I think the epic quote from this article could be paraphrased as “Your brand new home might still be cold, damp, and bad for your health”. I think that’s a pretty epic statement – and unfortunately accurate. You just bought a brand new home and a few months later there is mould and the power bill is actually a bit …
“Building a super energy-efficient Passive House requires careful planning, design and applied science. “ “It’s just a house,” says Glenn Murdoch, design director at Theca Group. “There’s nothing special that you can see. The only thing [visible] is that the windows and doors are different.” And the other thing you don’t see is the +90% energy savings on heating or …
If you missed it, the South Pacific Passive House Conference in Melbourne this year was a fantastic conference. We participated through leading a workshop on advanced PHPP the day before the conference on Thursday as well as attending the conference on Friday/Saturday and participating in a keynote presentation on the last day of the conference (along with Clare Parry, Luc …
At the request of the Superhome Movement, Sustainable Engineering Ltd. has put together a technical proposal to build the mathematical model underlying the cool Superhome housing performance dashboard. “Superhome housing performance dashboard project is gathering momentum and the project team is coming together. This is a really big task with lots of research input as well as technical and IT involvement. …
Good article on a great house. Brick veneer is tricky to get right without creating the potential for mould at the slab edge. This design team got it right on the first try. Cholmondeley-Smith said while still relatively unknown, passive homes were growing in popularity around the world. “More people are moving towards building healthier, comfortable homes, with lower …
“We watched how they made plans and decisions and accessed information relative to what was happening to see if they could be strategic in their thinking and we found really dramatic effects even from minor changes to the indoor environment,” Allen said. When developers build building they are focused on what they can rent them for; and they should be …
Our director, Jason Quinn, presented a joint paper with Clare Parry on lessons learned on the South Pacific Passive House Conference in 2017 in Christchurch. Their presentation “Lessons learned from South Pacific Passive House certifications How not to kill a Passive House project” is available on the PHINZ website. The 3rd Annual South Pacific Passive House Conference 2017 was put …
This is one way to save a considerable fraction of build costs if it is done at scale. Of course, I’d argue for putting those savings into a better building envelope designed/built to Certified Passive House levels. Content by Prefab NZ.
This article features our Director, Jason Quinn, there was a lot to condense into this article. The one additional comment he wishes had made it into the article was that most new homes built in New Zealand to the current building code are unhealthy due to inadequate ventilation resulting high moisture levels and often times mold. Yes, That’s a brand …
