National value case for sustainable housing innnovations

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 […]

Sustainable homes national value case

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 […]

District plan barriers and incentives to sustainable residential building: Case studies

Chloe Trenouth. A case study review of three territorial authorities (Christchurch City Council, Kapiti Coast District Council and Hamilton City Council) identifying potential barriers to implementing sustainable residential development created […]

Making policy and regulations rain tank friendly

Maggie Lawton, Damon Birchfield, David Kettle. This investigation reviewed the legal and policy pathways for mandating to include rain tanks for water conservation in new homes in the Auckland Region. […]

Scoping waste in the residential built environment

Michelle Kazor, Joanne Koppel. This is a scoping report on level and composition of solid waste in New Zealand, current waste policy and regulation, and measures taken to minimise construction, […]

Regulatory framework development: Understanding current sustainability regulations and policy

Mike O’Connell. This report updates, reviews and summarises policy and strategy development as well as relevant initiatives on urban sustainability by central and local government during 2005. It updates the […]

Local council sustainable building barriers and incentives: Auckland City case study

Lois Easton, David Mead, Chloe Trenouth, David Fullbrook, Patrick Arnold. A review of the potential barriers to sustainable building within Auckland City Council’s planning and regulatory framework, and the incentives […]

Regulatory framework development: Understanding current sustainability regulations and policy

Mike O’Connell. This report aims to ensure Beacon and its providers have a clear understanding of the environment surrounding sustainability regulation and policy development in central and local government. To […]