Housing typologies: Current stock prevalence

Ian Page, J. Fung. This report analyses the characteristics of the housing stock that affect the ability, opportunity and need to retrofit sustainability features. It covers such features as roof […]

Assessing the viability of financial incentives for sustainable housing initiatives

Julia de Blaauw, Dan McGregor (Ascari Partners). This report explores the viability of financial incentives that could be offered by local government authorities in order to encourage sustainable housing initiatives […]

Slowing the flow: A comprehensive demand management framework for reticulated water supply

Maggie Lawton, Damon Birchfield, Dorothy Wilson. A framework is presented in this publication to assist water supply authorities and councils in developing a demand management strategy. It draws on information […]

NOW100 project monitoring and evaluation

P. Arnold, Lois Easton, Andries Popping, Kay Saville-Smith. This working paper outlines the research methodology, low cost monitoring protocol and research and evaluation framework for the NOW100 Project. It outlines […]

National neighbourhood baseline survey

Kay Saville-Smith. This report presents the findings of the national baseline survey of neighbourhood behaviours. The baseline data is used to drive the Resident Self-Report assessment component of Beacon’s Neighbourhood […]

Design criteria for retrofit windows and new walls

Karen Bayne, Timothy Allan, Kylie Baker. This report outlines a suggested approach for establishing design criteria by which various systems can be assessed, to determine key performance parameters for solutions […]

Best practice policy approaches to encourage sustainable residential building and renovation: Survey and literature review results

Megan Howell, Damon Birchfield. This report documents the findings of the first stage of research to identify existing successful policy approaches and the preferred provisions to be modelled as part […]

Interim performance monitoring from Papakowhai Renovation project

John Burgess, Nikki Buckett. The Papakowhai Renovation Project has extensively monitored nine homes in the Porirua suburb of Papakowhai before and after sustainability intervention packages were applied to the homes. […]

Appendix C: Landlords energy survey

Kay Saville-Smith. A telephone survey of 491 landlords found resistance to investment in retrofitting and unresponsiveness to tenant demands or advice from professional bodies. Landlords report that they would renovate […]

Appendix B: Recent movers energy survey

Kay Saville-Smith. A postal survey of 724 homeowners found that recent movers resist significant investment in retrofitting but attempt to select resource efficient houses. They spend a relatively high amount […]