It is coming to be accepted that there is a personal and, to a lesser extent, a national benefit in having energy generation and water collection within the family home, but the conversation has not yet extended to applying this thinking to a co-operative community setting.

The momentum for prefabrication is picking up both in NZ and overseas. 

When reviewing advertisements and promotional materials it appears that photovoltaic (PV) solar panels are promoted, with solar water panels being essentially ignored — why?

The thermal performance of a house is determined by the complex interaction of a variety of major influences. With higher performance being desired, and demanded, it becomes more important that an objective measure is used for an assessment to be meaningful.

PrefabNZ is working with several primary banks and other secondary lenders to bring more finance options to market to enable prefabricated housing systems to be more accessible for first-home buyers.

Six key points that the KiwiBuild housing scheme must incorporate for history-making success.

When designing buildings for thermal performance, which criteria should dominate when it comes to the selection of building materials?

Should we be reviewing the natural ventilation aspects of the standard form of windows commonly used in our modern houses?

An introduction to prefabrication: what specifiers need to be aware of when designing for offsite construction.

Does the disconnect between the standard temperatures used for thermal performance research, and the actual interior and climatic temperatures to which building are exposed, cause confusion?