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Green hospital a healthier choice

By Charissa Snijders 1 October 2009, Build 114

A commitment to environmentally sustainable design by this Pathfinder project – Hamilton’s new green hospital – has resulted in a healthier hospital and potential for significant operational and maintenance savings over the life of the building.

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Sustainable Habitat Challenge

1 February 2010, Build 116, Feature article

The Sustainable Habitat Challenge (SHAC) set out to prove that sustainable living is practical today. Organised by Otago Polytechnic, it challenged tertiary/professional teams to ‘collaborate to develop innovative housing that is simple, affordable, efficient, adaptable and desirable’.

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Biogas fuels civic building

By Miranda James 1 February 2011, Build 122

A successful renovation has turned the old New Zealand Post building into Christchurch City Council’s new award-winning civic building. The energy-efficient building uses a tri-generation system powered from biogas – a world first.

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Great example

By Dael Climo 1 August 2016, Build 155

What better way of learning what a sustainable house looks and acts like than visiting some. A Christchurch demonstration project enabled that, opening the doors to properties with high-level, affordable green credentials.

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Zero-energy buildings

By Alan Barbour 1 August 2008, Build 107, Feature article

Projects are underway in several countries on new towns and communities with zero-energy goals. In Singapore, Beca has been appointed to provide consulting engineering and project management services for a ground-breaking retrofit project.

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