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2019 August 20 – Passive House Institute: More Passive Houses in Paradise

I was looking for several examples of apartment buildings on the PHI website when I came across this colorful interview of New Zealand’s Passive House champion Thomas van Raamsdonk. When...

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Updated: Mar 2026

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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...

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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...

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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....

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Updated: Aug 2019

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AIRAH Ecolibruium August 2019 Feature

One of our newsletter articles was published in AIRAH magazine. AIRAH Ecolibruium August 2019 https://www.airah.org.au/ EcoLibrium/2019/Ecolibrium_August_2019.aspx When asked where he learned this Jason pointed out it was from Joe Lstiburek...

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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....

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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....

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Updated: Aug 2019

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08 August 2019 River City Press: The advantages of building a Passive House

River City Press ran a nice article on Passive House featuring our Director Jason Quinn. View PDF: http://www.rivercitypress.co.nz/rcp-8-8-19.pdf...

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Updated: Mar 2026

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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...

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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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27 July 2019 NZ Herald: Kids doing it tough in winter

“A two-year-old born prematurely with a chronic lung condition has been hospitalised multiple times this year. Part of the problem is that the child is sleeping on a damp mattress…”...

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Updated: Jul 2019

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24 July 2019 NZ Doctor: Bridging the gap with Healthy Homes

Not sure I’d consider Wellington or Rotorua any more damp than Christchurch or Auckland in the winter. Much of NZ is nearly 100% RH in the winter for at least...

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Updated: Jul 2019

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NZ Building-related standards

“The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (Building System Performance) has funded the following building standards, used for Building Code compliance, for free download.” Awesome. This includes most of the...

by Jason Quinn

Updated: Mar 2026

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23 July 2019 Yes, your brand new house could be cold and damp

An example of a legally code minimum compliant new house that is cold and damp. Look at the photo of the condensation dripping off of the new double glazed windows....

by Jason Quinn

Updated: Jul 2019

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