This 144m² home is beautifully located in a rural lifestyle block in Whakamarama. With 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, the family also enjoy the open plan living/dining area and library office to take in the landscape. The house has uPVC European engineered joinery and a hot water heat pump. Minimal glazing on the western wall ensures that the house meets just 1% of the year above 25 degrees, in the sunny Bay, this kind of result is excellent. This home is a delight to our European clients, who how enjoy the constant 18 degrees through the whole house without any heating required.
Meet the team Behind this project
Vlada Acimovic
Vlada is an European trained Architect, Certified Passive House designer and passionate to see New Zealand adopt the eHaus approach to building spaces that he has been familiar with for so long in Europe.
Design Components
Floor
Fully insulated concrete pad with a U-value of 0.183 W/(m²K)
Wall
140mm timber frame with service cavity U-value of 0.221 W/(m²K)
Roof
Double layer of fibreglass insulation U-value of 0.138 W/(m²K)
Window Joinery Frame
Eco Windows Hilzinger Tilt Turn Uw value 1.21 W/(m²K)
Glazing
Double Glazed Low E Argon Ug value 1.1 W/(m²K) G value 65%
Ventilation
Zehnder Q 350 MHRV
Hot Water
Heat Pump with external domestic hot water storage
Heating/Cooling
Fujitsu Air to Air Heat Pump
Performance Specs
Heating Demand
15 kWh/(m²yr)
Heating Load
10 W/m²
Frequency of Overheating
1% year over 25C
TFA
125.2 m²
Form Factor
3.84
Air Leakage @ 50Pa
0.43 ACH
Per Demand
39 kWh/(m²yr)
Consultant: Vlada Acimovic
Certifier: Sustainable Engineering Ltd - Jason Quinn
