Canadian Timber Homes, dealer for Linwood, qualifies under N.Z. Governments new 5-Star Guide for Homes with Superior Materials and Energy Efficiency.
This lowers power and gas bills, and makes warmer, drier, healthier, and more comfortable homes and workplaces a reality.
Significant rises in energy costs and, to a lesser extent, water costs continue to make sustainable buildings increasingly attractive.

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Canadian Timber Homes qualifies under N.Z. Governments Standards new 5-Star Guide for Homes.
Superior Materials and Energy Efficiency.

From 3 November until 22 December 2006, the government was taking submissions on Energy efficiency of buildings: Consultation on energy efficiency revisions to the New Zealand Building Code and Compliance Documents
Below is an abstract:

Our homes and workplaces are fundamental to the way we live and work, and to our quality of life.

We are proposing some changes to the way we insulate our homes, heat our water and light commercial buildings. This is so that we can lower power and gas bills and make warmer, drier, healthier, and more comfortable homes and workplaces a reality.

The changes are:

requiring better insulation for new homes, including double-glazing
making it easier to install solar water-heating systems
improving lighting efficiency in commercial buildings.

Value Case for Sustainable Building in New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment.

Abstracts from the online version

The value case for sustainable building is now compelling:

For owner occupiers, a 20-year whole-of-life cost view indicates the marginal cost increase of sustainable building is likely to be repaid between five or six times by operating cost savings alone.
For tenants, the probable 20-year rental premium for sustainable buildings is likely to be repaid by a factor of approximately three from operating cost savings only.
For owner occupiers, developers and investment funders, a residual land value analysis shows a sustainable office building may have a land value of 40% more than that of a conventional building. Its true worth is nearly 40% more than a conventional building.
The case studies show that to achieve the above investment returns, the difference in the initial capital cost of sustainable buildings compared to conventional good quality buildings varies from 15% less to 11.5% more, with sustainable features initially costing an average of 2-6% more.

Significant rises in energy costs and, to a lesser extent, water costs continue to make sustainable buildings increasingly attractive. This situation will continue, with additional user charges such as carbon taxes, making new generation sustainable building even more attractive.