Neighbourhood Sustainability Framework: Prototype

Kay Saville-Smith, Katja Lietz, Denise Bijoux, Megan Howell. Discusses nature and measurement of neighbourhood sustainability and presents the prototype Neighbourhood Sustainability Framework including Neighbourhood Sustainability Outcome Specification, Neighbourhood Sustainability Assessment […]

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 […]

Testing the prototype Neighbourhood Sustainability Framework

Katja Lietz, Denise Bijoux, Kay Saville-Smith, Megan Howell. This report presents the findings of an evaluative assessment of the prototype Neighbourhood Sustainability Framework (NSF) presented in NH101/2 and released in […]

Impact of energy use information resulting in behavioural change

Albrecht Stoecklein. This report reviewed international research into whether information on energy usage or ways of improving energy has resulted in behavioural change. The objective of this study was to […]

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

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 […]

National Scorecard: Interventions and Assessment Models

Ian Page, Nigel Jollands, Nancy Golubiewski, James Turner. This research aimed to identify whether models can quantify the benefits and costs of the Beacon projects, and what influence these models […]

NOW Home demonstration home hypothesis

Albrecht Stoecklein, Stephen McKernon. This research project provided a basis for arguing in favour or against spending Beacon research money on demonstration homes and promoting the NOW Home as a […]

Sustainability framework design

Michael O’Connell. This project aimed to recommend the key elements of a sustainability framework with the ultimate purpose of facilitating the implementation of sustainability outcomes at the level of ‘home’. […]