Are you interested in building a Passive House but unsure where to start? Passive House buildings are the most energy efficient homes you can build. We’re seeing increasing levels of interest in Passive House builds, and it’s not hard to understand why. Not only are they sustainable and energy efficient, they can be highly cost-effective and are recognised worldwide as the new benchmark for low energy consumption buildings.
At Craft Homes, we are Certified Passive House Trade qualified, giving you independent assurance that we can deliver to the high Passive House Standard. Passive House certification also works well alongside Homestar certification, a New Zealand based rating tool covering a broad range of sustainability features. To find out more, check out our Passive House information page
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Passive House Projects
Cockle Bay Passive House
This impressive 3 storey home achieved Passive House Plus Certification mid-2024. Originally meant to be a high-performance home, the design was upgraded to meet Passive House standards. The house has been designed to be healthy, quiet, energy efficient, and self-sufficient. Although grid tied and connected to town water, the house has a generous PV solar array, house battery, and rainwater tanks. The basement structure is insulated concrete form, and the upper floors are 140mm timber framing with a 45mm services cavity, providing two layers of insulation, and minimising thermal bridging.
This impressive 3 storey home achieved Passive House Plus Certification mid-2024. Originally meant to be a high-performance home, the design was upgraded to meet Passive House standards. The house has been designed to be healthy, quiet, energy efficient, and self-sufficient. Although grid tied and connected to town water, the house has a generous PV solar array, house battery, and rainwater tanks. The basement structure is insulated concrete form, and the upper floors are 140mm timber framing with a 45mm services cavity, providing two layers of insulation, and minimising thermal bridging.
Ruapuke Passive House
This was an extra special project as it is the family home for Craft Homes Owner and Director Toby and his wife and their two boys. This home is the subject of the Craft Homes Our Healthy Home documentary and is on track to receive Passive House Premium Certification, meaning the home generates more energy than it uses. As with all Passive House projects, the performance of this home was modelled prior to construction. The home was built using Formance SIPs panels, Pro Clima smart membranes and German made high-performance windows from Neuffer, as well as structural macrocarpa timber milled on site.
This was an extra special project as it is the family home for Craft Homes Owner and Director Toby and his wife and their two boys. This home is the subject of the Craft Homes Our Healthy Home documentary and is on track to receive Passive House Premium Certification, meaning the home generates more energy than it uses. As with all Passive House projects, the performance of this home was modelled prior to construction. The home was built using Formance SIPs panels, Pro Clima smart membranes and German made high-performance windows from Neuffer, as well as structural macrocarpa timber milled on site.
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We are so proud of the feedback we get from our customers, so we thought we’d share a few of the testimonials we’ve received. We always finish on great terms with our clients, so if you would like to speak to one of our customers directly, just ask and we can put you in touch.
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