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Ethos Homes are experienced in delivering Certified Passive House and high performance homes

Ethos Homes are high performance home specialists and have delivered 7 Certified Passive Houses in Christchurch.
Peter Bielski, Director of Ethos Homes, is a passionate advocate for Passive House, who is constantly pushing to improve the construction process and create measurable results for his clients.

We know what it takes to design and build your home to perform for you. The signature of an Ethos home is airtight, well insulated, mechanically ventilated with thermally broken double or triple glazed recessed joinery. We measure the airtightness of the homes we build so you can be assured of its performance

Discover the benefits

Superior comfort

Superior comfort

Temperatures indoor remain at a stable and blissfully comfortable level all year round, with very little heating or cooling required. It's also wonderfully quiet and peaceful inside when the doors and windows are closed.

Improved health

Improved health

Mechanical ventilation ensures stale, humid or otherwise polluted indoor air is continuously replaced with fresh filtered air. The indoor levels of duct, pollen and excess moisture is reduced, especially great for people with asthma or hay fever.

Good for the planet

Good for the planet

Reduce your energy needs. A Certified Passive House uses about 90% less energy for heating and cooling compared to a house built-to-Code. High performance components and a great deal of care while building make for a very durable, long lasting home.

Live in a home where your family thrives

We founded Ethos homes to build better homes. We want our kids to grow up and buy or rent decent homes that are dry, warm and healthy. We don’t want to add to the problem of New Zealand’s poor quality housing. We want to be part of the solution- building homes where families thrive.

Certified Passive House

Ethos Homes are qualified Certified Passive House builders, and have built 7 Certified Passive House homes in Christchurch

Certified Passive House homes are independently verified to an international standard for incredibly energy efficient, healthy buildings. Temperatures indoors remain at a stable and blissfully comfortable level all year round, with very little heating or cooling required (90% savings on energy for heating and cooling are typical, compared to a built-to-Code house).

The indoor air quality is outstanding, with stale damp air constantly removed and replaced with filtered fresh air. Especially great for people with asthma or hayfever. More benefits of the Passive House approach: high-performance components and a great deal of care while building make for a very durable, long-lasting home. And it’s wonderfully quiet and peaceful inside when the doors and windows are closed.

High performance homes

Ethos Homes specialises in Passive House and high performance homes, we build beautiful bespoke homes that perform exceptionally

A high performance home or low energy build is one where the home is designed and built smart. The home layout will be orientated for correct solar gain and appropriate shading to prevent overheating. It will have a well insulated thermal envelope, with recessed, thermally broken windows. The home will be airtight with a mechanically ventilated heat recovery system. A high performance home will perform exceptionally, with superior air quality, and low energy bills.

Eco and superhome

All of Ethos Homes builds are super, our St Martins home is 8 Homestar certified

A Superhome is built above code, to between Homestar 6 and 10. Homestar is an independent measure of your home using a 10 star system, it evaluates health, energy, water, waste and the building materials used. A Superhome is a warm, healthy and resilient home that is inexpensive to run and has minimal impact on the environment.

Whats the Ethos difference

We started Ethos to help people like you, people like us, who want to live in a warm, dry, healthy home.

So how do you know you are getting what you paid for? We have assembled a dream team- an experienced Passive House designer, engineer and MVHR specialist. We also use local suppliers and sub-trades who have lots of experience with us on Passive House projects. Projects are energy modelled in design stage, and reviewed during construction. Blower door tests are used to measure airtightness. And Certification provides an independent, third-party review, it is the assurance that you get the home you paid for.
Ethos Homes are qualified, experienced and proven, we will deliver on the home you want.

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