Subject & Study Guides: Architecture: Passive house, Urban design

New Zealand Building Code

Building Code Handbook 2014
Third edition, including amendment 13
Acceptable Solutions and Verification Methods
Acceptable Solutions and Verification Methods provide ways to establish compliance with the performance requirements of the Building Code. The Acceptable Solutions do this by giving specific construction details that are deemed to provide Building Code compliance. The Verification Methods provide methods of testing or calculation that will result in Building Code compliance.
E2 External Moisture
3rd Edition, including amendment 6, 2014
Useful info on Acceptable Solutions and Verification Methods

Positive Energy Homes by Robin Brimblecombe; Kara Rosemeier
Call Number: 720.47 BRI
ISBN: 9781486303762
Publication Date: 2017-12-20
Passive House for New Zealand: The warm healthy homes we need by Jason Quinn
The Passivhaus Designer's Manual by Christina J. Hopfe (Editor); Robert S. McLeod (Editor)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9780415522694
Publication Date: 2015-12-09
Passive Houses by Chris van Uffelen
Call Number: 720.47 UFF
ISBN: 9783037681060
Publication Date: 2012-04-16
Sustainability, Energy and Architecture by Ali Sayigh
Call Number: 720.47 SUS
ISBN: 9780123972699
Publication Date: 2013-10-10
Passive House Design by Roberto Gonzalo & Rainer Vallentin
Call Number: 728.047 GON
ISBN: 9783955532208
Publication Date: 2014
An Introduction to Passive House by Justin Bere
Call Number: 728 BER
ISBN: 9781859464939
Publication Date: 2014-02-28

Jason Quinn/ Passive House for New Zealand book - free download PDF
Jason Quinn's book, "Passive House for New Zealand – The warm healthy homes we need" free PDF download, through Sustainable Engineering website
PHINZ
Passive House Institute of New Zealand - information about housing, climate data and events
Passipedia
The passive house resource - basic passive house information and insights
iPHA
The International Passive House Association
Passivhaus Trust
The UK Passive House organisation
PASSIVHAUS IN PLAIN ENGLISH & MORE
Blog of Elrond Burrell - "... architect, writer and speaker....areas of expertise are Sustainable Design, Passivhaus, Timber construction, and Building Information Modeling (BIM).

New Zealand Urban Design Protocol
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 - The Urban Design Forum NZ
UDF promotes good urban design in New Zealand.
UDF partners are the Planning, Landscape, Architecture, Engineering and Surveying Institutes. UDF is modelled on similar groups in Australia and England.
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The purpose of UDF is to:
• promote cross-disciplinary understanding of urban design amongst urban professionals;
• raise awareness of the benefits of urban design at both national and local levels;
• provide a forum for discussion of design-based approaches that are relevant to the development and management of New Zealand towns and cities.
Open Building - John Habraken
An introduction to 'open building' - from the webpage of Dutch architect John Habreken, who developed these ideas on the making of environment.