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Garden and outdoors10th March 2013
NZ's first 8 star affordable priced eco homes, and they're quake proofed!
Architectural Designer Bob Burnett has overseen the completion of two affordable eco- homes designed to 8 stars, which will resist earthquakes, and both are owner occupied, this follows his design ...
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Building design, construction and renovations26th August 2012
New sustainable building company
A new Upper Hutt company designing and building energy efficient and sustainable homes has started from a team who say a home should not only be healthy and comfortable to ...
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Garden and outdoors13th August 2012
Passive House introduction video
This video gives an introduction of the passive house concept with a walk-through of a passive house in Ireland. ...
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Garden and outdoors24th July 2012
The Journey to a Passive House
In 2011 Ellen and Casper Valentin purchased a section in Raglan and decided to build a certified Passive House (PH). In this article we follow their journey as they take ...
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Garden and outdoors20th July 2012
Video: Passive Eco Home in Raglan NZ
Watch the video of a New Zealand couple talking about the building of their passive eco home. ...
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Garden and outdoors17th July 2012
The Story of Change
Video from the makers of 'The Story of Stuff' about how people can (and need to) change. ...
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Garden and outdoors16th July 2012
Tokelau on track to become world’s first entirely solar-powered country
A Mount Maunganui company is spearheading a pioneering project to transform the diesel-dependent South Pacific nation of Tokelau into the world’s first solar-powered country. ...
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Energy15th July 2012
How much will this house cost...to run?
There's now no excuse for not getting a good energy analysis done on your house, before it's even built. That is, if you or your designer is an ArchiCAD user. ...
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