The project provides a model for a new standard of housing expected to influence the Christchurch affordable housing rebuild market. Warm, dry, and healthy, energy efficient and environmentally sound. These 10 star homes demonstrate innovations and future-proof options of energy efficient environmental design.

They are to be used as demonstration homes and as a communication tool for a new initiative which brings together industry expertise in the energy efficient, environmentally sound home design and construction with the target to construct 1000 homestar 7 or above homes in 3 years. These 10 homestar rated homes also demonstrate the varying levels of specification that may be implemented for 6, 7, 8, 9 stars with associated levels of build costs and running cost which consequently have differing payback periods and end property values.