Bach achieved right balance
Good looks, great engineering and impeccable eco credentials meant this Kiwi bach picked up success overseas.
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Good looks, great engineering and impeccable eco credentials meant this Kiwi bach picked up success overseas.
Plus: Ageing population.
The International Building Performance Simulation Association recently held its biennial conference. Michael Donn provides a personal insight from the conference into the ever-changing world of thermal performance design tools for buildings.
Australia’s first carbon-neutral office raises the bar for sustainable performance in commercial buildings worldwide and may be a foretaste of what’s to come in bigger urban projects.
Reducing energy costs can make a big difference to housing affordability, as this low-energy home from the New Zealand Housing Foundation shows.
Transforming energy use in New Zealand’s commercial buildings is not just about technology or design – embedding energy management know-how within organisations is key.
Information on energy use by industry sectors is now available, throwing light on how dependent the construction industry is on petroleum, a diminishing – therefore, increasingly costly – resource.
Two comparative BRANZ studies into household energy use show that heat pumps make homes warmer, but whether they are cheaper to heat than before the pump was installed may depend on location.
Often little thought goes into choosing the hot water system for a house. However, there are energy savings, and therefore cost savings, to be found with options like solar and heat pump water heating systems.