Highsted High Performance Home

Architect: MCD Architecture
Builder: Ethos Homes
Engineer: Engco

Superior performance provides contemporary comfort

Triple glazed thermally broken Weathershield aluminium joinery
Stiebel heat recovery and ventilation system
180m2 living space + 40m2 garage
R5 Blown in ceiling insulation

Graeme and Jan have made some great choices on this home selecting low maintenance brick as their cladding, and investing in the thermal performance and installing solar panels to ensure predictable energy bills heading into retirement. Other great features include the conservatory outside of the thermal envelope for sun loving Jan, the spacious walk in wardrobe, scullery, and tiled bathrooms.

Whats the Ethos difference

We started Ethos to help people like you, people like us, who want to live in a healthy sustainable home. The minimum we build or renovate to is the Ethos standard, and its our integrity on the line in every build. We blower door test our homes because as well as saying we build better we prove it. So whether you are a young family who want a healthier home, an early adoptor wanting to make the right environmental choices or looking for certainty over energy bills as you head into retirement, give Ethos a call.

Ethos Homes are qualified, experienced and proven, we will deliver on the home you want

HIGH PERFORMANCE
BUILD

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LOW ENERGY
BUILD

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PASSIVE HOUSE
CLASSIC

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PASSIVE HOUSE
PLUS, PERFORMANCE

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Highsted High Performance Home

Superior performance provides contemporary comfort

Triple glazed thermally broken Weathershield aluminium joinery
Stiebel heat recovery and ventilation system
180m2 living space + 40m2 garage
R5 Blown in ceiling insulation

Sole Residence

Beautiful barn-style family home

Blower door test result of .19 air changes per hour (@ 50Pa)
Awaiting Passive House Certification
Triple glazed thermally broken Weathershield aluminum joinery
Zehnder heat recovery and ventilation system
6 triple glazed Velux skylights

Halswell Grand Design

Grand modern day Californian Bungalow

High performance home
Double glazed bespoke timber joinery
Wolf heat recovery and ventilation system
Austria Email 303L hot water heat pump
528 m2 living space + 50m2 garage

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West Melton Low Energy Build

Low energy home wrapped in classic colonial style

Low energy build
Blower door test result .92 air changes per hour (@ 50Pa)
Double glazed joinery from NK windows
Wolf heat recovery and ventilation system
202m2 living space

St Martins 8 Homestar Home

Character home on steriods

8 Homestar Certified Home
Blower door test result .6 air changes per hour (@ 50Pa)
European low E, argon filled, triple glazed, uPVC tilt and turn windows
Wolf heat recovery and ventilation system
Solar panels with Stiebel Eltron hot water heat pump
135m2 living space + 40m2garage

Hillsborough Superhome

Bold superhome with ecofriendly features

Blower door test result of .44 air changes per hour (@ 50Pa)
Triple-glazed, uPVC, Bertrand windows
Wolf heat recovery ventilation system
2000L Rainwater collection tank
152m2 living space + 40m2 garage

Sefton High Performance Home

Charming country home warm and inviting

Blower door test result of .58 air changes per hour (@ 50Pa)
uPVC recessed joinery from Hagley
Wolf heat recovery ventilation system
232m2 living space including 44m2 garage

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Southshore High Performance Home

Bespoke beach house boasts all the signatures of a high performance Ethos home

Blower door test result of .44 air changes per hour (@ 50Pa)
Triple glazed, Bertrand oak joinery
Wolf heat recovery ventilation system
150m2 living space + 43m2 garage and bridge entry

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Bishop Street Passive House

Character style certified Passive House breaks the mould

Designed, built and certified to Passive House Classic standard
Blower door test result of .38 air changes per hour (@ 50Pa)
Triple-glazed, uPVC windows from NK Windows
Wolf heat recovery ventilation system
240m2 living space + 80m2 garage

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Pitkin-Douglas Passive House Plus

This striking family home is the South Islands first certified Passive House Plus

Designed, built and certified to Passive House Plus standard
Blower door test result of .39 air changes per hour (@ 50Pa)
Triple-glazed, timber framed windows by Thermadura
Wolf ventilation system
144m2 living space + 40m2 garage + 18m2 covered deck