Kay Saville-Smith, Ruth Fraser, Nikki Buckett, Michael Camilleri. This report presents self-reported and monitored data from householders participating in the HomeSmart Renovations Project. It describes the profile of those householders, […]
Document Tag: home performance
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 […]
Lois Easton. This report documents Phase Two of the HomeSmart Renovations project. This phase covers all activities from the launch of the pilot to the completion of the Renovation Plans […]
Andrea Blackmore. A high level summary of the design and performance of the Rotorua NOW Home, and the experience of the family living in it.
Vicki Cowan, Lois Easton, Andries Popping. This report documents Beacon’s new homes research, at the point of early wrap up of the NOW100 project. The decision to withdraw from the […]
David Drysdale, Barbara Nebel. This report provides an assessment of the environmental impacts of the Waitakere NOW Home using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). All life cycle stages from material manufacturing […]
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 […]
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 […]
Andrew Pollard, Roman Jaques. This report examines the sustainability performance of Beacon Pathway’s second new construction research house: the Rotorua NOW Home. The reticulated energy use, reticulated water use, indoor […]
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 […]