Fit for purpose A new home’s rural setting is just right for a couple who aim to live off the land while running their business from home. The couple moved into a caravan on the land two years..
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Smart Building
Smart Building: Working around material prices to create cost efficiencies. Efficiencies come in many forms when building a bespoke home, but it is perhaps keeping things local and incorporating the use of materials manufactured in a controlled environment that..
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The Future of Green Design
The terms ‘sustainability’ and ‘eco’ are not obvious on Adam Taylor’s website. They are there (see if you can find them). But perhaps the future of green design is embedded in good design. Not something separate. Homestar Practitioner Among..
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Sustainable Design at the Down to Earth Expo
Last month we flew the ‘Sustainable design’ flag at the Down to Earth Expo at ASB Stadium Baypark in Tauranga. It was the very first one and the only ‘green’ or sustainable expo in the Bay of Plenty so we..
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Benefits of a Green wall
Green walls, living walls or vertical gardens can lift an interior space or take the outside of a building to another level. Whether you choose a small pocket-planter type system or have an entire wall designed and planted there are..
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Homestar Practitioner Certified!
Homestar™ helps you improve the performance of your home – making it better. Better to live in, better for the planet and better value in the market. There are 1.6 million homes in New Zealand that can be improved –..
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