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NF78 Windows – making it clear: energy, daylight and thermal comfort
Achieving a good balance between energy efficiency and daylighting, while minimising the risk of overheating is a major challenge for today’s housing designers. This guide shows how glazing type, frame width, glazing area and orientation impact on performance, and highlights the best solutions for a typical range of home types.
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Windows – making it clear: energy, daylight and thermal comfort
Small tweaks to the design of windows can lead to…
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Britain’s house builders have been urged to tap into the…
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NF77
Multigenerational living: an opportunity for UK house builders?
Identifies a growing trend towards multigenerational living, and a range of practical benefits...
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Small house builders and developers: current challenges to growth
This update of earlier work published by the NHBC Foundation in 2014, pinpoints challenges...
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The gender and age profile of the house-building sector
NF75 provides current insights into age and gender diversity within the house-building sector...
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Foundation Facts showcases recent research and guidance completed by the NHBC Foundation.
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