‘Smart’ building for Wellington waterfront
Wellington’s waterfront will soon have New Zealand’s first Greenstar building, with plenty of ‘wow’ factor for its occupants.
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By Alan Barbour – 1 June 2007, Build 100, Feature article
Wellington’s waterfront will soon have New Zealand’s first Greenstar building, with plenty of ‘wow’ factor for its occupants.
By Maggie Lawton – 1 April 2008, Build 105, Feature article
In the last Build we reported on some of the findings from Beacon Pathway’s ‘national value case for sustainable housing innovations’. Here, we focus on water efficiency interventions in homes.
By Heidi Mardon – 1 February 2009, Build 110
The domestic on-site wastewater system is the focus of the fifth in our series describing the design, construction and monitoring of a more sustainable urban house in Hamilton.
By Charissa Snijders – 1 October 2009, Build 114
A commitment to environmentally sustainable design by this Pathfinder project – Hamilton’s new green hospital – has resulted in a healthier hospital and potential for significant operational and maintenance savings over the life of the building.
1 February 2010, Build 116, Feature article
The Sustainable Habitat Challenge (SHAC) set out to prove that sustainable living is practical today. Organised by Otago Polytechnic, it challenged tertiary/professional teams to ‘collaborate to develop innovative housing that is simple, affordable, efficient, adaptable and desirable’.
By Kay Saville-Smith – 1 October 2010, Build 120, Feature article
Improving sustainability at a neighbourhood level has positive knock-on effects in the wider community, and Beacon Pathway research has developed some practical tools to assist in this process.
By Miranda James – 1 February 2011, Build 122
A successful renovation has turned the old New Zealand Post building into Christchurch City Council’s new award-winning civic building. The energy-efficient building uses a tri-generation system powered from biogas – a world first.
By Dael Climo – 1 August 2016, Build 155
What better way of learning what a sustainable house looks and acts like than visiting some. A Christchurch demonstration project enabled that, opening the doors to properties with high-level, affordable green credentials.
By Julie Villard – 1 December 2018, Build 169, Feature article
Installing windows that only meet the minimum Building Code performance requirements is common. Specifying higher-performing insulated glazing units and window frames could help us lift our game.
By Lois Easton – 1 June 2007, Build 100, Feature article
Research consortium Beacon aims to see homes achieve a high standard of sustainability, and has developed benchmarks and checklists to help us get there.