Housing for the future Export

@article{buckingham_housing_2008, abstract = {{THE} {THREE} little pigs would be keen to move into a straw-bale house to be built near Clyde, as not even a wolfs huffmg and puffmg would be able to blow it down. The house will be built as part of the national Sustainable Habitat Challenge '09 {(SHAC} '09), which sees teams of tertiary staff and students, as well as industry professionals, banding together to design, build or renovate, and showcase a home made out of renewable materials. The competition is organised by the Otago Polytechnic, and will this year involve nine teams{\\textbullet} from throughout the {countrY,including} a Central Otago team, which revealed its plans at a meeting in Cromwell on Friday. Cromwell's Otago Polytechnic Centre for Sustainable Practice direc{\\textbullet} tor Steve Henry said it was decided at ill earlier meeting the Earnscleugh Rd property owned by Sampsa Kiuru {iVould} be used for the challenge. {"We} advertised who wanted to be a guinea pig and Sampsa came and said, 'my house is it'. {"We} believe sustainable housing is the future," Mr Henry said. Friday's meeting was held for the public to critique the designs, and to inform those interested and the industryon other options when building a home. Although the design team had come up with the concept for the straw-bale house, Mr Henry said Mr Kiuru would get the final word on what was going to be built. Mr Kiuru told those at the meeting, via an internet video connection, his goal was to "build a good, nice house", by using new technologies. He had chosen architectural designer Sarah Johnston, of Geraldine, to build the house. Mrs Johnston said she hoped the house would become the foundation for larger projects in the area.. Her husband, Sven, was also in{\\textbullet} volved in the project, and the two of them had built numerous houses out of straw bales, including their own home. She hoped building would start on the site at the start of next year, which would give them enough time to get the house completed by the {SHAC} deadline of October next year. Mr Henry said he hoped pupils at the polytechnic and the public would get behind the project. {"It's} actually tertiary-based, but no students are involved yet. {"We} are hoping to attract students. We are planning on creating workshops to get students involved as part of their classes." Students involved would get a rebate of their fees, he said. {"If} they are productive, they need to be acknowledged. {"It} will be a system of exchange that is honourable and transparent." He said a "key mechanism" was a blog on the {SHAC} website, where interested people and industry professionals would be able to see the concepts and plans and leave messages through an "open door" policy. {"It's} for everyone to get a really good idea of what we are doing," Mr Henry said. Another feature of the sustainable house was the option of putting in a {"Varaave} Takka", which means "heat storing fireplace", in Finnish. Unlike a typical English fireplace, it only needed to be going for two hours a day. It heats the soap stone in the fireplace, which then radiates the heat out for the rest of the day and can be used to heat water and stoves. Judging of the competition will be held in October next year, with the winner taking away a yet to be announced prize. Taking up the challenge t Nine teams from tertiary institutions throughout New Zealand are competing in {SHAC} 09, including a Central Otago team. t There is a five-person judging panel, made up of an architect, builder, scientist, television personality and engineer. t The judging criteria includes: energy, water, materials, waste, indoor environmental quality, affordability and supporting a sustainable community. t Judging will be held in October, 2009. t Further information about sustainable housing and the challenge can be found at {www.SHAC.org.nz} Hhe blog can be found at {SHAC09.ning.com}}, author = {Buckingham, Tim}, citeulike-article-id = {3738892}, journal = {The Mirror, Central Otago}, keywords = {central, file-import-08-12-03, otago, team}, month = {July}, posted-at = {2008-12-03 04:39:42}, priority = {2}, title = {Housing for the future}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - buckingham_housing_2008 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3738892 N2 - {THE} {THREE} little pigs would be keen to move into a straw-bale house to be built near Clyde, as not even a wolfs huffmg and puffmg would be able to blow it down. The house will be built as part of the national Sustainable Habitat Challenge '09 {(SHAC} '09), which sees teams of tertiary staff and students, as well as industry professionals, banding together to design, build or renovate, and showcase a home made out of renewable materials. The competition is organised by the Otago Polytechnic, and will this year involve nine teams{\\textbullet} from throughout the {countrY,including} a Central Otago team, which revealed its plans at a meeting in Cromwell on Friday. Cromwell's Otago Polytechnic Centre for Sustainable Practice direc{\\textbullet} tor Steve Henry said it was decided at ill earlier meeting the Earnscleugh Rd property owned by Sampsa Kiuru {iVould} be used for the challenge. {"We} advertised who wanted to be a guinea pig and Sampsa came and said, 'my house is it'. {"We} believe sustainable housing is the future," Mr Henry said. Friday's meeting was held for the public to critique the designs, and to inform those interested and the industryon other options when building a home. Although the design team had come up with the concept for the straw-bale house, Mr Henry said Mr Kiuru would get the final word on what was going to be built. Mr Kiuru told those at the meeting, via an internet video connection, his goal was to "build a good, nice house", by using new technologies. He had chosen architectural designer Sarah Johnston, of Geraldine, to build the house. Mrs Johnston said she hoped the house would become the foundation for larger projects in the area.. Her husband, Sven, was also in{\\textbullet} volved in the project, and the two of them had built numerous houses out of straw bales, including their own home. She hoped building would start on the site at the start of next year, which would give them enough time to get the house completed by the {SHAC} deadline of October next year. Mr Henry said he hoped pupils at the polytechnic and the public would get behind the project. {"It's} actually tertiary-based, but no students are involved yet. {"We} are hoping to attract students. We are planning on creating workshops to get students involved as part of their classes." Students involved would get a rebate of their fees, he said. {"If} they are productive, they need to be acknowledged. {"It} will be a system of exchange that is honourable and transparent." He said a "key mechanism" was a blog on the {SHAC} website, where interested people and industry professionals would be able to see the concepts and plans and leave messages through an "open door" policy. {"It's} for everyone to get a really good idea of what we are doing," Mr Henry said. Another feature of the sustainable house was the option of putting in a {"Varaave} Takka", which means "heat storing fireplace", in Finnish. Unlike a typical English fireplace, it only needed to be going for two hours a day. It heats the soap stone in the fireplace, which then radiates the heat out for the rest of the day and can be used to heat water and stoves. Judging of the competition will be held in October next year, with the winner taking away a yet to be announced prize. Taking up the challenge t Nine teams from tertiary institutions throughout New Zealand are competing in {SHAC} 09, including a Central Otago team. t There is a five-person judging panel, made up of an architect, builder, scientist, television personality and engineer. t The judging criteria includes: energy, water, materials, waste, indoor environmental quality, affordability and supporting a sustainable community. t Judging will be held in October, 2009. t Further information about sustainable housing and the challenge can be found at {www.SHAC.org.nz} Hhe blog can be found at {SHAC09.ning.com} JF - The Mirror, Central Otago TI - Housing for the future KW - central KW - file-import-08-12-03 KW - otago KW - team AU - Buckingham, Tim PY - 2008/July// ER -