View from Arthur StreetOne of our projects is now for sale:

Built on a 809 m2 section next to the historic Riverhead Hotel. The Building is a double storey timber framed building on a fully insulated concrete slab.
The cladding is rebated bevel-back macrocarpa weatherboard left natural. The intersecting monopitch roofs give it a interesting appeal and the north facing roof has a solar-thermal panel installed that provides 75% of the annual hot water. Latest LED lighting installed.

Read more: Riverhead passive solar design house

biogas

Created on Friday, 29 June 2012 / Glossary
Tags: Biogas
Biogas is methane produced by the fermentation of organic matter. In New Zealand, biogas is recovered from landfills and sewage. [ +++ ]
Created on Monday, 02 May 2011 / News Archive
Tags: biogas, farming, farms, gas, digester, biomass
Via goodcleantech, 04-04-2011 Farmers produce all sorts of goods in order to earn money, and soon they may be able to add renewable energy to that list. A new machine called the digester — which ... [ +++ ]
Created on Tuesday, 25 May 2010 / News Archive
Tags: waste, energy, pyrolysis, gasifier, gas, biogas, generation, carbon
Via stuff.co.nz, by Paul Easton - The Dominion Post, 24/05/2010 A new plant that turns plastic, food scraps and even human waste into fuel is humming away on the Kapiti Coast. "We pick it up ... [ +++ ]
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