Tim Bishop, Sustainable Habitat Challenge National Coordinator:
Little Greenie shows what can be accomplished by when using sustainable building principles of Sustainable Habitat Challenge Teams
This house demonstrates the truism that more sustainable building is practical building: simple, durable, and good value.
The Sustainable Habitat Challenge (SHAC 09) is a national collaborative project for teams around New Zealand to design, develop, and build sustainable housing in their local community. Ten tertiary-industry teams have created designs, and seven are currently building or retrofitting their houses.
Sustainable Habitat Challenge Principles
- Less need for energy, water, and waste production.
- Adapted for the local environment.
- Cradle to cradle design.
- Simple, durable, and good value.
- Collaborative design and build process that has designers, the trades, and engineers working side by side from the start.
- Wide dissemination of information learned.
- Tertiary involvement for education, monitoring, and review.
Read more all about what SHAC 09 teams are doing at www.shac.org.nz
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