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 […]
Document Tag: new build
Megan Howell, Damon Birchfield. This working paper presents research to develop and apply a set of evaluation criteria for reducing the long list of initiatives identified in phase 1 of […]
Julia de Blaauw, Dan McGregor (Ascari Partners). This report explores the viability of financial incentives that could be offered by local government authorities in order to encourage sustainable housing initiatives […]
P. Arnold, Lois Easton, Andries Popping, Kay Saville-Smith. This working paper outlines the research methodology, low cost monitoring protocol and research and evaluation framework for the NOW100 Project. It outlines […]
Megan Howell, Damon Birchfield. This report documents the findings of the first stage of research to identify existing successful policy approaches and the preferred provisions to be modelled as part […]
Rachael Trotman. This report reviews the research on the Waitakere NOW Home occupants’ experience of living in the home and the impact of their behaviour on the physical performance of […]
Andrew Pollard, Lisa French, Matthias Heinrich, Roman Jaques, John Zhao. Reports on the second year of monitoring the Waitakere NOW Home. Overall, the second year of occupation of the Waitakere […]
Ian McChesney, Ian Cox-Smith, Lynda Amitrano. This paper considers thermal insulation for New Zealand homes, covering technical and policy aspects of new build and retrofit insulation. The policy focus is […]
Allen & Clarke Policy and Regulatory Specialists, Infometrics, Eco$ense, Martin Jenkins, Beacon Pathway. This presents a strong value case at a national level to transform a significant proportion of the […]
Ralph Chapman, Wayne Sharman. This report quantitatively assesses the National Value Case for a range of innovations related to the efficient and sustainable use of the country’s resources in housing […]