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.
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. It is estimated that in New Zealand 1600 additional people die each winter, with respiratory and cardiovascular disease highly prevalent in these alarming statistics. Elderly people, children and those with …
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 in one of their rentals is the tenants closed the windows while sleeping – seriously he expected them to open their windows while sleeping all winter long in a neighborhood …
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 so it it good to see the changes they are shaping. To give those of us in NZ scale Massachusetts is about twice the population of NZ. Good news is …
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. CATE BROUGHTON asks why. On the morning Stuff visits Stacey Shramka, the temperature in her lounge is 8.4 degrees Celsius. Outside, in the shade, it is 8.8C. At 9.45am Shramka’s neat, sparsely …
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 to lease a dodgy rental car, why do we allow dodgy rental homes? Poor quality, damp housing causes sickness. It needs to stop, and a housing Warrant of Fitness will …
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 there is mould on the [ceiling], windows and in the wallpaper,” she said.” “On July 20 I was putting more bubble wrap on my bedroom windows and I decided to …
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 Oct at 4pm and will be the first presentation in the Ecology section of the conference. “PHPP and LCAQuick – an integrated energy / Life Cycle Assessment toolsetDemonstration of the …
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 but it is reality for many New Zealand tenants. Poor design of buildings is a legacy – just one we don’t want to have. “It’s cold enough to freeze your …