Project Team

Architecture & Passive House Design VIA architecture Ltd – via-architecture.net
Builder Basin Builders
Project Director Richard Pope
Certifier Sustainable Engineering Ltd – sustainableengineering.co.nz

  • Passive House Metrics

    • Heating Demand15.47kWh/m2/year
    • Heating Load11.28 W/m2 
    • TFA217.4m2
    • Form Factor3.4
    • Air leakage @ 50Pa0.4 ACH/hour
    • PER demand34kWh/m2/year

    Passive House Database – TBA

  • Construction Details Average Values

    • U-value External Walls0.13 W/(m2K)(R7.97)
    • Prefabricated timber framed wall panels with exterior wood fibre board and insulated services cavity ICF (insulated concrete form) walls
    • U-value Floor0.10W/(m2K)(R10.15)
    • Concrete on EPS on ground, Suspended concrete on EPS
    • U-value Roof 0.14W/(m2K)(R7.31)
    • Prefabricated timber framed roof panels, part with insulated services cavity
    • U-value Glass0.52 W/(m2K)(R1.92)
    • Triple glazing with low-e and argon
    • U-Windows0.8 W/(m2K)(R1.2)
    • Thermadura Designline
    • Ventilation Efficiency87%
    • Zehnder ComfoAir Q350 HRV, Comfort Vent Q350 HRV