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Building a healthy, happy lifestyle without it costing the Earth. Tips, tricks and trends in green home building and remodeling.
Welcome to the first episode of Build Aotearoa for 2026. Coming up this year, the NZGBC will be celebrating 20 years of advocating for bette...
In this episode, I continue my coverage of the THRIVE 25 Conference with a series of interviews from the trade show floor. I spoke with lead...
I chatted with the wide range of exhibitors at the 2025 Australian Passivhaus Conference, THRIVE 25 in Melbourne. This year saw a growing co...
Building a healthy, happy lifestyle without it costing the Earth. Tips, tricks and trends in green home building and remodeling.
The government is seeking consultation on insulation standards. Again. Jason Quinn has waded through the details and provided a handy summar...
The government has released New Zealand's second emission reduction plan and it does mention building and construction. Elrond Burrell share...
I'm joined again by Sharon Robinson and Glenn Harley for a chat about the possibility of builder self-certification and MBIE's updated weath...
Wao Summit 2024 is happening next week, 29th October - 2nd November. Speakers include John Bell, Monique Kelly, Dr. Jim Salinger, Alec Tang,...
Building a healthy, happy lifestyle without it costing the Earth. Tips, tricks and trends in green home building and remodeling.
Building a healthy, happy lifestyle without it costing the Earth. Tips, tricks and trends in green home building and remodeling.
I caught up with Glenn Harley and Joseph Lyth to talk about the recent Passive House conference in Wellington, and other building issues in...
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Notes from RMBA's Constructive Industry Forum.
Wao is a collective dedicated to a regenerative future. I caught up with co-founder Monique Kelly to discuss why she does what she does, and...
99 Waiwai Drive, Milldale north of Auckland looks like a regular new house in a regular new subdivision, but around 30 people visited the si...
Kirsty Merriman is a property developer who is conscious about the type of homes she delivers. She's interested in sharing her knowledge abo...
In this episode of Build Aotearoa, I explore the concept of building circularity and its impact on the construction industry. Learn about de...
Building a healthy, happy lifestyle without it costing the Earth. Tips, tricks and trends in green home building and remodeling.
The New Zealand Building Code does not guarantee performance in all areas that many homeowners might expect. Fortunately, Homestar is availa...
Scott Fisher is the CEO of Offsite NZ. I caught up with him to discuss the history, current practice and future opportunities of offsite man...
While researching a presentation to open the NZGBC 2024 Housing Summit, I looked into the climate initiatives of Europe and the US. In Europ...
This week I attended a BRANZ seminar titled 'Building for our changing climate'. Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland was the last stop on the BRANZ sem...
Steve Penny is the founder and director at Honoris , a building services consultancy in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is also the host of hi...
Many people might be surprised to know that the New Zealand Building Code does not require any consideration of overheating in homes. The en...
Stärke has been in the window industry in New Zealand since the 80s. They were at the forefront of supplying aluminium frames to the buildin...
More is not always better, especially regarding the amount of timber in the frame of a house. The more timber there is, the less space there...
Denise Martin has been involved with many of Aotearoa's Passive House projects. As one of the most experienced blower door testers in the co...
I found it confronting listening to Tova O'Brien's guest this past week as she described the experiences of staying in motel emergency accom...
Last week, February 22nd rolled around. This was a significant date in the Cutler-Welsh household thirteen years ago when our house was loca...
There are fundamental gaps in what the New Zealand Building Code covers and how well it covers the aspects that are included. These reasons...
As I draft this episode, there's a chorus of cicadas outside my window. The sun is shining and there's a faint breath of a breeze. It seems...
There are not many new ideas in the building industry. The basic concepts have been around for a while. 'High-performance' products and desi...
Brad Wills is Director: Strategic Customers & Programs at Schneider Electric. Based in Tennessee, he has three decades of experience with th...
In 2007 when Kim Feldborg arrived in New Zealand he was surprised at how cold and inefficient the houses were, despite growing up in much co...
Growing up in a typical kiwi home, it wasn't until he had lived in the UK for a bit that Damien McGill realised we don't need to be sufferin...
Richard Houghton now lives in a very good, healthy home. But that wasn't always the case. Along with Simon Cator from Pro Clima NZ, we discu...
Bert Sarkkinen has built a successful timber framing company around a solid philosophy grounded in the style and craftsmanship of a unique a...
Zola Rose has a vision for regenerative housing as a solution for improving communities and sustainability. She brings diverse and internati...
Mariano Croce is an Argentine entrepreneur who relocated into Queenstown with his young family just before the first COVID lockdown in 2020....
Darren O'Dea is a self-confessed building physics nerd. Along with co-founder David Carroll, he has helped to create Speckel, a platform for...
Sabine Schoenberg is co-founder of the Smart Healthy Green Living network, a collection of videos and streaming content on everything from t...
My third conversation with Simon Cator in our series on the control layers of a well-performing building envelope. In this episode, we cover...
Hemp is an extremely versatile material. It may have a complicated recent history due to medicinal and other uses, but the benefits of indus...
Following my previous chat with Simon Cator we continue our discussion about how to construct a good building envelope. This week we're focu...
Casey Curtis shares tips on how and why to create airtight buildings, the benefits of mid-build open homes, and using collaborative design t...
Michael Rubino is an educator, author and an expert in mould remediation of homes. In this interview he shares his journey and some tips on...
Simon Cator is passionate about helping people to build better homes. Prior to becoming Regional Sales Manager for the Upper North Island at...
Matariki is a festival that makes sense for New Zealand. It feels good to respect and learn from the wisdom of those who have inhabited this...
Germán Molina trained as an engineer in Chile and has recently completed fascinating research posing the question 'what is comfort? at Victo...
Tim Ross featured on Home Style Green back in episode 191 to talk about getting starting on New Zealand's first Passive House co-housing pro...