This 1 day workshop will cover all the topics that are relevant for house building to the PassivHaus standard including:

• Material selection
• Air tightness
• Ventilation
• What makes a healthy home
• Energy efficient windows
• Energy use
• Water
• PassivHaus history

We will also be able to look at your ideas and have set aside time for your specific questions. The workshop will be held in the eHaus showhome in Wanganui, which gives you the opportunity to feel the difference for a whole day!

Morning and afternoon tea is provided along with lunch. The cost is $185 per person or $225 for a couple. To register email info@ehaus.co.nz

If you would like to come and see for yourself the eHaus in Wanganui is open on Sunday afternoons, you are most welcome to call in. We also have a growing number of alternative house plans for you to look at if you are planning to build.

All the key players........ and others

Stephen Dickens,  editor of Progressive Building magazine, has done a great job capturing the journey so far on the PH build in Glendowie Auckland. The house features on the front page of the latest edition with an article that interview  the key players involved in the project. Follow the link to read about it here 

Passive House in Glendowie

eHaus are the consultants for the first Certified Passive House in NZ. Check out by using the link highlighted, the Passive House Diary on page 6 of the Carters Trade Leader magazine  This is the first of 5 installments through the year following the story behind this project. Although this will be the first build, 2012 will see eHaus involved in many Passive House projects.

If you are in the building industry watch out for an article featuring this first PassiveHaus in the Feb/March edition of  Progressive Building Magazine. The editor Stephen Dickens was keen to capture the details so it will be a good read.

We will be running another One Day eHaus Workshop in New Plymouth on the 24th March and have plenty of room for you if you are thinking of building but want to find out more. Have a look here for the topics we will be covering on the day.

This is some of the feedback we have had from previous workshops:

“The material was interesting and relevant”

“Presentation material was good, and the openness to share useful information was really appreciated”

“I came away with a much better understanding of the direction I will take in my next house design. My questions were answered and the politeness and hospitality that you provided was brilliant”

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Before we look forward to  2012 lets take a brief look back at some of the eHaus milestones for 2011:

January – Received certification from the Passivhaus Institute qualifying  eHaus to design and consult using the PHPP software

March – Completed building the first eHaus also the first house in NZ to attain the Passivhaus Airtightness requirement of 0.6 ac/h n-50

July – Engaged to design, using the PHPP software, a residential property in Auckland which will go on to be the first Certified Passive House in NZ

August – Ran the first one Day workshop with a great turnout and very positive feedback

August – Passive House Institute NZ Launched in Auckland after much hard work during the year.

September – Developed a range of  residential designs with the  appointment of  a new designer

October – The second 1 day workshop is held, building on the success of the first workshop

November – Commissioned by Carters to write five Passive House diary articles for 2012 following the first certified build in Auckland for their trade Magazine

December – Our fifth client signs up for PassiveHaus residential design.

eHaus is involved with one of the most exciting residential building  projects in the country. It is of course a Passive House that is under construction, and now out of the ground, in Auckland. A team of professionals have come together to make the owners dreams come true. eHaus is responsible for the Passive Design in conjunction with Jessop Architecture. The process is, create the house design, enter this design data into the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) and then determine what needs to be done to make it perform to the standard. The team at Jessop’s were great to work with as they were just as passionate as us to meet the customers expectations.

Along with Carters and Auckland City Council are a list of suppliers that have all been keen to support the project as it is so clear that this is the way of the future. I am contributing to a blogg that is following the progress masterminded by Dr Paola Leardini at The University of Auckland. Here is the link http://passivehouse1nz.blogspot.com/

We have 5 other Passive House projects that we are working on now with capacity for more. Please give me a call or email if you want information on how we can design and build a Passive House for you.

Webster Place, in Wanganui, is taking shape with all sections now sold and two more houses in the process of being built. Here is a picture of the section that is ready to build another eHaus on with a beautiful plan already to go.

When we choose this section they were all on sale but it was the best, providing a northern aspect for great indoor outdoor living. This plan has been designed to compliment the section, conform to the Passive House standard at a very reasonable cost. Contact us if you want to know more.

11 Webster Place