Passive House
Airtightness for NZ’s First Straw Bale Passive House
PASSIVE HOUSE The home is the Southern Hemisphere’s* first Straw Bale certified Passive House. Jessica Eyers of Hiberna designed this three-bedroom straw bale house which her husband Ben built. The build utilises natural, low-tech, locally sourced materials and pairs them with high-tech scientific design…
First Passive House in the Bay of Plenty
PASSIVE HOUSE The first Certified Passive House Plus in the Bay of Plenty is delighting its owner/builders with the quiet comfort it offers. Heating demand and load performance are well below Passive House maximums and minimal energy is used for cooling. This has seen the…
Passive House in Canterbury Ensures Low-Energy Living
PASSIVE HOUSE Located in North Canterbury, the Gibbon House demonstrates that Passive House performance is not beyond the reach of first home buyers. One of the owners works for a supplier of high-performance building components and well understood the “massive benefits” such a house would…
Passive House in Waikato Provides Year Round Comfort
PASSIVE HOUSE pro clima Products ensured energy-efficiency and longevity for this Waikato eHaus Passive House build with: SOLITEX EXTASANA® Wall Weather Resistive Barrier SOLITEX MENTO® 3000 Roof Weather Resistive Barrier and TESCON® VANA Airtight Adhesive Tape Ross and Julie Brown of eHaus Waikato completed their award-winning…
The Full pro clima System & 0.27 ACH in Kapiti
PASSIVE HOUSE “My work is easy when the client shares the same ideals about what a home should be: comfortable, healthy and durable.” ~ Mike ~ Luckily for Mike Craig at Mike Craig Builders (formally QBuild), the Christison family shared his vision and it…
Full pro clima System in a New Passive House
PASSIVE HOUSE Another Passive House has come to life in Christchurch! Owners Ali & Gary, and the great team at Ethos Homes, chose to utilise the full pro clima airtightness and weathertightness systems, featuring: SOLITEX EXTASANA® SOLITEX MENTO® 3000 and INTELLO® PLUS The design also…