The national value case for saving water
In the last Build we reported on some of the findings from Beacon Pathway’s ‘national value case for sustainable housing innovations’. Here, we focus on water efficiency interventions in homes.
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By Maggie Lawton – 1 April 2008, Build 105, Feature article
In the last Build we reported on some of the findings from Beacon Pathway’s ‘national value case for sustainable housing innovations’. Here, we focus on water efficiency interventions in homes.
By Ruth Fraser, Kay Saville-Smith – 1 February 2013, Build 134
The image of commercial buildings is usually large multi-level office blocks, but they are diverse with different energy and water uses.
By Shaan Cory, Lynda Amitrano – 1 December 2014, Build 145, Feature article
Prototype models developed from bees data are helping to make energy modelling of commercial buildings easier, allowing building designers to concentrate more on the building’s design parameters.
By Roman Jaques – 1 June 2020, Build 178
Consumers and industry were surveyed to find how much people want a well-performing home, with the findings preceding BRANZ work into developing the type of energy performance certificate typically used overseas.
By Kay Saville-Smith – 1 August 2011, Build 125, Feature article
Although there is no silver bullet for improving resource efficiency in commercial buildings, BEES is contributing to a greater understanding of the triggers that might drive resource optimisation.
By Matthias Heinrich – 1 April 2007, Build 99, Feature article
Showers use more water than any other domestic activity, according to a BRANZ research project looking at where our water goes.
By Andrew Pollard – 1 December 2009, Build 115, Feature article
Despite people’s reluctance to install solar water heaters, a well installed system can now achieve reliable performance levels with savings of around 75% on water heating.
By Shaan Cory – 1 August 2011, Build 125, Feature article
Net zero energy building design is increasingly being demonstrated as an achievable goal in many countries.
By Rob Bishop – 1 April 2013, Build 135, Feature article
The BRANZ Building Energy End-use Study (BEES) recently examined the energy use of a group of randomly selected commercial buildings with some surprising results.
By Nigel Isaacs – 1 February 2008, Build 104, Feature article
The Household Energy End-use Project (HEEP) results have proved so useful that a new project along similar lines has started for non-residential buildings.