How can you cool down at home - sustainably? Get our staff favourite easy tips: from curtains to wet heads, fans to hot water bottles, insulation to starry nights and more.
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Did you miss our ‘Warm, dry, healthy home - here to help ’ webinar? No worries, here’s an overview of it, including a recording of the webinar + helpful links and supporting information for you to check out at your own leisure.
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Passionate about the world we live in, we have written to government ministers to encourage them to invest in solutions that create better housing and a low carbon, climate-resilient and inclusive economy for everyone
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Want to reduce your home’s carbon footprint? Check out our lastest blog post on how you can retrofit your home using smart architecture.
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Our beloved head honcho Phil is stepping down from his role as CE to focus on energy poverty. Although we'll miss his leadership, we're delighted to share that we have a new CE on the way - Ms Georgie Ferrari.
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In this guest post, Tenancy Services are reminding landlords that insulating rental properties is not only the right thing to do, but it's also legally required to be in place by 1 July 2019.
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Lighting costs the average Kiwi household $220 per year – roughly 12 per cent of its electricity bill. LEDs use up to 85% less energy saving you money in the long run.
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The new Healthy Homes Standards for rentals now includes insulation, heating and ventilation. We work closely with landlords, property managers and tenants, so have put together this information to break down the changes.
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The new insulation subsidies programme, Warmer Kiwi Homes, has helped over 3200 homeowners around NZ access affordable home insulation since it launched last year. With additional contributions from community funders, quotes of $2000 - $6000 are reduced to just a few hundred dollars.
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Here are some top tips to overcome common home insulation problems, based on our 15 years expertise creating warm, healthy homes.
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Earlier this month there was some great news for housing in New Zealand – the Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill was passed into law. We now have clear national policy direction for the delivery of healthy rental housing, and landlords will need to comply with these new standards when offering properties for rent.
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Whether your team won or not, we’ve got a new government that’s going to make some changes. Our chief executive Philip Squire reflects on what that might mean for our work in the environment, healthy housing and social equity.
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Sustainability Trust and the Electricity Retailers’ Association of New Zealand (ERANZ) are partnering to deliver Access to Electricity — a project to help low-income households have better access to warm, dry homes.
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Heat pump? Put a jumper on! Insulation? Nah, too expensive. Subsidies? Yeah nah probably not eligible. Cassia on some of those winter myths...
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We're very pleased to announce that Sustainability Trust has been recognised for its community impact in the national NZI Sustainable Business Network Awards.The Trust won the Airbnb Community Impact Award for its work supporting families to create healthier, more energy-efficient homes, helping schools and businesses to reduce their carbon footprints and empowering communities to live more sustainably.
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In the cooler weather, I could feel cold air coming in through the southerly facing windows. After installing ceiling and underfloor insulation through Sustainability Trust, the heat loss through the windows became much more obvious.
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Many Wellington homes suffer from weeping windows and musty damp conditions. Here are my top tips of what to try before investing in a ventilation system.
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Heating water makes up 30-40% of a total electricity bill per month through summer and winter so it’s very important to make sure your system is set up correctly and working as efficiently as possible to avoid wasting money and energy.
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