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Chingford Park Passive House

Passive House Classic

Chingford Park is a charming outlier, a newly built Passive House that echoes the past and embraces all that is technologically possible in modern times. It’s a unique result of...

2023

128m2

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Dunedin City Council Community Housing

Passive House Classic

Here’s another significant Passive House milestone met: New Zealand’s first certified community housing project. Dunedin City Council (DCC) shares the glory with the experienced Passive House design team at Architype....

2022

358m2

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Leith Street Apartments

Passive House Classic

Dunedin’s student housing is notoriously bad, even worse than its winters. However, a new Passive House certified apartment block smack in the middle of the student housing precinct is a...

2022

807m2

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Watterson Residence

Passive House Classic

The Watterson residence is already famous, being that Passive House build in Featherston that featured on Grand Designs in November 2022. The home is an outstanding example of meticulous planning...

2022

177m2

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Rose House

Passive House Low Energy Building

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2022

102m2

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Arthur Street Townhouse

Passive House Classic

This compact Dunedin home on a tricky site is notable for being a build-to-rent project. The owner is a local investor steadily growing his rental property portfolio. This was his...

2022

113m2

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Whakatū Passivhaus

Passive House Classic

Whakatū Passivhaus deserves close investigation. It’s the first for its builder and architect/Passive House designer and the first to be certified in Nelson City (the nearby Orr Residence is located...

2022

107m2

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The White Home

Passive House Classic

Determined clients, an experienced Passive House designer and a builder with an eye for detail: that was the magic combination responsible for this appealing home-for-life in Carterton. There were some...

2022

120m2

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Premier Homes – Genesis

Passive House Classic

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2022

87m2

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Brick House

Passive House Plus

Wanaka is one of New Zealand’s most challenging climates: very hot summers, very cold winters and with harsh UV light. This project’s brick cladding was an inspired choice that serves...

2022

207m2

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PIHA EnerPHit

Passive House Enerfit

This is New Zealand’s first enerPHit project to be certified. This astonishingly ambitious retrofit stripped a large, luxury house built in 2008 back to its shell and rebuilt it to...

2022

221m2

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Secret Squirrel 0422

Passive House Low Energy Building

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2022

214m2

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Walklin Residence

Passive House Classic

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2022

217m2

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8 Bushland Place

Passive House Plus

8 and 10 Bushland Place are the first two homes to be completed in an entire subdivision targeting Passive House Plus certification. This is an ambitious undertaking with the heavy...

2022

143m2

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10 Bushland Place

Passive House Plus

8 and 10 Bushland Place are the first two homes to be completed in an entire subdivision targeting Passive House Plus certification. This is an ambitious undertaking with the heavy...

2022

143m2

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Te Whare o K&K

Passive House Classic

Te Whare o K&K is New Zealand’s most northern Passive House project by far. It’s one of only two north of Albany, at time of writing, and over 260km further...

2022

90m2

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Te Mata

Passive House Classic

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2022

213m2

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Fairfield Office

Passive House Low Energy Building

The new purpose-built office for long-established Blenheim builders, Fairfield Construction, is a certified PHI Low Energy Building. It’s the first commercial building in the South Island to gain a PHI...

2022

48m2

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