 7

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Checkbox: Ticked An elemental pathway with basic DTS Provisions, likely for limited application to buildings under a certain size and alterations and additions.
Checkbox: Ticked A NatHERS compliance pathway which includes necessary DTS elemental provisions.
Checkbox: Ticked An expanded and more detailed ‘reference building’ Verification Method.
Checkbox: Ticked Whole-of-house ‘tools’, such as BASIX and the Victorian Scorecard.
Checkbox: Unticked Other Performance Solutions.
Please explain your response and provide additional information to support your view.
Any and all ways to aid the reduction of resources.

Question 8

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All the methods required

Question 9

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Radio button: Unticked BASIX
Radio button: Ticked Victorian Scorecard
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If other, please specify.
Can we use both? and increase to include all homes rented or sold.
Please explain your response and provide additional information to support your view.
I believe all homes, units, appartments should come withan energy assessment. For rental information or purchase information. And as we gather this we can eventually cover every living place so all will have an energy consumption benchmark.

Question 10

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Radio button: Ticked Yes
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Question 11

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Checkbox: Ticked Yes, renewable energy equipment
Checkbox: Ticked Yes, electric vehicle charging
Checkbox: Unticked No
Please explain your response and provide additional information to support your view.
The more the better.

Question 12

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This information on each and every dwelling, be it house, unit appartment, will become a must have when selling or buying. The general public need considerable education on this too as many folks when you mention "Solar" talk about hot water systems! We need the efficiency of our homes to become as common lingo as what the roof in constructed of. but with the understanding of how important it is for our comfort and our wallets and for the enviromnetal impact we are having.

Commercial energy efficiency

Question 1

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Question 2

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Question 3

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Question 4

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Question 5

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Question 6

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what ever is necessary for the best thermal comfort and minimum dependence on external energy

Question 7

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Question 8

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Question 9

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Checkbox: Ticked Yes, renewable energy equipment
Checkbox: Ticked Yes, electric vehicle charging
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Question 10

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We have a long way to go and we need to start immediately with every effort made to improve in any way we can.