Project Description
Glazing cost was reduced by increasing U value from 2.05 to 2.3. This was achieved by adding 33% more insulation to the walls and 40% more insulation to the suspended floors (compared to R2.25 as per DtS).
Proposed residential dwelling (class 1a) is located in the city of Frankston. It consists of 2 levels with a net conditioned area of 108m2.
Through VURB method we managed to reduce overall glazing U-value by more than 10%.
Here are some more details on the degree of insulation and glazing thermal performance for the Frankston project:
| Item | NCC 2019 Reference Building | Proposed Building |
| Floor | No insulation added to concrete slabs on ground, No insulation added to intermediate timber floor, |
No insulation added to the concrete slabs on ground, R4.0 added to suspended timber floor above the enclosed subfloor, R1.5 added to the intermediate timber floor and under alfresco, |
| Internal and common walls | No insulation added to the timber stud walls | R1.0 added to the upper floor internal timber stud walls adjacent to unconditioned spaces and ground floor bath to laundry adjacent wall, No insulation added to the ground floor internal walls excluding bath to laundry adjacent wall, |
| External walls | R2.24 added to the Class 1a masonry veneer with 110 mm thick masonry Solar absorbance: 0.6 |
R3.0 added to the upper floor Cemintel Surround fibre cement sheet walls, Solar absorbance: 0.84 R3.0 added to the Radial Silvertop timber cladding walls, Solar absorbance: 0.4 R3.0 added to the upper floor rendered brick veneer walls, Solar absorbance: 0.84 R3.0 added to the ground floor stump walls (excluding bath) R3.0 added to the ground floor cement block walls |
| Roof/Ceiling | R4.91 added to the pitched roof (23 degrees) with 2.4m high plasterboard ceiling Solar absorbance: 0.6 |
R4.5 added to the ceilings of all pitched roofs, Solar absorbance: 0.55 |
| External shading | All adjoining structures and features, window shading and shading devices have been incorporated into the analysis based on available drawings | New shading devices to the east-facing glazing (W003, W004) is proposed. |
| Glazing | All Ground floor glazing: U-Value: 1.7, SHGC: 0.42 All upper floor glazing: U-Value: 2.3, SHGC: 0.49 |
All sliding doors: U-Value: 3.07, SHGC: 0.5All east/west facing fixed or double-hung windows: U-Value: 2.18, SHGC: 0.58All sliding windows: U-Value: 2.03, SHGC: 0.52All hinged doors with glazing: U-Value: 2.73, SHGC: 0.5 |
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