Market segmentation of New Zealand’s housing stock

Lynda Amitrano, N Kirk, Ian Page. This report proposes a structure/framework for a National Scorecard to measure change in the sustainability of houses at a national level. It sources publicly […]

Life cycle assessment and the building and construction industry

Barbara Nebel. This white paper describes the concept of LCA, possible applications of the results and available tools and databases on a national and international level. Environmental life cycle assessment […]

Retrofit technologies database

Barbara Nebel, Roman Jaques, Michael Jack, Karen Bayne, Per Nielsen, Susan Krumdieck. This research developed a database of retrofit technologies, an evaluation of these technologies with respect to the Beacon […]

NOW Home benchmarking report: NOW Home vs ref homes

Roman Jaques. The report describes and compares the sustainable (i.e. environmental, economic and social) features of two specific house types within the BEACON Pathway’s research project. The two house types […]

Evaluation of technologies with potential for improving the sustainability of new homes in New Zealand: Initial assessment

Bryan Walford, Karen Bayne, Albrecht Stoecklein, Roman Jaques, Jorge Salinas. This report provides a high level screen of over 175 identified technology options to assist future development and prioritisation for […]

Exploring a commercially viable model for retrofit.

Rachel Hargreaves. This report aimed to help Beacon understand and potentially get involved in the ‘retrofit scene’ in New Zealand. For example, who the main players are, what commercial companies […]

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 […]

New technology impacts: Spreadsheet

Michael Donn, John Storey. This spreadsheet accompanies the report NEW/1 which looked at whether there were gaps in new technologies available to drive sustainable housing in New Zealand.

New technology impacts

Michael Donn, John Storey. This project investigated whether New Zealand had all the technologies it needed to reach the 2012 goal, what information was needed to plug the gaps, what […]

Housing retrofit: Housing interventions, stock and markets

John Storey, Ian Page, Louw van Wyk, Mike Collins, Tobias Kriel. This report provided: A high level summary of relevant sustainability related retrofit interventions worldwide and their success factors. A […]