The Window Standard
Australian window coverings: rules, recalls, ratings
Latest from The Window Standard
- Recall provisions apply only to consumer goods, Treasury says, with no equivalent framework to require corrective action for unsafe installation. Submissions on its nine options close 18 October
- Home Energy Rating for existing homes: assessors must input permanent internal window coverings, and can enter how well each one fits
- Private house approvals: the ABS trend estimate for July was flat; a month later July shows a 0.7 per cent rise, and August 0.5
- Motorised blinds and the button battery rules: what the remote and its pack must have, and what is only recommended
- Window film's WERS ratings: every film rated 50 per cent or more for cooling on a single-glazed aluminium window lets in under a third of the light