Tag: Sustainable design
RSSThinking outside the grid
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US systems practice specialist Bill Reed presents a series of workshops on regenerative and integrated design.
CLB Practitioner short course
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A course designed for people who want to upskill for sustainability and create change in the built environment.
Sustainable Housing Summit
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Conference, Auckland,
25 Jun 2014 to 27 Jun 2014
The Sustainable Housing Summit will showcase leading thinking on sustainability in the residential built environment.
The Sustainable Housing Summit will showcase leading thinking on sustainability in the residential built environment.
Heart and hearth
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Antonia Baker looks at a contemporary kitchen in a 110-year-old villa.
Breath of fresh air
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Antonia Baker examines the three pillars of a healthy home – ventilation, heating and insulation.
Considering heritage
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Antonia Baker looks at heritage features that add value, not only character, to an old home.
New Zealand first
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The country’s first fully certified passive house is a finalist in the Global Passive House Awards.
Kauri character and a master bedroom oasis
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In this third installment of a major house renovation in Ponsonby, Antonia Baker explores the ups and downs of sourcing 110-year-old kauri flooring.
A healthy heritage home with a modern twist
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In this second installment of a major house renovation in Ponsonby Anotnia Baker looks at the design process behind this healthy home makeover.
Housing experiment creates new benchmark
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A major house renovation in Ponsonby aims to create a healthy home benchmark for New Zealanders.
2014 International Holcim Awards
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The deadline for submissions to the 2014 International Holcim Awards for sustainable construction is rapidly approaching.
A blue-green waterfront
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Waterfront Auckland’s bold sustainability blueprint aims to develop New Zealand’s greenest precinct.
Growing a house
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Green insulation that literally grows on trees.
Making more of our relationship to light
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Opportunities to use daylight in architecture are as abundant as light itself.
HIVE celebration
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The Home Innovation Village in Christchurch celebrates it first year at the Canterbury Agricultural Park.
Green Property lessons
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Portland v San Fran: which is the “greenest” city? Steven Olsen reports back from Auckland’s Green Property Summit.
Future Built Environments Conference
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Conference, Auckland,
13 Mar 2013 to 14 Mar 2013
A two-day programme that seeks to address delivery of sustainable and quality environments for urban centres.
A two-day programme that seeks to address delivery of sustainable and quality environments for urban centres.
Green Property Summit
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Conference, Auckland,
20 Mar 2013
A partnership between Property Council New Zealand and the New Zealand Green Building Council.
A partnership between Property Council New Zealand and the New Zealand Green Building Council.