Matakohe - Northland, New Zealand

Principal Architect - Darryl Sang

Team - Janice Au, Vlada Acimovic, Alya Abed Ali, Mei Ling Lee

Passive House Designer - Vlada Acimovic

Passive House Certification Target - Passive House Classic

The owner’s desire for a sustainable, low energy, healthy lifestyle inspired the design of this house on a large lifestyle property. Conceived as a retirement home, this single level house will be accessible and wheelchair friendly.

This three bedroom home has open plan living with a combined kitchen, living and dining area adjacent to the north facing upper deck. A saltwater swimming pool is set into the lower deck.

Passive House features include high performance uPVC windows, a heat recovery ventilation system, continuous insulation and excellent airtightness. Other sustainable features include rainwater harvesting, a solar photovoltaic panel farm, heat pump domestic hotwater cylinder, a food forest and orchard, a root cellar and a worm powered wastewater treatment system.

The client is committed to obtaining certification for his new Passive House.

Continuous Insulation

Heat Recovery Ventilation

Airtightness

High Performance Windows

Minimise Thermal Bridges

Builder - Bruyere Ltd

Engineers - Richards Consulting Engineers

Joinery - Eco Windows uPVC83

MHRV - Zhendr Q350