A low cost, fast build, climate positive house?

The Living House is here. Having recently announced our partnership with RTA Studio and Fisher & Paykel to deliver this solution -it’s clear that New Zealanders are keen on more affordable path to home ownership - and one that provides a warm, healthy, timber home, powered by solar energy!

🌏 Climate Positive? The Living House stores more carbon than it emits.

Carbon modelling undertaken our The Lever Room team shows a net positive carbon balance of -12,056 kgCO₂e. This means the CO₂e stored in its materials and reduced through exporting clean energy outweighs its total lifecycle emissions.

Our carbon model assessed embodied and operational energy and was developed through comprehensive whole-building lifecycle assessment (LCA) model. This assessment encompassed the building, solar system, energy use, and residual export.

A "whole of house" or whole-building life cycle assessment examined the impacts associated with all stages of a building's life cycle, including:
🔎 Material Sourcing and Production: The extraction, processing, and manufacturing of building materials.
🔎 Construction: The activities involved in building the structure.
🔎 Operation and Maintenance: The energy consumption, water usage, and other environmental impacts during the building's operational period.
🔎 End-of-Life: Demolition, waste disposal, and potential reuse or recycling of materials.

Read more on the project website: www.livinghouse.nz