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An ebode project in Westmere, Auckland, New Zealand 
Updated this month
ebode has just begun building the first urban sustainable home in the inner-city suburb of Westmere, right in the heart of Auckland City - demonstrating that sustainable designs can be perfect for urban environments too. This house will use a grid-connected, photovoltaic system to generate its own power and will harvest ...
Project about Air Quality, Architecture, Clean Technologies, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Energy Saving, Green energy, Health, Permaculture, Recycling, Solar, Water
A Resene project in New Zealand
Updated in May
Resene’s latest ceiling paint has provided another two steps forward in sustainability for the New Zealand based paint manufacturer. The formulation of the Environmental Choice approved Earthsense ceiling paint includes a special renewable extender pigment. This means a fifth of the volume of the final product comes from renewable ...
Premium project about Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Clean Technologies, Design, Industry & Business, Smart Growth
A Powerhouse Wind Ltd project in Dunedin, New Zealand
Updated in April
Powerhouse Wind started 3 years ago with the aim of developing the world's best domestic scale wind turbine system. The result is the Thinair wind appliance, now at advanced prototype testing, and soon to enter local production and sales. We believe small wind has a place in the distributed ...
Project about Clean Technologies, Design, Green energy
An InterfaceNZ project in New Zealand
Updated in April
The public library in Gore needed to re-carpet on a tight budget without shutting down or hassling customers. The library also had ceramic areas which needed to be carpeted with an easy make-good. Most challenging of all, much of the carpet was still in great condition whereas the trafficked areas ...
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An InterfaceNZ project in New Zealand
Updated in April
3M’s tradition of innovation is legendary. So when it was time to move premises, 3M ensured the new environment encouraged creativity and sustainability. It chose to create a NZGBC Greenstar building adopting innovative building and interior materials. InterfaceNZ carpet tiles were chosen as the flooring, providing an innovative modular ...
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An InterfaceNZ project in New Zealand
Updated in April
Jasmax, an architectural practice, needed a building that not just worked for them as a business but improved Auckland’s urban environment. Objectives included being a good neighbour, setting environmental benchmarks, balancing client work and creative endeavour and reflecting its New Zealand heritage. Using a compilation of Cubic Colours, the ...
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An Altair Marine Limited project in Whangarei, New Zealand
Updated in March
Investigating replacing ICE in sailing yachts with solar or wind generated power.
Project about Clean Technologies, Design, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Energy Saving, Green energy, Solar, Transport, Travel
A FISCHE° project in New Zealand
Updated in August 2009
NextPlays is a platform for business transformation and sustainable outcomes. NextPlays helps you identify, plan and build the best way forward for your business. The centrepiece of the programme is the NextPLays Lab, a concentrated workshop that delivers an action plan for new opportunities, new customer value and new profit ...
Premium project about Design, Economics, Industry & Business, Smart Growth
Ponsonby and Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand
Updated last month
Art in the Dark is a nighttime event in Ponsonby's Western Park, set to début in October 2010. Art in the Dark aspires to be as environmentally friendly and interactive as possible. Illuminated by installations, projected short films, and performances around a purpose-built pavilion, the park will transform into ...
Project about Architecture, Art & Culture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Clean Technologies, Design, Events, Green energy, Lifestyle & Behavior, Organic
Nationwide, New Zealand
Updated in April
September 1st 2010 is National Permaculture Day! Nationwide actions on the day, all for free! Please send us your local events, ideas and suggestions.... Hold a street party, plant a tree, hold a tour of your home/property highlighting how you have integrated Permaculture ethics and principles into your lifestyles ...
Project about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Air Quality, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Architecture, Art & Culture, Biofuels & Alternative Energy, Carbon Sequestration, Children and Families, Climate Change, Consumerism, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Education, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Events, Food, Green energy, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior, Media, Organic, Permaculture, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty & Development, Recycling, Smart Growth, Solar, Transition Towns, Transport, Travel, Water, Weather
Carterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand
Updated in October 2009
I am an organic grower and am keen to find an industrial designer to help finalise the design of a solar powered dehydrator. I am taken by Cradle-to-Cradle design concept and would like to talk to someone of like mind. I foresee 3 sizes - commercial orchard, lifestyler, household. Last season ...
Project about Agriculture & Food, Clean Technologies, Design, Food, Organic, Permaculture, Solar
Auckland, New Zealand
Updated in September 2009
In recent times Spicers Paper moved to greener pastures, where their new premises provided proof of the company's commitment to the environment and sustainability. The new office space is located in Highbrook office park in East Tamaki, just south of Auckland city. The building was developed by the Goodman ...
Project about Architecture, Climate Change, Deforestation, Design, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Emissions, Energy Saving, Environment & Wildlife, Industry & Business, Recycling, Solar, Water
New Zealand
Updated in September 2009
The Spicers Green Guide is an at-a-glance guide to the environmental features of all our papers. Each paper also has its own downloadable Green Fact Sheet, which provides a greater level of detail about the manufacturer and the origins of the paper. To check it out go to http://www ...
Project about Clean Technologies, Deforestation, Design, Media, Recycling
New Zealand
Updated in August 2009
Introducing MegaCity, BMW's new electric vehicle. The BMW group will soon to announce more details of a fully-electric, ‘zero-emission’ production car, having now partnered with SB LiMotive as the supplier of state-of-the-art lithium-ion storage technology. BMW Group is currently field-testing a fully-electric car, the MINI E, in the US ...
Project about Air Quality, Clean Technologies, Design, Electric vehicles, Emissions, Pollution, Transport, Travel
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A HB Media project in New Zealand
We have completed the CEMARS process by Landcare and have won certification for the entire company - yay, the first ... more »
Auckland, New Zealand
We develop world-class publishing products from New Zealand, for the world. Whether it’s our print and online magazines and books ... more »
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