Humorous comment that matches my maxim of buildings should be durable without requiring crazy intervention from the occupants. I still remember one of mates telling me the reason for mould in one of their rentals is the tenants closed the windows while sleeping – seriously he expected them to open their windows while sleeping all winter long in a neighborhood …
I’m originally from Massachusetts (it’s the state with Boston on the east coast of the USA) and have spent some time with the Passive House community there back in 2012 so it it good to see the changes they are shaping. To give those of us in NZ scale Massachusetts is about twice the population of NZ. Good news is …
Insane focus on first cost is the why to ‘Why are Christchurch’s most vulnerable tenants freezing in council homes?’ “Hundreds of vulnerable, low-income tenants are living in dangerously-cold council homes. CATE BROUGHTON asks why. On the morning Stuff visits Stacey Shramka, the temperature in her lounge is 8.4 degrees Celsius. Outside, in the shade, it is 8.8C. At 9.45am Shramka’s neat, sparsely …
River 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
“Everyone deserves a warm, safe and healthy home to live in, and the Government has a role to provide this”, Green Party’s co-leader Marama Davidson said.” “We wouldn’t allow people to lease a dodgy rental car, why do we allow dodgy rental homes? Poor quality, damp housing causes sickness. It needs to stop, and a housing Warrant of Fitness will …
“… over the next two months she discovered the damp and mould. “The curtains were disgusting, they were rotten and mouldy. In all the bedrooms the walls are wet and there is mould on the [ceiling], windows and in the wallpaper,” she said.” “On July 20 I was putting more bubble wrap on my bedroom windows and I decided to …
We’ve confirmed the time and date for our Director, Jason Quinn, is speaking at the 23rd International Passive House Conference 2019 in China. It will be on Wednesday, 9th of Oct at 4pm and will be the first presentation in the Ecology section of the conference. “PHPP and LCAQuick – an integrated energy / Life Cycle Assessment toolsetDemonstration of the …
Poor design means your home is cold, damp and mouldy even with a high power bill … here is some bubble wrap for your windows. That seems like a joke but it is reality for many New Zealand tenants. Poor design of buildings is a legacy – just one we don’t want to have. “It’s cold enough to freeze your …
“A two-year-old born prematurely with a chronic lung condition has been hospitalised multiple times this year. Part of the problem is that the child is sleeping on a damp mattress…” Replacing the mattress is great but the new one will get damp as well due to the poor design of our homes. It is not the occupants fault. Yes there …
