Making your home HomeSmart: A homeowner manual

Lois Easton, Andrea Blackmore. The Homeowner Manual pulls together information and advice for homeowners on how to get the best performance from their home. It covers both renovating for improved […]

Policy options for sustainable homes A resource manual for local government

Megan Howell, Damon Birchfield. This Resource Manual sets out to assist councils to understand the need for sustainable homes, define what makes a sustainable home, establish the basis for action, […]

Clawback of heating services in Beacon research homes

Andrew Pollard, Nikki Buckett. Data from the Papakowhai Renovation Project and the Waitakere NOW Home are used to assess the clawback from the water heating and space heating services in […]

The environmental impact of the Waitakere NOW Home: A life cycle assessment case study

David Drysdale, Barbara Nebel, Nick Collins, Andrea Blackmore. A Life Cycle Assessment case study of Beacon Pathway’s Waitakere NOW Home indicates that the greatest environmental impact of a house is […]

Development of HomeSmart Home Procedures v.1 for piloting

Lois Easton, Marta Karlik-Neale, Roman Jaques. This report outlines the methodology and work undertaken to develop the Version 1 HomeSmart Home Procedures for the NOW100 (HomeSmart Homes) Project. The Procedures […]

HomeSmart Renovations: Early data from the homeowner interviews

Kay Saville-Smith. This report presents data from a set of householders interviewed at least a month after the receipt of their HomeSmart Renovation Plan. It considers the profile of those […]

Solar water heating in the Waitakere and Rotorua NOW Homes and in three Papakowhai Renovation homes

Andrew Pollard. This report describes and examines the performance of the solar water heating (SWH) systems used in the Waitakere NOW Home, the Rotorua NOW Home and three of the […]

Energy-water relationships in reticulated water infrastructure systems

Ben Kneppers, Damon Birchfield, Maggie Lawton. The report provides an initial analysis of the relationship between energy use and reticulated water supply and wastewater treatment. A literature study was supplemented […]

Papakowhai Renovations: Project summary and case studies

Lois Easton. A project examining sustainable retrofit of existing homes in Papakowhai was undertaken from 2006-2008. Nine homes were renovated with a range of sustainable interventions and monitored to see […]

Energy-water relationships in reticulated water infrastructure systems

Ben Kneppers, Damon Birchfield, Maggie Lawton. The report provides an initial analysis of the relationship between energy use and reticulated water supply and wastewater treatment. A literature study was supplemented […]