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Modular builder Prefabulous granted funding approval by the Federal Government to develop ‘Net Zero” design, and also received a visit from NSW Premier.
Prefabulous, a modular builder situated in Wagga Wagga, NSW, have not only generated support from the Federal Government’s Aus-Industry Department and Innovations Connections initiative, for a co-funded research project with the University of Wollongong (UOW), but last week, they also caught the attention of NSW Premier Chris Minns. (main pic: Prefabulous modular builder situated in Wagga Wagga.)
Prefabulous were granted funding approval by the Federal Government to develop a ‘Net Zero’ design to achieve the highest possible level under the ‘Living Building Challenge’ guidelines or equivalent Nathers 7-star rating. The research commenced in February 2023 and will conclude in September 2023.
According to company sources, “The research and information as a result of the UOW collaboration with Prefabulous is anticipated to become the foundation and blueprint for a Prefabulous ‘prototype’ representing a template for the future of ‘Net Zero’ construction by Prefabulous.”
Prefabulous’s net-zero modular housing goals:
Net Zero Goals
Gavin King, Managing Director, Prefabulous, said, “This will be the template for our new manufacturing facility at Wagga Wagga and will align our design & construction methodology with the future Building Code for operational carbon & energy performance reduction in Australia.”
Watch Minns visit to modular builder Prefabulous.(courtesy 7 News)
With last week’s visit to regional NSW by Premier Chris Minns, on visiting the modular builder’s factory he declared businesses such as Prefabulous were key to addressing the State’s housing crisis.
Minns said: “One of the leading reasons why you’re seeing such an escalation in rents and housing prices is because there’s a mismatch between demand and supply.”
Forecasts suggest that 134,000 new dwellings will be needed in New South Wales alone within the next five years to address the crisis.
