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2019 June 19 New Energy Economy: World’s First Certified Passive House Car Dealership

This building is pretty incredible. Most Passive House buildings can change the form (the external shape) and use less glass to meet the performance standard, but that wasn’t an option...

by Jason Quinn

Updated: Mar 2026

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PH Window Installs

Window installs watch Florian and Skyler install a Passive House window into a home. Notice the good explanation of the aluminium cut back distance to allow over insulation of the...

by Jason Quinn

Updated: May 2019

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Certified Passive House design required for Queenstown Luggate Memorial Hall

Although this media release doesn’t mention it the Queenstown Lakes District Council has been methodically reviewing the costs and benefits of Passive House for some time. After this review and...

by Jason Quinn

Updated: Apr 2019

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Why don’t owners improve their homes? Results from a survey following a housing warrant‐of‐fitness assessment for health and safety

Paper in The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health by Elinor Chisholm Michael Keall Julie Bennett Anaru Marshall Lucy Telfar‐Barnard Louise Thornley Philippa Howden‐Chapman Bottom line – even...

by Jason Quinn

Updated: Apr 2019

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10 April 2019 Passive Houses in New Zealand: Let’s talk details

Scala Seminar Series Hosted by the disciplines of Landscape Architecture & Architecture, Unitec Institute of Technology invites you to bring your lunch and attend a free public seminar on Thurs...

by Jason Quinn

Updated: Apr 2019

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29 March 2019 Stuff’s Hamis McNeilly: Former refugee family placed in damp Dunedin home feels abandoned

You would think this is rare and something that you need to go looking for but it is not abnormal in NZ The windows of the North East Valley flat stay...

by Jason Quinn

Updated: Apr 2019

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Future climate considerations in Passive House Planning Package (PHPP)

Passive House Institute has released a climate morphing tool for use in examining future climates and building resilience. I’m particularly fond of this approach which simply takes an increased summer...

by Jason Quinn

Updated: Oct 2019

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28 February 2019 The Gisborne Herald: Real Health Difference

“I remember a young family who had about seven children, who told us they would often be taking a child to hospital at least once a week, due to the...

by Jason Quinn

Updated: Mar 2019

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20 February 2019 Envirotecture: South Pacific Passive House Conference 2019

The South Pacific Passive House Conference in Wellington was epic and is going to help move the bar with high performance building in New Zealand and Australia. Andy pulled together...

by Jason Quinn

Updated: Mar 2019

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TVNZ RENEWSNZ video on Passive House

The video can be viewed at https://www.facebook.com/renewsnz/videos/252930218953512/ “These houses are heated and cooled for the same price as running your fridge. It’s called a passive house, and its secret is...

by Jason Quinn

Updated: Feb 2019

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PH4NZ – Comments

Comments both good and bad (polite) are welcome. Especially where clarification is needed or errors are found. Return to the Table of Contents...

by Jason Quinn

Updated: Feb 2019

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22 January 2019 The FIfth Estate’s David Thorpe: Graphene stars in Passivhaus retrofit of Victorian townhouses

Great article but horrible title. The wonder material graphene is added to the paint as an anti-cracking additive. Neat but totally doesn’t impact the performance of this Passivhaus. Also great...

by Jason Quinn

Updated: Jan 2019

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2018 December 01 Build Magazine’s Manfred Plagmann: Mould, occupants and house condition

Air control layers are critical to warm healthy homes. Paying for a second brand new roof on a building should not be common to homes or commercial buildings. More ventilation...

by Jason Quinn

Updated: Jan 2019

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Passive House Classes Explained: Classic, Plus and Premium

Honest and fair net zero buildings   Sometimes you need to explain complicated technical topics in a very simple way. Like how you would speak to your 95 year old...

by Jason Quinn

Updated: Dec 2018

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2018 December 13 The Wanaka Sun’s Allison McLean: Luggate to open its doors to an energy efficient new hall

We participated in the initial feasibility study for this project and wish to commend Queenstown Lakes District Council for thinking to the future. The team followed the government Better Business Case...

by Jason Quinn

Updated: Dec 2018

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24 July 2001 The National Human Activity Pattern Survey (NHAPS): a resource for assessing exposure to environmental pollutants

Many speakers talk about how much time we spend indoors when they talk about how important indoor air quality is and they seldom take the time and reference source of...

by Jason Quinn

Updated: Apr 2019

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30 November 2018 NZ Herald: How to spot a healthy home

Looking for insulation in the purchase of a new home is an excellent idea and looking for bathroom and kitchen exhaust fans is even more critical. Unfortunately this is not...

by Jason Quinn

Updated: Dec 2018

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22 November 2018 The Wanaka Sun’s Ruth Blunt: A healthy heart for Luggate

Luggate Hall is the is a community hub in Queenstown that needs to be replaced due to seismic strengthening. The community has pulled together a business case plan through the...

by Jason Quinn

Updated: Nov 2018

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