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 …

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 …

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    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.  

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

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 …

This rural site on the Kaipara Harbour is a beautiful haven for its owners but building here was not without challenges. Any remote location brings complications with transport and access to tradespeople. Here the architects/Passive House designers at Sang Architects also had to contend with very difficult ground conditions (and a rogue possum bashing about in the roof space after …

An experienced architecture/designer and construction team have produced another outstanding Passive House project in Dunedin. It’s a warm and comfortable home for Canadian immigrants who were predictably shocked at the low standards of typical New Zealand housing. The house looks as good as it performs, with references to mid-century design details and a stunning larch tongue-and-groove ceiling with exposed rafters. …