Net Zero/Passive House

Net Zero Energy ready (NZEr) buildings are designed to be 80% more energy efficient than a new building constructed to today’s building code minimum. A core aspect of Net Zero energy “readiness” is improved air sealing, increased insulation levels, and high-performance windows and doors to reduce thermal demand and allow for appropriately sized space and water heating equipment.

Net Zero Energy (NZE) buildings are designed, modelled and constructed the same as one that is NZEr but they also have “On” or “Off” site renewable energy components in place.

Passive House (Passivhaus) is a voluntary standard for energy efficiency in a building. Effectively a “Passive House” is a green building constructed using a set of international design principles and standards that enables it to use up to 90 per cent less energy for heating and cooling than conventional buildings, thereby producing far fewer greenhouse gas emissions.

Who we are …

The RGS Team are “Subject Matter Experts” in High Performance Building Products & Systems for Residential, Multi Unit Residential & Commercial structures.

What we do …

Provide our customers with the materials and expertise to design and build Better Buildings. Buildings that are sustainably built with products that are recyclable, sourced locally and contribute significantly to reduced energy costs and the lowering of our Carbon Footprint.

How we do it …

We are your “Net Zero” ally, committed to using our technical expertise to investigate the products we offer so that you don’t have to:
• Embodied Carbon Content
• Environmental Product Declaration
• Global Warming Potential
• Life Cycle Assessments

Our Goal …

To provide high performance products with the in-house expertise to ensure that you always have the right material for the right application, foundation to roofline, cradle to grave. Products designed to reduce the environmental/carbon footprint to ensure a sustainable future.

To educate and communicate the environmental performance and impact of these materials over their lifetime we will work with our vendors to ensure the products we represent meet these criteria, with the building science to back it up.