by Jason Quinn
Updated 17 March, 2026
First published 8 Aug, 2019River City Press ran a nice article on Passive House featuring our Director Jason Quinn.
View PDF: http://www.rivercitypress.co.nz/rcp-8-8-19.pdf
by Jason Quinn
Updated 17 March, 2026
First published 8 Aug, 2019Latest posts:
Standardisation without compromise: a designer’s guide to panelised timber
Typically, New Zealand construction treats projects as entirely unique, which just slows decisions, drives up costs, and invites delay. If…
Jason Quinn
Retrofitting airtightness into the Feisty Goat student flat
A recent TVNZ Breakfast piece highlighted a fantastic retrofit project by the AeroBarrier team on the “Feisty Goat”, a 145-year-old…
Jason Quinn
Passive House Compared Across Climates
US study shows Passive House cuts building energy use in half across all climate zones A large US study by…
Jason Quinn
Skip the service upgrade: power efficient design for electric homes
On a recent project, a builder asked if we needed to upgrade the site’s existing electrical supply for a larger,…
Jason Quinn
Keeping cool in summer without air conditioning: lessons from a Passive House retrofit
A recent BBC profile on architect Marion Baeli’s retrofitted 1960s home in London shows how high-performance design handles extreme heat…
Jason Quinn
Retrofitting a modernist concrete exoskeleton to ‘near’ Passive House
Retrofitting a heritage-listed modernist building with a precast concrete exoskeleton is about as tough as thermal envelope design gets. The…
Jason Quinn