The 2019-2020 Australian bushfires destroyed 5,900 buildings and homes. 2.9 million people had their homes damaged, threatened, or were temporarily displaced. The Green Rebuild Toolkit is a set of resources to help those people rebuild their homes and increase resistance to future climate disasters.

The Green Rebuild Toolkit is a project from Renew. We’ve been providing expert, independent advice on sustainable solutions for the home to households, government and industry since 1980.

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Beyond BAL: Submissions are open to find Australia’s most fire-resilient homes

As part of ongoing work to support communities rebuilding after bushfire, Renew is currently searching for homes that showcase resilient design elements and building practices that extend the understanding of best practice beyond the complicated and variable (BAL) Bushfire Attack Level rating system.  

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Chapter 1: Where to Start

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Chapter 2: Finding your team and planning your rebuild

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Chapter 3: Designing for climate and bushfire risk

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Chapter 4: Materials & construction

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Chapter 5: Power and water

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Chapter 6: Around the home

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Chapter 7: Retrofitting Resilience

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Chapter 8: Rebuild stories and bushfire experiences

Events

The Retrofitting for Resilience event series was held in Nov 2022

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The Building and Retrofitting for Fire Resilience webinar was held in conjunction with Sustainable House Day in 

Sep 2021

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This event series was held in June 2021

EXTERNAL RESOURCES

'Passive' home more expensive to build but cheaper to run, achieves highest bushfire risk rating
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Burning Issues – Design and Building for Bushfire Protection

Webinar recording from Renew’s Canberra Members’ Branch event in October 2020. Featuring Julie de Jong from H+H Architects and Maria Kornakova from Fire Protection Association Australia.

 
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