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A large number of the existing (older) homes built before the building legislation, more than one million homes, have not adopted the new technology of energy efficient windows meaning most people are living in cold, mouldy and unhealthy homes across the country. Therefore, the focus of this research is to analyse the data collected from homeowners and industry professionals related to the retrofitting of double glazed windows (DGW) and evaluate the findings with information from the literature. It also provides recommendations to help with the challenges in retrofitting DGW. Overall, the study shows multifaceted difficulties associated with retrofitting DGW including high cost, relatively low knowledge, low return on investment, uncertainty on the length of time frame as well as accessing trades people. The recommendations to help deal with the challenges in retrofitting DGW can make retrofitting DGW more accessible to homeowners resulting in healthier and more comfortable homes as well as helping to protect the environment. The target group for this research is the building industries and local town councils that could influence retrofitting DGW for older homes in New Zealand.
About the author
Kim H. Chai, MBus: Studied Business at Unitec; BSE Engineering at Arizona State University. Work experience includes General Manager/ Engineer for manufacturing companies / Senior Engineer at Unisys, Singapore; ten years¿ experience in architectural glass. Dr Andries du Plessis, an Industrial Sociologist, is a Senior Lecturer at Unitec New Zealand.
Summary
From a distinguished psychologist, mother, and Latina, Parenting with Pride Latino Style offers the first bicultural child-rearing approach for Latino parents. This groundbreaking book supports families in raising their children with time-honored Hispanic values while incorporating the best that North America has to offer.
Dr. Vazquez's unique parenting method, the New Traditionalism (El Nuevo Tradicionalismo), preserves classic Latino ideals, such as pride, family loyalty, and courtesy, while helping parents revise their traditional authoritarian child-rearing style, blending the best of Latino and American cultures and dramatically reducing cultural conflict in the family. Her seven steps to successful parenting are grounded in the acronym ORGULLO ("pride"):
O: Organize your feelings
R: Respect your child's feelings
G: Guide and teach your child; do not dictate
U: Update your media awareness often
L: Love your child for who she or he is
L: Listen to your child
O: Open the communication channels -- and keep them open
Self-assessments and reflection exercises help parents resolve the dilemmas produced when two cultures combine. Detailed examples show how to use these methods immediately in daily life -- from family relationships to children's friendships to school issues.
Clear, compassionate, and based on Dr. Vazquez's personal experience as a Latina professional and parent, Parenting with Pride Latino Style is the one book that enables contemporary Latino parents to pass on their rich cultural heritage to their children -- and to future generations as well.
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"Dr. Vazquez, a psychologist and first-generation Latina, shows Latino parents how to raise well-adjusted, culturally flexible children."
