Draft Technical Manual - Consultation 

Kia ora! Thank you for taking some time to give us a bit of feedback, this is how we finesse the tool and improve more homes. Thanks!

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* 1. Do you broadly support the proposed new credit structure in Homestar v5?

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* 2. Do you broadly support the toughening of mandatory minimums in the draft v5 technical manual?

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* 3. Do you support the proposed introduction of mandatory whole-house continuous ventilation?

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* 4. Do you support the moisture management proposals, i.e. minimum thermal bridging factors and vapour barriers requirements?

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* 5. Is it acceptable that eCubed’s proposed fuel poverty/comfort thresholds are only achieved at 7 Star in the colder New Zealand climates?

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* 6. Do you broadly support the overheating criteria set in the v5 draft technical manual?

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* 7. Do you agree that larger developments of multi-unit residential housing should have to comply with overheating requirements by Dynamic Simulation?

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* 8. Do you broadly support the new Homestar embodied carbon credit?

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* 9. Do you broadly support the new Homestar construction waste credit?

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* 10. Do you agree that we should adopt the Healthy Home Standard heater sizing calculation method in order to ensure that Homestar is aligned?

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* 11. Any other comments?

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* 12. If you’d like to, please provide your email address here so that we can contact you about your response.

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