Forum: Ecobob Cafe

Our Energy Future Expo

People of Christchurch! Our Energy Future Expo - Air Force Museum Christchurch. 17th 18th May 2013 w... more

New book: Kiwi Prefab: Cottage to Cutting Edge

Until recently New Zealanders thought of prefabs as drab, cheap, temporary, poorly designed school c... more

Smallest house size question

Can anyone help? A user emailed this question... " Hi I have been following the Tiny house move... more

Domain name for sale: solarhotwaternz.co.nz

If anyone is interested in a solar hot water domain name, we have the following for sale (which has ... more

Living off grid?

Anyone living off-grid in New Zealand or know someone who is? We received this contact request from ... more

Defective Timbercrete blocks

Hi all, I would like to hear from anyone else who has had quality issues with Timbercrete blocks. A... more

untreated timber ?

hi, We're at the start of the design phase of a house in Auckland. All bed and living rooms facing n... more

Looking for builder in Auckland

We are a Auckland based company specialising in sustainable homes and renovation work. Business is b... more

The futility of contriuting to Earth Hour

Well today is ’Earth Hour day’, when about 1 Billion deluded ‘green’ devotees will try to ‘save the ... more

Follow Solarei's latest SOLA-TECTURE passive solar house as its being built.

It’s basically a series of stacking sawtooth roofs designed to capture every possible bit of sunligh... more

Changing from low to high pressure with solar?

Hi, I have an evacuated tube panel and a solar hw system where water is pumped from the manifold int... more

washing machines

Hi any one using a washing machine off grid. Contacted harvey normon re a bosh front loader and they... more

Meridian Energy Plans

With the negotiations with Rio Tinto looking increasingly negative we have considered taking up one ... more

Grid Integration

We are about to embark on our new house build and have the opportunity to structure the electrical d... more

Cheap and temporary storage of solar power in New Zealand at home? Possible?

I have been investigating ways to get the most bang for my bucks invested in my solar power generati... more

Dome or Earthbag building

Is there anyone in New Zealand building a dome or earth bag home? Would love to hear your feedback o... more

Have solar but bill still high?

Hi guys, we have 20 evac tubes, an Apricus system, been in for a few years. I asked many questions a... more

Lookin for a sanity check on my math

Hi All I am new to this field and would like to someone to just check the math to see if I have got ... more

sustainable living

The term ‘Sustainable Living' refers to a particular lifestyle in which an individual attempts to re... more

mrs

can you please inform how best to store seeds without spoiling I have tried some organic like lent... more

Low Cost Land Rental Opportunity

We are looking for a person/people to join us on our 8 acres to help further our permaculture plans.... more

PV Panels

Does anyone know anything about s4solar importing partnership. Also any other recommendations re pur... more

smelly tankwater

Wondering if anyone can help: We have been having issues with smelly tank water this summer. We have... more

Help with Power detective work

Hi All, I am trying to reduce power consumption down to where I can put PV in. We have done most ob... more

Help with Power detective work

Hi All, I am trying to reduce power consumption down to where I can put PV in. We have done most ob... more