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Restored 1930's 3bdrm bungalow on 3 acres

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

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...


Grey Stone - Sustainable Eco House

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 ...


Sustainable eco house in Waitakere City by Johann Bernhardt

Sustainable eco house in Waitakere City by Johann Bernhardt

New Zealand > Auckland > Waitakere City
1. Passive Solar Design The house is divided into 2 aisles, separated by a conservatory, to open it up for the passive use of the sun’s energy. The lounge/dining/kitchen wing (north-facing) has concrete floors exposed to the autumn and winter midday sun storing the heat and releasing it...


Modern Design & Passive Solar Mudbrick House in Nelson

Modern Design & Passive Solar Mudbrick House in Nelson

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...


Auckland Eco Home

Auckland Eco Home

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

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 ...


Russell Devlin Eco-House Tasman

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...


Kaimata Croft

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...


Unique Rainforest Lodge

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...


FLW/Japanese House

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...


Japanese Stye Eco Home in Ashburton

Japanese Stye Eco Home in Ashburton

New Zealand > Canterbury > Ashburton
View an article about this house The interior design is clean, minimalist and beautiful, as well as earthy due to favouring the use of exposed wood in design. Jack and Margaret love their pine ceilin...


A self supporters home - For Sale - $315,000

A self supporters home - For Sale - $315,000

New Zealand > Northland
Situated in the Kohatu Toa Eco Village, this home and land is designed to feed a family for the entire year. It has a well established and organic orchard, sub tropical orchard, and vegetable gardens in good heart. There are three different living spaces - The main house, a double bedroom ...


Self-sufficient Mobile Home

Self-sufficient Mobile Home

New Zealand > Wellington
All home comforts neatly arranged in a warm, cosy, self-sufficient mobile home. The 'Little Cracker' woodburner cooks, and heats water. Wool insulation keeps the bus toasty for hours - or open the doors and/or roof vents to cool down. King single bed is natural latex covered with wool, and...


Dunedin Sustainable House

Dunedin Sustainable House

New Zealand > Otago > Dunedin
View more about this house on BRANZ This sustainable house, built by a local builder and designed by the owners and architect Michael Ovens, is located on the Otago Peninsula. It w...


Cornerstone Licencee,Future Homes NZ wins 2 NZ NATIONAL AWARDS

Cornerstone Licencee,Future Homes NZ wins 2 NZ NATIONAL AWARDS

New Zealand > Waikato > Taupo
“Cornerstone Building System”, Taupo Licencee wins DBH Gold award for best sustainable home under $500,000 for National Award 2008 after winning the Taupo District Gold medal. To add to this prize was the National award for the "Pink Batts Best Energy Efficient home" STOP PRE...


Off Grid Eco-Stay

Off Grid Eco-Stay

New Zealand > Marlborough
This a traditional house that is completely off the grid, powered by Solar and a Micro-Hydro and featuring the first domestic Biolytix Sewage installation in New Zealand. We desired to prove to ourselves that a more traditional form of building can still be enviromentally friendly usin...


Russel Devlin Eco-House Tasman

Russel 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...


Gorgeous Kauri Bungalow

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, ...


The Solabode Affordable Eco Home

The Solabode Affordable Eco Home

New Zealand
UPDATE June 2011: Clients are still very happy with the performance of this home now in its third winter. Last year I set about designing the Solabode MKII which as well as responding to lessons learnt on the MKI version, now incorporates PREFAB technology and MODULAR design in that the...


Kauritatahi farm

Kauritatahi farm

New Zealand > Bay Of Plenty
House is currently under construction by owner. Incorporates traditional post & beam construction using locally grown Lawson Cyprus timber and Rotorua manufactured Timbercrete block walls. Will feature good passive solar design, solar panels and wood stove boiler water heating, double glaz...


Passive solar lifestyle block

Passive solar lifestyle block

New Zealand > Wellington > Masterton
2 water sources - rural water scheme for house which is gravity feed so does not require pressure pump. Creek running through property for garden and animals. North facing to maximise sun. Minimal glazing on southern side to reduce heat loss. Mezzanine floor to provide additional sleepin...


toastie

toastie

New Zealand > Waikato > Cambridge
Standard built house, brick over timber frame, concrete floor, concrete tile roof. Passive Solar Underfloor heating installed by the Floor*Store. See www.floorstore.org Two Masport woodburners with wetback. Heat transfer system to bedrooms. Weiss 3 room kit with additional of a centri...


Devonport Lohas Home

Devonport Lohas Home

New Zealand > Auckland > North Shore City > Devonport
An eco-friendly, self-contained stand-alone, modern two bedroom accommodation. Designed by a leading environmentally-focused architect, Johann Bernhardt of Equinox Design. Built using renewable materials, this well-insulated house is powered by renewable energy supplied by Meridian, wi...


Papakowhai Renovations - House 10

Papakowhai Renovations - House 10

New Zealand > Wellington > Porirua > Papakowhai
House 10 in the Papakowhai Renovation project saved 30% on annual power bills, through full insulation and double glazing combined with an efficient heating source, improving indoor temperatures and family health. Solar water heating and wetbacks on both the solar system and woodburner pro...


Kapiti Off Grid

Kapiti Off Grid

New Zealand > Wellington > Otaki
3 bed, 2 bath, twin-gable replica villa. FSC-sourced rusticated weatherboard. UT pine framing (internal). 60,000L roofwater storage. Membrane water-filtration over UV (zero power vs 130W always-on). 20mm Argon double-glazing with timber double-hung sash joinery. Sewage pumped to stepping t...


Sustainable Straw Bale home

Sustainable Straw Bale home

New Zealand > Nelson/Tasman
By Caroline Crick Eco homes and interiors writer/photographer www.carolinecrick.co.nz A commitment to a sustainable lifestyle has been a driving force behind the build of a straw bale house in the Dovedale area, near Nelson. The owners chose straw bale because of its insulation properti...


Kokomuka Green Home

Kokomuka Green Home

New Zealand > Otago > Portobello
This stunning architecturally designed home has been built to be ecologically benign and energy efficient. It uses solar water heating, has extra-deep wall cavities with natural wool insulation and all windows are double-glazed. It uses a passive solar designed via an insulated concrete fo...


NZ's First Ever Straw Bale Home (SOLD)

NZ's First Ever Straw Bale Home (SOLD)

New Zealand > Nelson/Tasman
*** SOLD *** This spectacular home, with its superb proportions and thick, mellow Tuscan gold plaster walls, has been built to a generous scale. Located in a tranquil country setting, within a 10 minute drive of the city, it is perfectly positioned for all-day sun and unobstructed sea a...


For Sale: Beautiful straw bale lifestyle home on a hideaway 1.2 ha private retreat, Gisborne

For Sale: Beautiful straw bale lifestyle home on a hideaway 1.2 ha private retreat, Gisborne

New Zealand > Gisborne > Gisborne
Amazing location - private and quiet. Beautiful 3-yr old open-plan straw-bale house has been built with privacy and sustainability in mind. Set on a 1.16 ha (3 acre) lifestyle block in rural Hexton, just 10 mins drive West of Gisborne city, 5 mins. from Grey's Bush Reserve. We have lived o...


Te Horo Beach Eco-Cottage

Te Horo Beach Eco-Cottage

New Zealand > Wellington
Absolutely charming little eco-cottage set on a large established section in Te Horo beach. The wonderful smell of the untreated macrocarpa pannelling greets you on entry as you walk in off the large deck. Designed for a couple or a single person, the open plan layout maximises effic...


Tour the Solar Energy House.co.nz in Auckland

Tour the Solar Energy House.co.nz in Auckland

New Zealand > Auckland > Auckland City Area > Meadowbank
The Solar Energy House in Meadowbank, Auckland is a renovated ex state house that has a energy bill of less than $50/month yet is 609m2 in size with 5 occupants, home based business with lots of electronic appliances! Modern & spacious and available for you to get a professional tour. 5...


Off Grid Canterbury

Off Grid Canterbury

New Zealand > Canterbury
This is a *custom* kitset 5bdr+study home (http://kitsetgo.co.nz/) sitting on 5 acres with 400 pine trees. We designed the floorplan, employed a builder and got it put together. approx 10% adder for off-grid (PV, Batteries, Invterter, Solar HW) Moved in 15th May 2010 - wanted to make...


Crows Nest: Eco lifestyle close to city

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...


Waikuku Beach House

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...


SOLAR MODULE (S-MOD), BY SOLAREI

SOLAR MODULE (S-MOD), BY SOLAREI

New Zealand > Northland
Affordable sustainable homes designed for modest budgets. This is work in progress with a local housing company. The following is a range of modular houses which are affordable, innovative, climatically responsive to NZ environments utilising passive solar and passive cooling principles...


Strawbale house in Clutha For Sale

Strawbale house in Clutha For Sale

New Zealand > Otago > Balclutha
Positioned on the northern edge of the Catlins Tourist area at the beginning of the Southern Scenic Way is a recently completed straw bale home. Set in an elevated position, it is 14 km south west of Balclutha. The house has a northerly aspect enjoying all day full sun with expansive views...


Natural Intelligence

Natural Intelligence

New Zealand > Wellington > Paraparaumu
Natural Intelligence Blending with its surroundings on a rise in all day sun, this acclaimed Hugh Tennent quality designed 4 bed-roomed Eco home and guest house was built from renewable, local and natural materials with emphasis on sustainability and energy conservation. Through the...


Eco property for sale - Waiheke Island

Eco property for sale - Waiheke Island

New Zealand > Auckland > Hauraki Gulf & Islands > Waiheke Island
Properties like this are as rare as hen’s teeth on Waiheke Island. On offer is an eco-friendly two bedroom mudbrick home, plus three chalets from which you can earn extra income. An ideal retreat for artists, writers, those working from home or simply wanting a change of pace. Entering...


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