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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...

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 ...

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...

Sustainable Architecture by Lambourne Architects

New Zealand > Auckland > Waitakere City > Waitakere Ranges

Tony and Jean Bacon owned a section 300 metres above sea-level in the Waitakere Ranges, west of Auckland, for many years before deciding to build on it. They wanted a light, sunny house for easy living, a practical home office, and workrooms for their creative endeavours. Designed by La...

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...

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 ...

Architectural Hybrid Homes

New Zealand > Nelson/Tasman > Nelson > Nelson South

We have done it! The first Hybrid Home in Nelson is now completed and is available for viewing. Can you imagine a monthly power bill so small you get excited when it arrives? Can you imagine a home built with your family’s total comfort in mind - bright, open spaces using energy efficie...

FLW/Japanese House

New Zealand > Canterbury > Ashburton

Jack and Margaret Scott from Ashburton have an admiration for Japanese Architecture and they are also fans of the late great American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, particularly his early prairie houses. They have built several times before and had some very good ideas of there own that the...

Rolleston House

New Zealand > Canterbury > Rolleston

Sustainability and energy efficiency of this home were priorities for the owners, migrating from England. The design by Bob Burnett Architecture won the Sustainability Award in the 2008 ADNZ Resene Regional Design Awards. It also won the Bathroom Award and it was a finalist in other catego...

Bob Burnett Showhome

New Zealand > Canterbury

Bob Burnett Architecture Showhome, 6 Runswick Lane A new home near the top of the Broad Oaks subdivision on the port hills in Christchurch has been designed as a showhome to showcase innovative sustainable design ideas and new materials and products by Architectural couple Bob Burnett a...

Westrend House

New Zealand > Auckland > Waitakere City > Glen Eden

This house is featured in the environmental section of the July/August edition of Homestyle magazine. I can email you the article if you wish. It is basically a standard 4 bedroom home but I have tried to build it with an environmental conscience. Floors are all New Zealand grown Eucalypt...

Atawhai

New Zealand > Nelson/Tasman

BRIEF The design responds to site conditions and energy efficiency. Orientation maximises solar gains and sea views from each room. A double height sunspace is at the core of the home LOW ENERGY CONCEPTS -Modern Family home with passive solar and high energy efficiency -Passive S...

Eco Friendly / Hybrid Home in Nelson / Tasman

New Zealand > Nelson/Tasman > Nelson > Tahunanui

Another full hybrid home has just been finished! This stunning property is located in one of the most desirable areas in Nelson and has full hybrid and eco features. We have gone the extra mile to sourse as many eco/sustainable building products as we can find, with some of them being used...

Gorgeous Kauri Bungalow

New Zealand

10 years of hard work has turned this traditional kauri bungalow into something special. Originally located in Portland (20 mins north of Waipu) this imaculate old lady was transported to its present site in Waipu Village and transformed into a work of art. Complete with artist studio, ...

Volcalite Compressed Pumice Blocks

New Zealand

This house is constructed from 'Volcalite' blocks. These blocks are manufactured by us here in BOP (Pumice Industries Ltd). Volcalite blocks are made from pumice and cement that is compressed into a 300x200x90mm solid block. The blocks have been tested and show that they are 10 times stron...

Papakowhai Renovation project - House 3

New Zealand > Wellington > Porirua > Papakowhai

House 3 is one of the Papakowhai Renovation project success stories. Household winter power bills for the family of five reduced by 33% with 62% saved on space heating. Average winter temperatures rose by 1.7°C and 3.8°C in living areas and bedrooms respectively, with fewer unhealthy tempe...

Eco-Chateau

France

Eco-Chateau is a new co-housing community & eco-holiday destination on a 13-hectare estate with 17th century Chateau de Cautine at its centre. It is set in one of the most untouched parts of rural France and on the edge of the magnificent Dordogne with its deep rivers, gorges, forests, lak...

FOR SALE: Waiheke Island Eco Friendly House

New Zealand > Auckland > Waitakere City

A new modern house with panoramic views. The house has been designed by eco-architect Johann Bernhardt. The house features cedar cladding, Poggen Pohl kitchen, oak floors, large glass sliders, glass balustrades and all white interior. Open plan living with two sleeping levels, two bathroom...

Khandallah energy efficiency rental

New Zealand > Wellington > Wellington > Khandallah

Nicknamed the Recycled house. A great living space for adults and children with private kids play area's in the downstairs bedrooms. 1940s state home, renovated to beyond today's building standards. Wiring: Cat 5 throughout the home and coax throughout the home ready for any type o...

Lite-House Surfdale Development

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

The Lite-House development on Waiheke Island is a mixed-use building with a luxury one bedroom apartment and three office spaces. The development has received multiple industry awards including: - RMB 2010 House of the Year - Winner Sustainable Home $500k - $1m and three Gold Reserve Aw...

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...

volcalite home

New Zealand > Bay Of Plenty > Kawerau

Our home is built of a new pumice block system that is awaiting branz approval at this moment. A volcalite block (compressed pumice/cement) is 300x220x90mm in dimensional size and weighs only one third the weight of concrete. There are approx 55 blocks per surface square metre of wall whic...

Strawbale House and Business - Borderland Cherries

New Zealand > Canterbury > Waimate

PRICED TO SELL! Priced well below CV, this property offers lifestyle and income. It is situated in a popular and growing area of Waimate and has lovely rural views. The land is level and rectangular in shape with good shelter from poplar trees on SW and NW boundaries. There is ample carp...

Waikuku Beach House

New Zealand > Canterbury

Waikuku Beach House is an Insulated Precast Concrete Panel House. This is optimum construction type providing thermal mass, comfort and permanence resulting in a very cosy home with low running costs. Panel junctions and openings have been detailed to provide a continuous insulation envelo...

E2

New Zealand > Auckland

E2 Ideal for a young family with just the one bathroom and open plan living. The house can fit on a relatively small inner-city site whilst still providing a backyard and area for a vegetable garden. The roof of the carport can be used as a roof garden for growing those vegetables if site ...

Passive House Showhome

New Zealand > Canterbury > Christchurch > Addington

The Housing Innovation Experience is an initiative by PrefabNZ to showcase what is possible with prefabricated buildings. We have chosen to not only showcase a prefabricated home, but also a Certified Passive House. Our showhome will be NZ's first Passive House. The Passive House Sta...

Two bedrooms and large workshop.

New Zealand > Canterbury

This home also has a business attached. We have a 3x6 office 6x6 garage plus three sheds and a joinery work shop. No traveling to work! The house is amazingly spacious considering its diminutive exterior dimensions. Less is more as far as resource use is concerned, so we have designed a ...

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