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Australia: Tackling housing unaffordability: a 10-point national plan
Looks like Australia is having similar problems as New Zealand is facing.The widening cracks in Australia’s housing system can no longer be concealed. The extraordinary recent debate has laid bare both the depth of public concern and the vacuum of coherent policy to promote housing…
Is NZ ready for $10b of Chinese cash about to drop on property market?
The Productivity commission did a report in 2012 and outlined many issues, actually a very interesting report to read. Another updated draft report was just released two weeks ago and contains pretty much the same findings. Yet again I note that the issues have not…
Ingo @ Green Living Show: Smarter House Design – Affordable And Sustainable Homes For New Zealand
I will be presenting at the Green Living Show 2015 at the ASB Showgrounds, Greenlane, Room 3, 10:30 am on Sunday 28 June.The subject will be: “Smarter House Design – Affordable And Sustainable Homes For New Zealand”.Executive Summary: Land and resources become scarcer and more expensive, energy…
Auckland Housing crisis – all the wrong assumptions and information
The median house price in Auckland is now at $750K, a number that our family would probably struggle to afford with us two parents working in well advanced positions. Clearly investors are currently setting the market price as they have access to the required funds,…
Electric powered 1972 Datsun 1200 gives drag-racing fraternity a shake-up.
Cool, just plain cool. This Taupo based car is great. And there’s hardly anything under the hood. Hope this will change the perception of some petrol heads… Bright yellow, battery-powered 1972 Datsun 1200 gives V8 drag-racing fans a shake-up. There’s something strange about Tom Short’s…
BBE Certificate in Ecological Building and Design
Registrations are open for the online course: BBE Certificate in Ecological Building and Design at http://bbe.org.nz/education This online study programme covers the fundamental concepts of Ecological Building and Design. It is suitable as a complement to existing careers in building and design, or for those…
Government partnership kickstarts Wynyard Quarter’s push to be exemplar of sustainable city building | EECA: Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
Some great news. And an amazingly well done website for the Wynyard Quarter in Auckland. Maybe we will be getting a good waterfront after all… A quest to make Wynyard Quarter an international exemplar for sustainable development has had a major boost today with the…
Wynyard Quarter Smart | tracking our progress towards a sustainable tomorrow
The vision of the Sustainable Development Framework is to be the leading location of sustainable urban transformation and renewal in Auckland and across New Zealand. Source: Wynyard Quarter Smart | tracking our progress towards a sustainable tomorrow
How Much Room Do We Need To Supply The Entire World With Solar Electricity?
Very impressive map graphics as to how much desert space we’d need to supply world energy. In 2009, the total global electricity consumption was 20,279,640 GWh. The sun creates more energy than that in one hour. The tricky part is collecting that energy and converting…
Press Kit | Tesla Motors
Some interesting stuff. I did not really know about some of their other products. Tesla is not just an automotive company, it’s an energy innovation company. Tesla Energy is a critical step in this mission to enable zero emission power generation.With Tesla Energy, Tesla is…