Market transformation interventions: Creating demand and supply for sustainable housing

Cerasela Stancu, Graeme Finlay, Sarah Gunn. This report set out to: identify best practice in market transformation through an international review generate a long list of potential interventions to influence […]

Demand management through water retrofit projects

Damon Birchfield, Lois Easton. This paper considers the breadth and scope of demand management water conservation/retrofit initiatives taking place within and across New Zealand. At present, there is very little […]

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, […]

Market transformation: Housing industry survey

Maurice Marquardt, Cerasela Stancu, Sarah Gunn. A survey designed to assess the level of knowledge and uptake of sustainable business practices by businesses in the housing industry sector was carried […]

Waitakere NOW Home performance monitoring: Year one report

Lisa French, Matthias Heinrich, Roman Jaques, Chris Kane, Andrew Pollard. This report summarises the learning from the first full year of occupancy of the Waitakere NOW Home. The Waitakere NOW […]

Analysis of currently available environmental profiles of building products

Zsuzsa Szalay, Barbara Nebel. In New Zealand and internationally, a number of building-related LCA studies have already been conducted. This study summarises the work done in New Zealand and describes […]

Market segmentation of New Zealand’s housing stock

Lynda Amitrano, Ian Page. This report identifies the key market segments with the New Zealand residential housing stock and the associated drivers and opportunities to improve the sustainability of the […]

Water efficiencies: Report on existing technology / expertise in New Zealand

Sarah Heine. This report identifies three key areas and existing technologies which could be targeted for water efficiency. These are: front loading washing machines, water efficient toilets, and reduced garden […]

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 […]

Sustainability options for retrofitting New Zealand houses: Energy

Ian McChesney, Lynda Amitrano. This is a desktop study of all the existing research programmes that address the benefits of retrofitting house including: Housing, Insulation and Health (HIH) study – […]