Case Studies

Ruapuke Passive House

This new home outside Raglan accomplishes a lot of things. It’s a supremely comfortable, healthy and resilient home for its owner-builder and his family. It’s an effective showcase of the benefits of Passive House for potential clients. And it helped the family construction business make the move from Auckland to the Waikato.  Toby Tilsley got on board early with building …

Raglan

2025 186.4 m2
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Bull Ridge

A brand new Wanaka house targeting Passive House Classic certification is on the market but this was no spec build. It was intended to be a forever home for a couple who highly valued Passive House benefits and made it an integral part of the design brief. The home is characterised by a rigorous quality of both planning and execution …

Wanaka

2025 114.8 m2
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Ethos Abode

Only a small minority of New Zealand’s hardworking and skilful certified Passive House tradespeople and designers are themselves living in one of these supremely healthy, comfortable homes, which is a sad irony. Peter Bielski and his team at Ethos Homes have one of New Zealand’s longest track records when it comes to delivering to the Passive House standard. So we’re …

Christchurch

2025 177.6 m2
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Courtyard House

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Auckland

2025 161.6 m2
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2025 217.4 m2
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eHaus Tamahere

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Waikato

2025 270.4 m2
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Goetz Wunderbar Passive House

    House Profile You can read more about the Goetz Family’s building journey on their website: www.wunderbar-passive-house.org. Book a room in this Passive house through this link.  

Auckland

2025 163.1 m2
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Hokowhitu Passivhaus

   House Profile Read a Q&A about this project with its Passive House designer Elrond Burrell.      

Palmerston North

2025 106 m2
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Kahika Tōtara

A third Passive House home has been certified at Bushland Park in Christchurch, delivered on time and under budget to very happy homeowners. This project has achieved Passive House Premium status. The experienced Passive House builders employ a deliberate strategy of working with the same suppliers and sub-trades as much as possible and building with prefab panels constructed in their …

Christchurch

2024 174.5 m2
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