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      Affordable Home Purchase Scheme

      Helping low to medium income households.

      Mingle, our community development program

      Our community development program that builds thriving and sustainable communities.

      Rebates and initiatives

      Explore how our rebates can help you achieve your dreams of sustainable, affordable living.

    • Builders
      Buying methods for builders

      The Suburban Land Agency has several ways for builders to purchase land.

      Put and call

      Put and Call gives you the opportunity to secure blocks of land with an extended settlement.

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      Learn about our sales process and find land for sale.

      Why develop in Canberra

      Find out about our vision for the ACT.

      Build-to-Rent

      Growing the number of rental homes in Canberra.

      Upcoming releases

      See whats coming up in the future.

      Sales results

      Browse our latest commercial and industrial sales results.

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      Why sustainability is important

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      Our vision for a sustainable future

      Find out how we aim to create great places where communities thrive.

      Showcasing our innovation

      Learn about our Built Form Program that is delivering climate-wise building projects.

      Supporting you to be sustainable

      Find guides and rebates that can help you build a sustainable home.

      Sustainable case studies

      Find out how we embed sustainability into all our work.

    • Our key priorities
      Placemaking

      Learn how we use Placemaking to understand the needs of the community and the environment.

      Resilient communities

      Discover how we're protecting our communities against climate change.

      Zero emissions suburbs

      Learn how we're making the ACT the most energy efficient place in Australia.

      Responsible production and consumption

      Find out how we're transitioning to a more circular economy.

      Healthy prosperous and inclusive places

      Learn how we're improving the wellbeing of communities through design, development and engagement.

  • About us angle down arrow angle up arrow
    • Join the team and grow your career
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      Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait peoples

      Learn about out Reconciliation Action Plan.

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      Some of our achievements.

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      Delivering residential, commercial and industrial developments.

      How we price land

      Valuations and setting reserve prices.

      Housing Strategic Action Plan

      The framework that guides our actions.

      Indicative Land Release Program

      Find out when land is likely to be made available.

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      Find all our published documents in one place.

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Our Display Village explores many facets of sustainable living. It covers eco-friendly home design, and gardening tips, and showcases artists who prioritize environmental consciousness.

The benefits of high-performance windows

19 June 2024

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High-performance windows help to regulate the temperature of your home, while reducing your reliance on heating and cooling. This is because 40% of a home’s heating energy can be lost and up to 87% of its heat is gained through windows.

Single, double or triple glazed windows will allow good solar heat gain. Only double or triple glazed windows with energy-efficient frames are better at preventing heat loss.

Efficient frames are timber frames, uPVC frames, and combination frames (e.g. aluminium and timber), as they do not conduct heat. Standard aluminium framing is not the most energy-efficient option, as a great deal of heat is lost through the highly conducting aluminium frame. Be sure to install thermally-broken aluminium frames that have insulating materials placed between the interior and exterior elements to minimise transfer of heat. 

When choosing the windows for your home, the Solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) and the conductive heat value (U value) are important values to look out for. SHGC measures how sunlight heat flows through the window into your home and the U value describes the conduction of the whole window (glass and frame together). You can learn more about these values from the Your Home website.

In our Innovation Precinct, we've used some excellent examples of high-performance glazing. We used High Performance Thermally Broken Double Glazed Argon Filled Windows with Unplasticised Polyvinyl Chloride frames (UPVC). Windows filled with argon gas further insulate your home.

Source: Your Home and adapted from the Australian Window Association

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Acknowledgement artwork by Leilani Keen-Church

Artwork by Leilani Keen-Church

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