2019 September 17 HVAC&R News: 2020 South Pacific Passive House Conference
We’ll be at the conference in Sydney and teaching a workshop beforehand as well. Read more on this link....
by Jason Quinn
Updated: Aug 2020
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2019 September 16 Otago Daily Times: Made of Straw
Great to see the progress Jessica and Ben are making on their Passive House. Once you have lowered the energy consumption of a home down to Passive House standard the...
by Jason Quinn
Updated: Aug 2020
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2019 September 13 Exeter City Council: “Incredibly impressed” by Exeter’s energy efficient homes
“Gareth Hughes, MP, self-funded a fact-finding trip to Exeter to find out about the city’s Passivhaus programme. He was keen to see how it could be replicated back home.” “To...
by Jason Quinn
Updated: Mar 2026
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2019 September 11 HVAC&R News: Concerns over cold-housing deaths
Cold houses kill people. “Better Renting has released a report that estimates low-quality housing causes approximately 140 cold-related deaths per year in the ACT. The report is titled Unsafe as Houses:...
by Jason Quinn
Updated: Aug 2020
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29 August 2019 NZ Herald’s Anne Gibson: Why a Henderson mother won $13k from her landlords: 22 separate issues at rental property
“A house with leaking and damaged gutters, rotting window frames, illegal stairs, a sagging and mouldy ceiling, rotting weatherboards, a rotten toilet floor and exposed electrical board have earned a...
by Jason Quinn
Updated: Sep 2019
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Oppose NASH as AS for E2 as it doesn’t cover external insulation
And putting batts between light steel framing is not a good option as discussed below. https://www.mbie.govt.nz/have-your-say/building-code-update-consultation-november-2019 The Oak Ridge National Laboratory has found that thermal bridging in a wood-framed wall...
by Jason Quinn
Updated: Sep 2019
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27 August 2019 The Fifth Estate’s Poppy Johnston: NSW gets its first Certified Passive House homes
Congratulations to Joe Mercieca of Blue Eco Homes for Sapphire Passive House in the Blue Mountains and Andy Marlow of Envirotecture for the Thornleigh house. The article states that “The...
by Jason Quinn
Updated: Aug 2019
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19 August 2019 BMJ Journals: Damp mouldy housing and early childhood hospital admissions for acute respiratory infection: a case control study
Damp mouldy housing and early childhood hospital admissions for acute respiratory infection: a case control study Bottom line for the Wellington Region alone 1710 hospitalizations per year for children under...
by Jason Quinn
Updated: Mar 2026
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19 August 2019 SunLive: Crank up the heat on someone’s winter
Yes sometimes even sick folks living in cold homes don’t realize how it impacts their health. “Two weeks ago, the temperature dropped to zero or one degrees inland where a...
by Jason Quinn
Updated: Aug 2019
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15 August 2019 News Hub’s Mel Logan & Dan Satherley: Damp, mouldy homes blamed for high rate of kids with respiratory infections
1600 extra death per year 20% of serious respiratory infections prevented. Seems like warm dry healthy homes would cheaper than what we do now. Content by News Hub....
by Jason Quinn
Updated: Aug 2019
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13 August 2019 Voxy: Energy company looks at health effects of cold homes
“The WHO report found that cold indoor temperatures have been associated with increased blood pressure, asthma symptoms and poor mental health. Cold homes contribute to increases in deaths and disease....
by Jason Quinn
Updated: Mar 2026
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12 August 2019: Seriously the mould is a design flaw not the tenant
Humorous comment that matches my maxim of buildings should be durable without requiring crazy intervention from the occupants. I still remember one of mates telling me the reason for mould...
by Jason Quinn
Updated: Aug 2019
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12 August 2019 Passive House Massachusetts legislates incentive path to PH
I’m originally from Massachusetts (it’s the state with Boston on the east coast of the USA) and have spent some time with the Passive House community there back in 2012...
by Jason Quinn
Updated: Jan 2024
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10 August 2019 Stuff’s Cate Broughton: Why are Christchurch’s most vulnerable tenants freezing in council homes?
Insane focus on first cost is the why to ‘Why are Christchurch’s most vulnerable tenants freezing in council homes?’ “Hundreds of vulnerable, low-income tenants are living in dangerously-cold council homes....
by Jason Quinn
Updated: Aug 2019
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04 August 2019 TVNZ’s Marama Davidson: Greens announce its rent-to-own policy as part of the Government’s KiwiBuild reset
“Everyone deserves a warm, safe and healthy home to live in, and the Government has a role to provide this”, Green Party’s co-leader Marama Davidson said.” “We wouldn’t allow people...
by Jason Quinn
Updated: Aug 2019
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30 July 2019 News Talk ZB Meghan Lawrence: Tenants evicted after mould and damp complaints
“… over the next two months she discovered the damp and mould. “The curtains were disgusting, they were rotten and mouldy. In all the bedrooms the walls are wet and...
by Jason Quinn
Updated: Jul 2019
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23rd International Passive House Conference 2019
We’ve confirmed the time and date for our Director, Jason Quinn, is speaking at the 23rd International Passive House Conference 2019 in China. It will be on Wednesday, 9th of...
by Jason Quinn
Updated: Jul 2019
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29 July 2019 RNZ’s Eleisha Foon: Conditions at social housing place risk tenants’ health – expert
Poor design means your home is cold, damp and mouldy even with a high power bill … here is some bubble wrap for your windows. That seems like a joke...
by Jason Quinn
Updated: Jul 2019
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