Martin Ball of Christchurch-based window design, manufacture and installation business, NK Windows, shares his insights on what’s new in window technology.
All in Energy Efficiency
Passion in practice
Few in the construction industry in New Zealand are more passionate about delivering energy-efficient high-performance homes than the team from Dan Saunders Construction – and they have years of experience doing exactly that.
Home again
Just two months after moving in, this Clifton Hill family are already delighting in their newly built home, thanks to Steve Brown Builders and team.
Superhome Movement Tours
The goal of the Superhome Movement is to mitigate the effects of housing on the environment by normalising healthier, resource-efficient homes which utilise renewable and passive energy, collect and reuse rainwater and minimise waste. The Movement provides open source sharing of new design ideas, technologies and building techniques, by connecting leading experts in the industry with each other and the wider community.
Warm as toast
Keep cosy this winter with a range of heating products from Edward Gibbon.
The heat is on
Why is it that Kiwis choose to tough it out, heating one room at a time, when central heating is not only simple to install, efficient and economical, but stylish too?
Take that old man winter
Abode’s architectural expert, Greg Young, explains the finer details of insulation
Infinite hot water
Delivering up to 50% savings on your water heating, the latest hot water solution from Rinnai is hard to go past. Lesley Storm from Edward Gibbon explains
The perfect conditions
Graeme Green of Active Refrigeration offers an insight into how easy it is to achieve a warm, healthy and comfortable living environment – year round
Through the looking glass
We talk to Chantelle Chalmers of Canterbury Aluminium about how a simple upgrade can improve the energy efficiency of your home
Modern flames
We get the lowdown on gas fires from Escea’s Architectural Advisor, Richard Miller
Shades of green
With a vast range of sustainable, eco-friendly products and materials available, Karin Hubber from Hubbers Furnishings offers some advice when it comes to your interior