Architecture

Jason Quinn's book, "Passive House for New Zealand – The warm healthy homes we need" free PDF download, through Sustainable Engineering website

Passive House Institute of New Zealand - information about housing, climate data and events

The passive house resource - basic passive house information and insights

The International Passive House Association

The UK Passive House organisation

Blog of Elrond Burrell - "... architect, writer and speaker....areas of expertise are Sustainable Design, Passivhaus, Timber construction, and Building Information Modeling (BIM).

Prepared by the Ministry for the Environment in conjunction with the Urban Design Advisory Group. The New Zealand Urban Design Protocol provides a platform to make New Zealand towns and cities more successful through quality urban design. It is part of the Government's Sustainable Development Programme of Action and Urban Affairs portfolio.

UDF promotes good urban design in New Zealand.

An introduction to 'open building' - from the webpage of Dutch architect John Habreken, who developed these ideas on the making of environment.