working towards a sustainable community
One apartment building (comprising 2 apartments) of a housing development was upgraded using sustainable design features, primarily to improve energy efficiency. These include higher levels of wall, floor and ceiling insulation, high specification glazing, solar water heating, low energy underfloor heating, high efficiency appliances, and exposed thermal mass.
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This new build home was designed for comfort, high performance and energy efficiency using passive solar design. Orientation, thermal mass, super insulation, high quality glazing, and an attached conservatory were important features to achieve a passively heated home. Solar water heating also reduces the building’s energy consumption. The house is independent for water [...]
Three 1960’s rental properties in Wanaka were retrofitted with insulation and new heating systems to improve the comfort and health of the tenants. Insulation was fitted to the ceilings and floors and to the living room walls, new wood burners and heat transfer systems will be installed and polythene laid under the floors.
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This new house makes use of existing slabs poured by previous owners and designed to use as much of available Douglas Fir (Oregon) timber as possible. The design utilises some very large (300×300) timbers which are traditionally jointed and exposed internally. Since the owners have unlimited access to firewood, a wetback stove provides [...]
