McCartney residence, Passivhaus Classic home
Description The McCartney Residence is located in New Plymouth, on the North Island of New Zealand. The home was built by eHaus, a company established in 2010 by Jon Iliffe and Baden & Glenda Brown with the dream of creating a New Zealand owned and operated specialist design and construction company using PassivHaus build and …
McCartney residence, Passivhaus Classic home
Passivhaus Certification

Description
The McCartney Residence is located in New Plymouth, on the North Island of New Zealand. The home was built by eHaus, a company established in 2010 by Jon Iliffe and Baden & Glenda Brown with the dream of creating a New Zealand owned and operated specialist design and construction company using PassivHaus build and design principles.
The home was designed by architect Ross Bennett, with Passivhaus consultancy done by Maria Rei of eHaus, and Passivhaus Certification by Oliver Style of Praxis Resilient Buildings.
This single-story, detached family home has a treated floor area of 125 m² and was built using a lightweight timber frame system, and Gealan Eco Passivhaus certified PVC windows were used. SIGA membranes and tapes have been used for airtight layer.
The blower door test for this home achieved an excellent result of n50 = 0,4 air changes per hour (ACH).
Ventilation is provided by a Zehnder ComfoAir Q350 HRV unit with whole house balanced mechanical ventilation with heat recovery. A Panasonic split system is used for heating and cooling.
Links:
iPHa (Base de datos internacional de proyectos Passivhaus)