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For example, the New Zealand building code only requires R1.3 insulation under the floor of your new home, we offer at minimum R3.8 - all the way through to R6.8 for our Passive Home specification. A year round comfier living environment with reduced power bills. Brewster Building is an innovative building company specialising in architectural new builds, renovations and eco-friendly homes. We strive to continuously find new ways to ensure a professional service, enjoyable experience, and exceptional results for our clients.
“My company Ecospace specialises in building high quality, transportable cabins & tiny homes in New Zealand built with eco-friendly materials, and a big focus on sustainability from start to finish. Our 4 core values of the company are Sustainable, Flexible, Affordable, Quality. The primary structure of our cabins are Formance SIPs and this was chosen for its overall sustainable, and energy efficient benefits over the lifetime of the building. The end result is something I’m very proud of, a visually appealing, very warm, energy efficient, transportable space that can be used by Kiwi’s for multiple situations, both off-grid and fixed. We have4 conceptsavailable at present, with the goal of creating bigger concepts as we grow, and eventually tapping into the prefab industry in a year or 2 with the same 4 principles”.
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Here are our 5 top tips on making your new build more sustainable. Making sure to use ‘greener’ or recycled materials for construction and the ongoing operation of the building is an integral part to building sustainably. “The benefits of tiny homes in New Zealand are becoming more and more popular. Downsizing may be a reality for some following the financial effects of this pandemic.
All key team members at Green Homes are Homestar practitionors, with some being assessors too. A wealth of knowledge that forms the foundation for the design of ‘Eco Green Homes’. We invite you to join us in the comfort of a family home to view and experience an Ecobuilt Home for yourself. Including things like the placement and features of the building and how this affects the ongoing use of the building – effectively designing the building to do the work for you. From the ceilings to the floors - Many considerations have been done to achieve an outstanding result in creating a luxury but homey living quality.
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An Ecopod is expertly crafted and architecturally designed by a team with decades of experience designing and building homes for Kiwis, made for your local conditions and built for life. Built in our factory and shipped to North and South Island, our relocatable homes make great starter homes, granny flats and self-contained cabins. We are a licensed construction company with over 10 years’ experience in the Auckland Building Industry.
UPVC low-e double glazed windows and heat recovery system to maintain a comfortable living environment all year round. Our homes are a minimum 40% more insulated than NZ building code standards. Energy efficient, environmentally responsible, prefabricated homes. Árbol's responsibility is to positively impact our environment, setting standards for homes, where families make decades worth of memories. Architectural, energy efficient Environmentally responsible, prefabricated homes.
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We wanted our pod to look like an extension of our house so we had positioned right up the side of it by the crew and painted the same colour as the house, so it just looks like it’s been there forever. I researched for months to find the best pod that didn’t look like a weird addition plonked on the section. With clever, architectural design at the core, your passive home costs less to run. Careful consideration has gone into the placement of windows and insulation to reduce the amount of energy required to heat your home. Selecting appliances with high energy-efficiency ratings will save on energy and money over the lifetime of the product. This can also include thinking about renewable options such as off the grid sewerage systems and rainwater collection systems.
At EcoPod Concepts, you’ll find all our portable & relocatable homes on one page, if you’re not sure what size Ecopod you’d prefer. Some of our pods can be transported on a purpose-built trailer, or just the steel chassis or timber bearers and transported on a truck. If the building is to be consented onsite, we attach the bearer with brackets and bolts to the foundations. Please note, passive homes are different to off-the-grid homes. A passive home has careful architectural design at its core, maximising space and energy efficiency.
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Eco Green Homes redefines the building industry, offering a home that is affordable also offers a healthier indoor environment and lower environmental impact when compared to traditional homes. These houses provide a lower environmental impact when compared to traditional homes. The team at Eco Green Homes work to minimize the waste of natural resources as well as reduce the waste created during and after construction.
Our Eco Homes are built with premium quality, sustainable products and designed for maximum energy efficiency. They are modern, light and efficient, making the best use of available space to provide New Zealand families with healthier passive homes. When following the concepts of sustainable building practices, choosing economic heating options, energy and water-efficient appliances makes homes cheaper to operate over their lifespan saving you money. Brewster Building is passionate about producing quality energy-efficient eco homes of a higher living standard with less waste and less environmental impact.
In the construction industry in NZ, environmentally-friendly materials are those with relatively low environmental impacts during their production, transportation and ongoing maintenance. These materials need to be natural, durable , reusable or recyclable, and preferably be composed of recycled materials, while also having been sourced from local resources in New Zealand. Some examples of sustainable building materials in NZ are. Whether you’re building new or enhancing an existing home, our team can work with you from concept designs through to plans and building.
It was a great introduction to building; it trained me physically and taught me the building basics. A very substantial amount of consideration, planning and design has been invested over the planning period of two years to create something solid for future generations. Bathrooms designed to experience true luxury - Uninterrupted and absolute private sea views.
In the demolition process we will endeavour to capture all materials. Micro wastes are a forgotten contaminant which we have seen uncontained all to often on construction and demolition sites. Using New Zealand produced fibreglass insulation will always be recommended compared to imported versions, but it does still take large amounts of energy to create and is not biodegradable if released into the environment.
These are the ‘Green Star’ and ‘Homestar’ rating systems created by the New Zealand Green Building Council . In order to ensure the success of future home building in New Zealand we are reliant on moving forward with more sustainable building practices and products. Here are 4 of the top benefits of building sustainably. We had the privilege of being interviewed byNewshubabout how and whyEcospacestarted building transportable cabins and tiny homes in New Zealand, and also talking about the benefits of tiny homes in New Zealand. Your home should be as unique as you are, which is why we’re able to accommodate the needs of all families and situations with our pods.
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