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Shalimaar Gardens, River Kwai, Kanchanaburi, Thailand, By SOLAREI.

Shalimaar Gardens, River Kwai, Kanchanaburi, Thailand, By SOLAREI.

Thailand
Shalimarr Garden Residence will be located on a minor Peninsula with prime views up and down the River Kwai,Kanchanaburi, Thailand. The site is in a secluded location surrounded by river jungle, a stream, Burmese mountains in the far West and an adjacent house site on the south side of the...


Eco Friendly Waterside Executive Home

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...


An Artistic Eco-Home in Kerikeri

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...


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 ...


Waitakere City - Environmentally Friendly House

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...


Living sustainably - eco friendly house

Living sustainably - eco friendly house

New Zealand > Auckland > Auckland City Area
1. Passive solar design - thermal mass (concrete floors in combination with appropriate glazing) storing the winter sun during daytime and releasing radiant warmth at night 2. double glazing along southern and eastern parts of the house 3. Insulation above Building Code requirements ...


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...


longhouse

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

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

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 ...


Sustainable House by Michael Mobbs

Sustainable House by Michael Mobbs

Australia > NSW > Sydney
One of the inspirations for developing the Ecobob web site came from a book I read called ‘Sustainable House’ by Michael Mobbs. In this book, Michael describes how he converted his inner city town house into a sustaina...


Te papa - Straw bale eco friendly home

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...


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...


Eco Living (New Zealand Eco House by Arhaus)

Eco Living (New Zealand Eco House by Arhaus)

New Zealand > Canterbury
In an age where it is increasingly easy to disregard our environment, despite escalating scientific concerns, there are New Zealanders who are taking a firm stance on the direction the country should be headed. The residential construction industry is just one area where eco-principles can...


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 ...


Sustainable Architecture by Lambourne Architects

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...


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...


Waitakere NOW Home - showing the benefits of a sustainable home

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

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...


new house - stage one

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 ...


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...


Powered Living Passive Solar House

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

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...


The first EcoTrend show home in Canterbury

The first EcoTrend show home in Canterbury

New Zealand > Canterbury > Christchurch > Halswell
Built by Pegasus Property Ltd, the environmentally friendly house reflects the future standards that New Zealand may soon require of modern homes. Designed for our climatic realities and constructed from environmentally friendly, recyclable materials wherever possible, EcoTrend homes incor...


Studio Apartment

Studio Apartment

New Zealand > Auckland > Waitakere City > Ranui
Studio Apartment. Beautifully finished apartment with rammed earth walls, macracarpa timber finishings and a mezzanine loft bedroom. This apartment is a delight to live in, with solar heated water and access to tank and town water supplies. Become part of a truly lovely and supportive e...


Clovelly Eco House - Inner City Sydney

Clovelly Eco House - Inner City Sydney

Australia > NSW > Sydney
The Clovelly House is an environmentally friendly three bedroom, semi-detached house, with an in-ground swimming pool and off-street car parking. The house is in Clovelly, an inner city suburb of Sydney, Australia. The home was designed by Kennedy Associates Architects and completed in ...


Nelson Mud Brick House

Nelson Mud Brick House

New Zealand > Nelson/Tasman
See the full article on the Nelson Mail web site When Maitai resident Peter Olorenshaw built his mudbrick home 10 years ago, sustainable living was far from the catchword it is today....


Taupo Ebode

Taupo Ebode

New Zealand > Waikato > Taupo
TAUPO HOUSE – ECO HOME BY EBODE – TRULY SUSTAINABLE HOMES www.ebode.co.nz BRIEF: This 1960s board & batten home was essentially a ‘bach that grew’ – and included undesirable features such as a huge South-facing deck that was never used; large S...


Waipu cove Ebode

Waipu cove Ebode

New Zealand > Northland > Waipu Cove
Ebode prototype - WAIPU COVE BACH, 2007 For this elevated section overlooking Waipu Cove, our clients wanted a modest home in the 'kiwi bach' tradition, designed with environmentally sustainable principles and using materials and detailing to reflect the coastal location. The result...


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...


Rolleston House

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...


Eco Friendly / Hybrid Home in Nelson / Tasman

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...


Straw Bale Eco Friendly Eco Haven

Straw Bale Eco Friendly Eco Haven

New Zealand > Canterbury > Purau
Diamond Harbour just seems to sparkle with light when you look over at it from the often grey port of Lyttelton. Although it's just stone’s throw away from the port, it has it's own warmer micro-climate - a major attraction for people who choose to settle there. One of those people is H...


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...


Green Bay renovation

Green Bay renovation

New Zealand > Auckland > Waitakere City
The house started as a cottage, was added to over the decades, and received a major eco-renovation when the present owner took it over in 1998. A thermal mass conservatory was added and insulation was installed in the ceiling, some new walls, and underfloor. Solar waterheating, grid-tied P...


Lara Calder: Eco House of the Future Competition

Lara Calder: Eco House of the Future Competition

Australia
View full details of this eco home OVERVIEW The primary inspiration for our design is the concept of temporal shelter, strongly informed by an indigenous response to the land and climate; an ...


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...


Laba Residence - Dunedin Eco Home - Solar, wind etc

Laba Residence - Dunedin Eco Home - Solar, wind etc

New Zealand > Otago > Dunedin > St Clair
A residential dwelling located at Mission Cove, Company Bay on the Otago Peninsula was designed as a solar passive energy conserving home for Mike and Edith Laba. The design process began in May 2004. The principal requirement was for the dwelling to be energy efficient, environmentally fr...


Rod Percival Green Show Home

Rod Percival Green Show Home

New Zealand > Waikato > Coromandel
WILL YOU BE DISSAPOINTED TO FIND THIS PROPERTY SOLD FOR A PRICE YOU COULD AFFORD? Immaculate, healthy award winning eco show home must be sold at auction June 10 2009, this could be incredible value for money. This beautiful home was built by award winning builder Rod Percival to de...


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