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10 Star home open for show

Diana Jung — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 04:13:00 +0000

The first house to be credited with a 10-star Homestar built rating is now open to the public in Addington, Christchurch. Developer and architectural designer Bob Burnett plans to share the design and build information with those wanting to create their own sustainable home.

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Moving towards 100% pure

Diana Jung — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 04:03:17 +0000

The recent awarding of the country’s first 10 Homestar rating by the New Zealand Green Building Council for a new build in central Christchurch is the perfect demonstration of what’s achievable. The design of this home, particularly through its smart energy, water and waste features, shows what’s possible. This is the future of the building.

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Zero Power Bills

Diana Jung — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 03:53:33 +0000

We’ve been saying for some time now that affordability is not just about cheap houses, it’s about the cost of ownership, the ongoing running costs and the return on investment. A little extra thought and good design from the outset will lead to a lifetime of savings and good health.
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10 Star Home

Diana Jung — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 03:53:20 +0000

30-sec video clip 10Star Home Launch

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ADNZ – Designing Green Seminar

Diana Jung — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 03:33:07 +0000

A video of ADNZ’s Designing Green Seminar filmed at Macs BrewBar in Wellington, New Zealand on 13/8/15.

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NZ’s 1st 10 Star Home Launch

Diana Jung — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 03:09:51 +0000

5 Aug 2015

“This is the Future, We will have a homes like this throughout the country..
I think this movement speaks importantly to the values of our city. and what we have capacity to do when we rebuild many homes.”

Lianne Dalziel, Mayor of Christchurch

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First 10 Star House in NZ

Diana Jung — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 21:32:48 +0000

CTV News 17 Aug 2015

Christchurch has a first home achieved 10 star built rating in NZ. With developers now urging more people to build sustainable homes. The home received design raiting in May in this year reaching 10 out of 10 rating for its health, comfort and efficiency.

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Here comes the SUPERHOME movement

Diana Jung — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 23:43:19 +0000

The Fifth Estate_Willow Aliento | 16 July 2015

There are currently two demonstration homes being developed by Burnett in Christchurch’s Church Square that he has designed to 10 Star HomeStar standards. The homes are due for completion at the end of this month, and one was recently formally awarded 10 Star HomeStar Design certification by the NZ Green Building Council.

The SUPERHOME movement has so far gained support from the central government, Christchurch City Council, and a number of builders, developers, designers, architects, investors and materials manufacturers. An initial meeting hosted by the council drew over 120 people, and Burnett says some of them went away with ideas that have resulted in positive changes to projects that were already under construction.

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Energy Efficient Home Scores Perfect 10

Diana Jung — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 00:30:33 +0000

3 News_5 Aug 2015
The most energy efficient house in the country has been officially unveiled in Christchurch.
Its designer had been aiming for a nine-star energy efficiency rating and this afternoon he was awarded a perfect 10 – the first ever in Australasia.
Most houses in New Zealand only carry a three-star energy efficiency rating – the minimum requirement of the building code.
So for the three-bedroom, two-storey Addington home to achieve a perfect 10, architect Bob Burnett had to think outside the box.
That includes 18 solar panels neatly tucked out of view on the roof, generating ample electricity. It’s seriously insulated of course and has in-floor heating and a reclaimed heat ventilation system.

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Frame Saver

Diana Jung — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 03:24:52 +0000

Eco-friendly Earthquake Resistant Wall Framing
“Frame Saver” has been created by Winstone Wallboards and has multiple benefits. Walls are essentially seismically stronger more thermally efficient and also cheaper due to a significant reduction in the amount of timber used.

It is not often that improvements are actually cheaper than the status quo. That’s what is called a winner.

Replacing triple or stud-block-stud arrangements at wall junctions with ‘frame saver’ metal angles, means less timber is used increasing the thermal efficiency of the external envelope and increasing seismic resilience by securely locking plasterboard corners to a single metal angle. This results in better energy efficiency through more insulation and less thermal bridging due to less timber.

Further cost savings are achieved as only one instead of two Handibrac bottom plate anchors are required at corners. Another benefit is reduced risk of quality of finish imperfections as many mechanical fasteners into timber have been removed. Also included are new wall to ceiling details with some similar benefits. There is no impact a relation to NZS3604 or building code compliance as the standard is silent on junction details and the Frame Saver details provide better than code performance.

Following the Canterbury Earthquakes all external framing in Bob Burnett Architecture houses has been a minimum of 140mm wide with a RAB (Rigid Air Barrier) instead of the normal 90mm wide with building wrap. (Internal walls remain 90mm thick).

This adds only a surprisingly little extra cost to the build and provides multiple benefits. Additional Earthquake and windload resistance is one benefit with another obvious benefit of the larger frame cavity being the ability to install thicker insulation, providing a better thermal performance meaning a warmer more energy efficient home is achieved. Wall insulation is up to R4.0 with fibreglass and R3.2 with Wool. The RAB makes the house more air tight and hence insulation works better.

Dwangs can be removed completely or if dwangs are desired for whatever reason they can be installed vertically on the inside face allowing continuous insulation without thermal bridging. In either case, another benefit is there is no drilling of holes required to run plumbing, electrical or other services.

More recently BBA begun using LVL (laminated veneer lumber) for 140 frames which is both stronger and more sustainable than traditional solid timber. Waste is minimised as all of the tree is used due to LVL being made from laminated log peelings and finger jointing of timber.

All these innovations add up to achieved bracing that is at least double code requirements and in some cases up to 3 to 4 times code. The result is greatly improved earthquake resilience providing safety, security and peace of mind, combined with superior warmth and energy efficiency and a healthy low running cost home that is environmentally sound.

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