Quantitative study: Household uptake of sustainable solutions

Alex Woodley. This study assesses the engagement of householders in adopting sustainable technologies and solutions for their homes and identifies barriers faced by householders in making these changes. The features […]

Qualitative study: Perceptions of sustainability and uptake of sustainable solutions by householders

Rachael Trotman. This report presents the findings of a qualitative study that investigates what sustainability means to householders, assesses their engagement in adopting sustainable solutions for their home and perceived […]

Policy and regulation: Clarification of Beacon’s role

Allen & Clarke Policy and Regulatory Specialists. The purpose of this paper is to assist Beacon Pathway Limited (Beacon) to influence policy and regulatory processes, in the most effective way, […]

Indoor environment quality

Robyn Phipps, Jeremy Warnes. This report backgrounds the issues of healthy and unhealthy home environments and provides evidence that the home environment and health are intrinsically linked. Pollutants that are […]

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 […]

Guideline for LCA practitioners and users of building related LCA studies

Barbara Nebel. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is increasingly accepted as a tool to analyse the environmental impacts related to building materials and buildings. When using LCA data and results, it […]

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 […]

Waitakere NOW Home case study

Andrea Blackmore. A high level summary of the design and performance of the Waitakere NOW Home, including the experience of the family living in it.

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. […]