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Straw bale (16)	Timber framing (62)	Steel framing (5)
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eco friendly port-a-bach

New Zealand > Auckland > Hauraki Gulf & Islands > Waiheke Island

The port-a-bach is mobile holiday house which is based on a shipping container and can be used to supply energy when combined with a photovoltaic solar system.

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Welcome to our web: http://www.yglouti.cn FOSHAN YIGAO Stair Factory engages in designing, manufacturing and installing various stairs, including Spiral staircases, Metal and Wood Stairs, Interior Staircases, Exterior Staircases, Steel Stairs, Curved Stairs, Multi-flight Stairs, Winding...

Bella Vista Eco-Style

New Zealand > Auckland > Hauraki Gulf & Islands > Waiheke Island

Stunning eco-home designed by Johann Bernhardt of the BBE (Building Biology and Ecology Institute). Built of the highest class materials with panoramic views of the Hauraki Gulf from every level. Featured in February 2010 Good Magazine as an outstanding example of a sustainable stylish hom...

Crows Nest: Eco lifestyle close to city

New Zealand > Northland > Whangarei > Riverside

Fully sustainable, architect designed on lifestyle block only 3.7km from Whangarei city center. Totally off the National Grid and self sustainable in all respects. It's 2 storied house with a large workshop area in breeze way. Kitchen as a farmhouse parlour and doubles as a dining/ kitch...

Strawbale House and Business - Borderland Cherries and Saffron

New Zealand > Canterbury > Waimate

LIFESTYLE and INCOME! The property is situated in a popular and growing area of Waimate and has lovely rural views. The property is level and rectangular in shape with good shelter from poplar trees on SW and NW boundaries. There is ample carparking plus carport and an attractive brush fe...

Eco Friendly Waterside Executive Home

New Zealand > Northland > Whangarei > Horahora

926 Whangarei Heads Road (This is the correct address), Solomons Point, Parua Bay - Whangarei, Northland Harbour Front Elevated Freehold Property This superb nautical-style Dome house is built of concrete and steel. Built in in the 80s by a master yacht builder, this unique home is e...

Eco Friendly Mud Brick Home - Ruatangata

New Zealand > Northland > Whangarei

1.3260 ha,located in the Ruatangata area. This eco friendly mud brick four double bed room house has a private family room and an open plan living area. Bathroom and ensuite. Internal access to garage. Tastefully placed among landscaped gardens with a friendly welcoming courtyard area in ...

Straw Bale House with solar hot water

New Zealand > Nelson/Tasman > Brightwater

As straw is an excellent insulator, giving insulation values of R7 to R10. This means the house is cool in the summer and warm in the winter, providing savings on energy bills due to the large reduction in heating and cooling costs. To further reduce energy consumption, a solarhart hot wat...

Strawmark Strawbale homes

New Zealand > Otago > Wanaka

Strawmark is the perfect solution to modern building needs. Our homes boast a large number of beneficial attributes including fire-safety, energy efficiency, cost and versatility of design. More and more people are discovering why Strawmark construction answers all their questions and, in ...

Straw Bale (pukeko hollow)

New Zealand > Bay Of Plenty > Opotiki > Hospital Hill

Pukeko Hollow straw bale house post and beam construction with exposed beams and sarking,macracarpa floors and ceilings, solid macracarpa doors, north facing sun drenched open plan living downstairs with three french doors two of those doors opening onto large sheltered decks, large vege ...

Restored 1930's 3bdrm bungalow on 3 acres

New Zealand > Bay Of Plenty

Fully restored 3 bdrm eco-friendly home on 3 acres of semi-organic land with native bush This 1930s bungalow has been meticulously restored by its present owner and features extensive use of native timbers from the polished floors to the hall panelling and stunning bathroom vanity. Soli...

Ali,Steve,Charlie and Toby's place

New Zealand > Otago > Lake Hawea

Rammed earth home set on 2 acres of land. Macrocarpa beams and onduline roofing. Passive design features include a "heart of the house" a large north facing thermal mass of earth in the living and dining area. This contains the hot water cylinder with a fire either side. The wal...

An Artistic Eco-Home in Kerikeri

New Zealand > Northland > Kerikeri

You feel you are miles away, but you are only 10 minutes from Kerikeri township. From the moment you enter this home you will be embraced by the interior features, unquestionable quality and attention to detail. An Artistic Eco-Home • Extremely solid very low maintenance construction • Ado...

Eco lifestyle in N.Z.s 1st cohousing community

New Zealand > Auckland > Waitakere City

1 x 2 b/rms (plus study) and 1 x 1 b/rm unit due for completion this year. With these quality units comes a quality lifestyle; live in a supportive eco neighbourhood; prices include undivided shares in a large common facility with kitchen, dining, lounge, childrens & teen rooms, guest room...

Yolanda's Central City Eco House

New Zealand > Canterbury > Christchurch > Aranui

www.greenspace.co.nz Summary: solar water heating untreated timber framing non-toxic interior and exterior painted surfaces plantation timber flooring triple glazing equivalent recycled carpet insulati...

Straw Bale Residence

New Zealand > Canterbury > Geraldine

This hybrid, 123 square meter straw bale home is nestled in a back section in the town of Geraldine. Owners, designer Sarah Johnston, and builder, Sven Johnston, decided to blend their past experiences to create their first home together. The overall intent was to design and build a warm, ...

Grey Stone - Sustainable Eco House

New Zealand > Auckland > Papakura & Franklin District > Ramarama

Updated Power Inputs Date Sunday May 9, 2009 Solar PV Source Sunnyboy Controller 9/3/08 7.2 kWh Best 8.17 kWH SkyStream Wind Turbine Source Skystream Controller 13kWh Best 24kWh Solar Thermal Source Steca TR0704 Controller Best Daily Output 178kWh March ...

Waitakere City - Environmentally Friendly House

New Zealand > Auckland > Waitakere City

1. Passive Solar Design The single-storey house follows the contours of the land as well as the sun path. All living spaces are aligned from east to west and have sun exposure for passive solar gains in winter. In order to control the summer heat eaves and shading elements have been place...

longhouse

New Zealand > Wellington > Martinborough

This house uses extensive solar passive and active elements to create an energy neutrual dwelling. It was designed atelierworkshop (see atelierworkshop.com) whose work revolves around strong concepts related to the site and sustainable architecture

Ruth and Jonny's Eco Home in Christchurch

New Zealand > Canterbury > Christchurch > Shirley

Since they purchased, Ruth and Jonny have rennovated their inner city house to make more environmentally friendly through a number of enhancements and also through day to running of the house hold. Solar hot water system On the roof of the house they have recently installed an NZSolar ...

Art Deco made Environmentally Sustainable - KAHURANGI, 2006

New Zealand > Auckland > Auckland City Area > Mt Eden

Designed by Heritage Design Group ph 09 620-1939 http://www.hdg.co.nz/ As an architecture practice promoting sustainability, we felt it was important to ‘walk the talk’, so in 2006 we embarked on the ambitious project ...

Te papa - Straw bale eco friendly home

New Zealand

Strawbale house, post and beam construction, built in 1998, is a real time test house. Very simple structure made with lots of passion and hard work. People rave about our home, I still think sometimes they are just trying to be nice because they know how hard we worked. Away, see what you...

Newly Constructed Rammed Earth Eco Home

New Zealand > Auckland > Waitakere City

Earthsong eco-neighbourhood is New Zealand's first co-housing development. It is set in 1.29ha of former organic orchard and includes a large common house with kitchen, dining, lounge, children's & teen rooms, guest room, laundry and activities rooms. The property includes a shared worksh...

Environmentally Friendly Renovation

New Zealand > Southland > Te Anau

As part of our sensible house principles we believe that renovating existing houses is environmentally friendly. We bought an old crib and stripped the interior, relined, rewired, replumbed, reinsulated and redesigned to allow for passive solar design and indoor-outdoor flow. We have eco l...

Modern Design & Passive Solar Mudbrick House in Nelson (Under Construction)

New Zealand > Nelson/Tasman > Nelson

MAEDER & WIEGAND HOUSE Wakapuaka, Nelson 3 bedroom house with load-bearing adobe walls and timber framed top storey. Contemporary simple eco-design incorporating passive solar principles, Solar Water Heating, Composting Toilet and Rainwater Collection. Special Feature: Ex...

This house may be for sale. What would you offer for it?

New Zealand > Auckland > Papakura & Franklin District

Sustainable features of the house: Conservatory for the collection of the sun’s energy Passive solar design Complemented by high insulation and double glazing Solar water heating Renewable materials Natural finishes Eco wood burner with wetback Rainwater collection Sustainable o...

Strawbale & earthen plaster ecohouse in Nelson

New Zealand > Nelson/Tasman

Hybrid two storey ecohouse featuring post and beam construction with strawbale in fill wall insulation, block walls through centre of the structure for bracing and beam support. Macrocarpa weatherboards over douglas fir framing on upper storey. Ground floor straw, block and timber walls ...

Energy Efficient house

New Zealand > Otago > Queenstown > Frankton

Modern contemporary sunny house, built by designer for own family home, making best use of site for sun and stunning views. The 4 year old house is one block away from Frankton Village's cafe's and restaurants yet tucked away with privacy, peace and quiet. Recycled timber on top floo...

Russell Devlin Eco-House Tasman

New Zealand > Nelson/Tasman > Motueka

Properties of the future will offer what this exceptional property offers you now. From its superb ridge-top location this exceptional property spans panoramic views of Mountains, Bush, and the sparkling Tasman Bay—Sublime! Promising a bush-clad haven for the future, the 2.164ha have b...

Waitakere NOW Home - showing the benefits of a sustainable home

New Zealand > Auckland > Waitakere City > New Lynn

Beacon Pathway’s Waitakere NOW Home® proves that an affordable modern home that looks like any other in the street can also be warm, dry,healthy, and kind to the environment. Completed with modern, readily available materials and design methods, the house cost just $220,000 to build in...

Living in a Green House

New Zealand > Bay Of Plenty

If you take the time to drive around the Coromandel Peninsula looking for homes that stand out, there is one building company name that seems to commonly have its sign on display: Rod Percival Builders Ltd. Rod has won many of the Registered Master Builders House of the Year Awards, and is...

Townhouse with eco-friendly renovations

New Zealand > Auckland > Auckland City Area > Blockhouse Bay

For Sale: 1980s two-level town house redecorated with natural materials - bio-paints, cork floor fixed with natural glue and natural finish (not polyurethane). Sisal carpet on stairs. Floating wooden floor in lounge area. Bathroom renovated with natural stone and porcelain tile finish. Pol...

Freehold

Canada

Home Description: One of a kind, park like, high bank waterfront acreage with custom home and million dollar view. Almost 6 peaceful, private acres surrounded by parkland and ocean, last drive off cul-de-sac in desirable area of larger Hope Bay properties. Seasonal stream runs through pro...

new house - stage one

New Zealand > Canterbury > Geraldine

The first part of a passive solar house designed by Roger Buck Associates of Christchurch, constructed by Hendersons of Timaru. Winner (for builder) of Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Awards in regional Master Builders' Awards 2008 On-site waste treatment designed by EcoEng includes ...

Cornerstone building system ideal healthy option for aged housing

New Zealand > Nelson/Tasman > Motueka

Many older people and poorer families suffer in under insulated homes in New Zealand where homes do not meet the World Health Standard (WHS). Immigrants from the coldest parts of Russia, Asia and the Europe get a rude shock when faced with weighing up the comfort levels they have been us...

Kaimata Croft

New Zealand > West Coast > Greymouth

We have just started building our workshop and are in the process of applying for consent for the house. The workshop is a ribraft insulated floor, lawson cyprus untreated timber frame with Terra Lana wool and polyester insulation and a lime plaster coasting inside and out and a roof of tr...

Powered Living Passive Solar House

New Zealand > Nelson/Tasman > Nelson

The house is built to integrate Helen's specialist knowledge of passive solar home design with architectural style - the first impression you get is that this house is not lacking anything in the beauty department. Then as you look closer and listen to Helen describe the features you come ...

Sustainable / Eco Bio house - Wanaka, New Zealand

New Zealand > Otago > Wanaka

This house was featured as part of the Sustainable Wanaka 'Sustainable House Day 2007' - see www.sustainablewanaka.co.nz for more information. The house is an eco friendly lodge complete with games room, art, a...

Unique Rainforest Lodge

New Zealand > Waikato > Thames > Thames North

see: www.tararuvalley.org currently Tararu Valley Sanctuary runs an ecotourism programme involving international volunteers in hands-on conservation work protecting and replanting the forest of Tararu Valley. our buildings provide accommodation for a large group of residential volunteer...

Sustainable house, solar panels, efficient heating

New Zealand > Canterbury

Construction: Timber frame walls; floor is 100mm slab with 50mm screed and 50mm polystyrene (with embedded water pipes for heating via solar hot water / wet back system); timber truss roof with corrugated steel cladding. Windows: PVC framed double glazed. Thermal mass: Concrete floor...

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