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House R-values vs energy efficiency, have you been fooled?
Do higher r-values equal more energy-efficient homes? The common myth is that high R-Values in a house walls, roof and floor will increase energy efficiency, make the house more comfortable and lower the power bill for heating and cooling year round.
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One of the most energy-efficient offices in NZ
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Building Energy Efficient homes in NZ, the breakdown: SIPs vs Sticks - Formance
Energy Efficient Homes in New Zealand are becoming increasingly considered by homeowners, builders and architects. And rightly so, because New Zealanders are spending over 34% of their power bill on space heating, due to so much of the warmth being lost through the walls and ceiling.
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New year, new insulation requirements
In accordance with the Paris Treaty of 2016, New Zealand is committed to being carbon-neutral by 2050.
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Their NZ home in winter was never colder than 19 degrees!
Being unsatisfied with the current building practices with such low insulation requirements in New Zealand, Nelson couple Allan & Val set out to find a way to build that would give them a comfortable, warm and healthy living environment to live in. Â
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Nelson Passive Home
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Cashmere Scenic Haven
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The Formance Cabin Kitset Range
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Testimonial Video from Cashmere Hills build
This architectural home has been designed to passive house principles. The owners decided not to go through PHPP testing but this did not stop them investing in the performance elements to achieve high performance and create a healthy comfortable home.
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What is the History of SIPs?
Structural insulated panels (SIPs) are not a new building system. In the 1930s and 1940s well known American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, used some of the earliest examples of sandwich-panel technology in the Usonian houses.
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