Golden Bay Affordable Housing Project

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The community in Golden Bay has a solution for the dire shortage of affordable housing available for rent or purchase in the area. Up to 30 new 60sqm homes will be placed on council-owned or private land (several residents in the Golden Bay area have made land available)

Christopher Bennett, the developer of the project, has worked with Mark Goodison from Goodison Architecture to design transportable homes built from Formance SIPs.

The home design is simple, stylish & affordable, note the nice high ceilings, easily achieved with Formance SIPs. Formance SIPs (115mm thickness walls and 215mm thickness roof panels) were chosen in this design for energy efficiency, airtightness, improved moisture control, and speed-up build times.

A high-performance building envelope was very important in the project to ensure the homes were warm and dry and had low heating costs for the tenants. By using SIPs, around 50% reduction in heating costs can be achieved.

SIP panels for the first four houses of this project have left the Formance factory, and are in the build process.

Chris Bennett and his team say the homes take around a total of 6 weeks to complete - but the more they become use to working with the products and the design they hope construction time will half to 3 weeks.

Material costs reduced where possible - Paint can be directly applied to Formance SIPs and reduce the need for GIB/Plasterboard lining. Painting direct to the OSB gives also can be a desired design element.

Formance SIPs used: Walls R2.8 (115mm), Roof R5.7 (215mm)

Architect: Mark Goodison

Location: Golden Bay/Mohua, Tasman.

Media/Photos Credits: Christopher Bennett

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It’s no secret many New Zealanders live in cold, damp homes. Mould, leaks, and draughts damage health, and 1,600 New Zealanders die every year as a direct result of living in unhealthy, poorly insulated homes. And sadly, it’s not only old houses that cause problems. The reality is that new homes built to current building code are also inadequate because New Zealand’s building standards lag far behind the rest of the developed world.

Traditional methods of construction have cold thermal bridges in the building envelope through their timber framing, and for insulation they only just meet the minimum requirements. They’re also heavily reliant on the installer doing it right and as they slump over time they lose their effectiveness.

Formance Structural Insulated Panels, or SIPs are a high-performing building material for the ultimate energy efficient home. Replacing the timber framing building envelope with Formance panels provides continuous insulation with near zero air leakage, creating a consistently warmer, drier and healthier indoor environment for the long term.

If you’re the kind of person who loves wearing shorts and a t-shirt around home regardless of the season then take a look at upgrading your building envelope to Formance. You will kiss goodbye to high power bills and enjoy four seasons of summer every year.

To learn more about energy efficient comfortable living, visit the Formance website, or contact us!