Taupo could be in for a new eco-sustainable housing community, reshaping the way houses receive heat, electricity, water, and use wastewater. The New Zealand Clean Energy Centre (NZCEC) is currently investigating whether or not this would be feasible. The community would use geothermal or biomass heat to heat homes; generate electricity from solar [...]

One person’s rubble might be potential material for Gap Filler’s new office. Sustainable Habitat Challenge (SHAC) and ReGeneration Trust New Zealand are collaborating to build an office for Gap Filler in Colombo St, Sydenham, with the help of volunteers and as many recycled or sustainable materials as possible. Gap Filler project co-ordinator Coralie Winn said [...]

Tim Bishop, Electric BMX Bicycle 24″ wheels, nine continents motor, kelly controller, 48V, 350Watt-hour LiFePO4 battery pack Range: 12km.  Top speed: 37km/hr   Parts List www.evassemble.com 1 x Capacitor-16S-30A-BMS (Capacitor-16S-30A-BMS)  = $69.00 1 x KP-J(240W) Charger (KP-J(240W))  = $36.00 1 x Kelly KBS48121,50A,24-48V BLDC Motor Speed Controller (KBS48121,50A,24-48V)  = $146.00 www.e-bikekit.com nine continents motor via Ebike-kit [...]

“Anyone can build an eco-home,” he says, “but it doesn’t solve anything. There is nothing to stop them turning up the thermostat. What’s more interesting is the way people live and behave.” So the Triangle has allotments and polytunnels where people can grow their own food, and a car club and a scooter club that [...]

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  Baltimorean Will Homan, along with Pernilla Hagberth from Sweden and Clementine Blakemore from England, took on the Auburn University Rural Studio challenge: plan, design, and build a $20K house in Hale County, Alabama that could potentially be produced as a viable alternative to trailers in the area and purchased with a 502 Direct Loan. Above you see the project, from beginning sketches to [...]

Materials for Architects and Builders is written as an introductory text to inform students at undergraduate degree and national diploma level of the relevant visual and physical properties of a wide range of building materials. The third edition has been significantly enhanced by the incorporation of full colour images throughout, illustrating the materials and in [...]

The New Zealand Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) has developed a Home Energy Rating Scheme (HERS) for New Zealand households based on software simulation of energy loss and demand. The software requires hourly data to represent the differentclimates zones around New Zealand, especially for larger population centres. These climate data consist of hourly records [...]

    Masterton home eco-aware – Local News – Wairarapa Times-Age. In 2007, Steven, an industrial design engineer, began work on the eco-friendly house he would take three years to build with his own hands. He even built the kitchen and every piece of furniture from the shelving to the beds, and fitted solar panels, [...]

12 office/studio spaces constructed from 32 recycled shipping containers on an abandoned strip in Providence, Rhode Island. There are also links to many notable container projects such as Container City, Illy Cafe, Puma City, and Adam Kalkin’s 12 Container House But the devil may be in the details – how are the windows be installed and flashed? And how [...]

Lyndall Hancock has spent a lifetime with a rainwater tank beside the house. Over the years, the Dunedin woman has used water collected from the roof – running down through pipes to a tank beside the house – for cooking, cleaning and even drinking, once strained and boiled. Now aged 80, Miss Hancock lives in [...]

VisionWest has seen one church grow to provide holistic care and support for all people physically, emotionally, spiritually and intellectually. The Trust provides housing, a kindergarten, opshop, community care, for the Henderson community in Auckland. VisionWest Community Trust has been offering community-based services to people in West Auckland since the 1980’s. The Trust was formally incorporated [...]

“It is not enough to design purely for life safety,” says Auckland architect Barry Copeland. “A resilient house, as well as surviving structurally through an earthquake, needs to continue its function as a family home.” In response to the Christchurch earthquake, Copeland, working with seismic engineer Barry Davidson and wastewater systems engineer Ian Gunn has [...]

Victory, Nelson is a long established inner city suburb. The Victory Community centre combines a school hall, health centre, recreation and social services. The school started out with a vision that to educate a child the entire family must be involved. “Victory Village, comprising Victory Community Health Centre and Victory Primary School, is a unique [...]

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The Marsden Park master Plan. John wants to see Nelson attract talented people who have a passion for their work and the lifestyle. He is a developer of a large subdivision in Marsden Valley, Nelson, and I have come to get an idea of what he is trying to achieve. “Nelson’s industries are the four [...]

Students from the School of Construction at Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT) are helping with the rebuilding of Sir Edmund Hillary’s house as part of their entry into the Sustainable Habitat Challenge.

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This project deeply implements SHAC principles. Students and young people collaborating and communicating to build a better way.

A brief history on the Journey so far Wintec have been building two to three bedroom houses with students for the last 24 years these houses are then on sold into the community as affordable housing. The houses were standard transportable gable or hip roofed hardie blank weather board homes. These houses were great to [...]