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What you need to know about the Green Party's proposed rental changes (www.rnz.co.nz)

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The Greens are looking to introduce changes to the rental market to "give everyone in New Zealand a healthy home to live in".

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So I went searching to see what might be different overseas. I picked Canada, and found a page saying Canadian's use about 60% of their total energy use heating their home. So I thought maybe they are just more willing to crank the heater up

But then I came across this page. It lists typical R-value for insulation. The numbers are in the 30-60 range... that's got to be a difference in how they measure, right? I don't think you can buy insulation more than an R value of about 4 in NZ...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Correct, US vs European (and NZ in our case) R values are different. Comparison: https://www.myonlinediary.com/index.php/Insulation/US-EuropeanRValueConvertionTables