Supporting bank customers to build more comfortable and efficient homes

Supporting bank customers to build more comfortable and efficient homes By: Sally Blackwell, Vicki Cowan and Wokje Abrahamse. Beacon Pathway collaborated with ANZ Bank New Zealand Ltd and Te Herenga Waka […]

Applying the Neighbourhood Sustainability residents’ survey to Hobsonville Point 2022

Medium density housing assessment tools: Summary report

Verney Ryan, Bill Smith. This report summarises the research process, medium density housing outcome framework, tool development and case study testing to develop New Zealand-specific tools to assess medium density […]

Thermal bridging in external walls: Presentation of findings

Verney Ryan. This presentation summarises the findings of the two-stage project investigating thermal bridging in external timber-framed walls. Includes the stage one findings that there is higher timber content in […]

Thermal bridging in external walls: Stage two

Verney Ryan, Guy Penny, Jane Cuming (Part One only), Mal Riley (Part One only). Stage Two focused more deeply on the causes, impacts and potential solutions to the high percentages […]

The Papakowhai Renovation case studies

Andrea Blackmore. Summary of the case studies of house retrofits in the Papakowhai Renovations project.

Measuring the extent of thermal bridging in timber-framed external walls

Verney Ryan, Guy Penny, Jane Cuming. This report shares the results of Stage One of a project to investigate the extent of thermal bridging in external timber-framed walls of new […]

Applying the Neighbourhood Sustainability residents’ survey to Hobsonville Point 2020

Glenda Lock, Andrea Blackmore. This report provides the results of an application of the Residents’ Questionnaire from Beacon’s Neighbourhood Sustainability Tools to Hobsonville Point in February 2020. Results show that […]

Exceeding the minimum for volume home builders

Verney Ryan, Andrea Blackmore. This project developed specific targeted advice aimed at the interaction point between volume home builders and home buyers to highlight higher performance options for typical volume […]

Healthy homes: Developing a teaching-learning approach for young people

Vicki Cowan, Heidi Mardon, Pamela Jones. This project explored teaching home performance to 10-12 year olds with a school trial at Maeroa Intermediate. A Healthy Homes unit was taught using a […]