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Midway House

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...

2024

158m2

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Froggy Bottom

Passive House Plus

Another strawbale home has achieved Passive House certification, but this is not like the others. Froggy Bottom is a low maintenance, modern home and the only clue to the use...

2024

165m2

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Snowscape

Passive House Classic

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2024

137m2

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Clulow House

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2024

171m2

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Meadowstone Passive House

Passive House Classic

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2024

142m2

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The Burrow

Passive House Plus

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2024

419m2

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Amaroo

Passive House Plus

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2024

170m2

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The Green House

Passive House Classic

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2024

217m2

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Maria’s Passive House

Passive House Premium

This appealing minor dwelling in the Coromandel bush has achieved Passive House Premium  certification—only the third to do so in Aotearoa/New Zealand—and is believed to be this country’s first off-grid...

2024

52m2

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Blenheim Low Energy Home

“A poster child for no drama,” is how building scientist Sara Wareing describes this appealing Blenheim home. It could have all gone very differently. The architect had not designed a...

2024

170m2

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Taupaki House

Passive House Classic

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2024

206m2

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Being Small House

Passive House Classic

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2024

62m2

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Āhuru

Passive House Plus

Āhuru nestles into the land above Raglan harbour, a sublime spot for an exquisitely detailed home. It is a product of a seemingly perfect match of values between the architect...

2024

143m2

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Huia House

Passive House Classic

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2024

147m2

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Finch Residence

Passive House Classic

The Finch Residence will be very familiar to many readers as, under the Waikuku Beach Passive House moniker, its progress was meticulously documented on social media. Paul Finch is both...

2024

137m2

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Carman Residence

Passive House Classic

Queenstown has some of the largest temperature ranges in Aotearoa so its buildings need to keep humans warm when it’s below zero outside and cool when it’s over 30 degrees....

2023

328m2

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Martins Farmhouse

Passive House Classic

This rural home outside of Whanganui is a complex blend of traditional building and hi-tech performance, proof of the adage that Passive House is agnostic with regard to materials. It...

2023

119m2

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Te Whare Kuia

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2023

117m2

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