2012 Sustainable Housing Summit

  • Panel Presentation - Technologies for the green building future

    • Saturday, 07 July 2012

    Simon Stockdale, SolarCity
    Bill Dunster, The Zed Factory
    Gordon Wiffen, Commercial Manager, Philips Lighting
    Ruth Williams, Facade Engineer, Fletcher Aluminium

    We had a lively conversation about how the latest technologies, systems and products contribute to sustainable housing. 

  • State of the Nation Address and Homestar

    • Friday, 06 July 2012

    Warwick Quinn, CEO, Registered Master Builders Federation
    Krista Ferguson, Homestar Director, NZGBC

    Warwick gave us an update on national and regional house prices, the Licensed Building Practitioner (LBP) scheme, sustainability trends and Krista gave us an update on Homestar.

  • Bill Dunster shares glimpse of future zero-energy cities at Sustainable Housing Summit

    • Thursday, 05 July 2012

    Bill Dunster, ZEDFactory

    The images Bill Dunster showed the 2012 Sustainable Housing Summit in Auckland looked like stills for a futuristic movie, but they are current urban developments his UK-based ZEDFactory team are working on.

  • Aussies outline options for re-thinking residential growth

    • Wednesday, 04 July 2012

    Tim Horton, Commissioner, Integrated Design Commission, SA
    Adam Beck, Manager Sustainable Communities, Green Building Council of Australia
    Nick Collins, General Manager, Beacon Pathway

    Australia’s urban centres face similar sustainable development issues to those faced by New Zealand’s main cities – Auckland in particular – and two experts from across the Tasman provided valuable insights to the inaugurual 2012 Sustainable Housing Summit last week [27 June].

  • Case Study: Stonewood Homes, 7 Homestar showhome, Christchurch

    • Tuesday, 03 July 2012

    Brent Mettrick, Managing Director, Stonewood Homes 

    This year, Stonewood Homes, developed the first 7 Homestar show home in Christchurch. Brent Mettrick joined us to discuss their experiences in achieving this milestone.

  • Case Study: Zero Energy House, Point Chevalier, Auckland

    • Monday, 02 July 2012

    Jo Woods and Shay Brazier 

    Engineering couple Jo Woods and Shay Brazier have been working in the renewable energy and green building space in New Zealand for the past six years. When it came to designing and building their own home, from the outset they wanted it to be zero energy, as well as healthy, comfortable and pleasant to live in with minimal impact on the environment during construction and operation.

  • Market insights and selling sustainable homes - How to get it right

    • Sunday, 01 July 2012

    Alistair Helm, Chief Executive, realestate.co.nz
    Nick Jones, Marketing Insights Manager, IAG NZ 

    There are numerous benefits to the buyer, as well as the builder, designer and renovator of a sustainable home.