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March 3, 2024 12 mins
Erika Bartak is an ESD consultant and sustainable housing researcher with a background in architecture and a passion for designing and promoting better housing. She is particularly interested in narrowing the gap between discourse and practice in sustainable housing. This has provided motivation for her doctoral thesis investigating energy efficiency culture, and practice within the Australian volume home building sector. We caught up with Erica to chat about how we can support the industry in building 7-star homes. And she provided some valuable insight into what she believes the changes to the NCC will involve in terms of home design for different housing types across Victoria. We also had an opportunity to discuss the requirements around ensuring new builds are actually being constructed to this new standard With The 7 Star Minimum commencement date looming, we thought this would be the perfect time to revisit our chat with Erika Bartak. In Part 2 of our highlights, we discuss builders managing external contractors, verifying the build as it progresses, how renovations will be affected, surveyors' discretion, and Whole of Home assessments. As always, these are only the best bits, so if you would like to know more, check out the full episode on your preferred podcast platform, or our Podcast Playlist on YouTube.
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