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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...


Straw Bale (pukeko hollow)

Straw Bale (pukeko hollow)

New Zealand > Bay Of Plenty > Opotiki > Hospital Hill
Pukeko Hollow straw bale house post and beam construction with exposed beams and sarking,macracarpa floors and ceilings, solid macracarpa doors, north facing sun drenched open plan living downstairs with three french doors two of those doors opening onto large sheltered decks, large vege ...


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...


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...


Freehold

Freehold

Canada
Home Description: One of a kind, park like, high bank waterfront acreage with custom home and million dollar view. Almost 6 peaceful, private acres surrounded by parkland and ocean, last drive off cul-de-sac in desirable area of larger Hope Bay properties. Seasonal stream runs through pro...


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 ...


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...


Combine Cornerstone Building systems INSULATION,Hot water & space heating  for LOW ENERGY home.

Combine Cornerstone Building systems INSULATION,Hot water & space heating for LOW ENERGY home.

New Zealand > Canterbury > Southbridge
Sustainability, using the Cornerstone Building system and the Te WERA boiler for hot water and the minimal space heating…..our home was definitely that. We fully intended building a straw bale home and Chris had been on the straw bale building course all ready to go, until Chris met Danie...


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...


Whareuku (Earth House)

Whareuku (Earth House)

New Zealand > Waikato > Rotorua
The whareuku, or earth house, is built on Maori land in Rotoiti as part of research from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Auckland to develop a low-cost rammed earth housing solution that is accessible and provides an adequate standard of living. The house is built on a ...


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...


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...


Waikato House, BY SOLAREI

Waikato House, BY SOLAREI

New Zealand > Waikato
Description: Three bedroom passive solar energy efficient family house. Designed by: Solarei. Location: Waikato, North Island, New Zealand. The project brief was to design a family house which primarily conserved energy through its passive solar design and would require minimal m...


FOR SALE: Waiheke Island Eco Friendly House

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...


eco healthy home in peaceful valley

eco healthy home in peaceful valley

New Zealand > Northland > Waipu Cove
Future proof, sustainable build, affordable, low toxicity, eco-healthy home on an enchanting, peaceful lifestyle block within a wholesome community and just 10 minutes from 22km of prestine coastline! This 5 year old, 128m2, mudbrick cottage has 3 bedrooms (plus a large closed in carpo...


FOR SALE: Here's your piece of Middle Earth - Rammed Earth Eco-House - Hamilton, Waikato

FOR SALE: Here's your piece of Middle Earth - Rammed Earth Eco-House - Hamilton, Waikato

New Zealand > Waikato > Hamilton
This is a rare opportunity for you to purchase a one of a kind rammed earth, environmentally friendly home in picturesque Rotokauri with expansive Lake Views. Designed by Graeme North to provide all the architectural space and sophistication of a large, well-designed country home, with...


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...


Gorgeous Organic Lifestyle For Sale 10 Acres Near Muriwai Beach (NOW SOLD)

Gorgeous Organic Lifestyle For Sale 10 Acres Near Muriwai Beach (NOW SOLD)

New Zealand
THIS PROPERTY HAS NOW BEEN SOLD. Gorgeous organic lifestyle, 3 bedroom eco house with tree lined driveway, on quiet back road 5 minutes from Muriwai beach. Ten acres with a mix of bush and grazing, good soils, pond, creek, barn and home orchard. A private, peaceful and very pretty prope...


Bella Vista Eco-Style

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...


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...


Cornerstone Building System choice for Ben Lomond Lodge

Cornerstone Building System choice for Ben Lomond Lodge

New Zealand
The Ben Lomond Station Experience in a Lodge built in the Cornerstone Building system. Cornerstone was chosen for this project due to the benefits in the high insulation and simplicity of construction in such a remote area in the mountains above Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown. With breathta...


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...


E2

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 ...


Luxury brand new eco house with high R value for sale

Luxury brand new eco house with high R value for sale

New Zealand > Bay Of Plenty > Katikati
Brand new high quality fit out eco house with high R values. The concrete floor was installed with an extra 50m layer of poly to help keep the warmth in. External walls build from Amboisne polystyrene blocks filled with concrete, 250mm wide with R value of 3. Poly block walls go ...


Whare Kaha

Whare Kaha

New Zealand > Waikato > Rotorua
Lovely lifestyle block, peaceful with 0.5 hectare of indigenous forest. Close to very good primary school. 21 km to Rotorua, 48 km to Tauranga.


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