John King on steel, windows and technology for 8 star homes

About this episode

John King discusses innovative building techniques and materials for creating energy-efficient homes.

John King from JGKing Homes Steel, timber, windows and technology to build home. John runs a successful home building business in Ballarat that’s been going for 40 years and employs 350 people. What’s different about it is that it uses steel construction that it fabricates to specifications, and it also manages to produce 8 star NatHERS homes without many issues and virtually no extra costs. The secret is high quality windows and window frames materials that break the thermal bridge, that all...

People in this episode

Guest: John King

Topics covered

• home building
• sustainable construction
• energy efficiency
• steel construction
• technology in housing

Keywords

• home building
• steel construction
• 8 star homes
• energy efficiency
• JGKing Homes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: JGKing Homes

Products: steel, timber, windows, window frames

Places: Ballarat

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