A gallery of formal and informal retrofit examples on community and private houses show many options and ways with many different materials to help keep houses cool in hot periods.

 

It is important to always include information about maintenance and ensure there is ongoing money for regular preventative maintenance, rather than waiting until things break to fix them.

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This section is prioritised and broken into several section.

1. Shading Building Fabric​

2. Insulation

3. Close the underfloor

4. Venting / Airflow

5. Thermal Mass

6. Less Hot Air Inside

7. Paint / Surface Colour

8. Yard Improvements

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(Scroll across to see the built examples and information about them, more can be seen in the download)