2011-07-04 10:34:18 // First Light – NZ Solar Decathlon
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Somewhere out there, making it’s way slowly but surely, are bits and pieces of a house that, when reassembled in the US, could earn its creators some pretty prestigious notoriety. In their latest blog, the First Light team detail the process involved in getting all the pieces of their house safely across to the US to participate in the US Department of Energy’s 2011 Solar Decathlon competition—not the easiest of feats when the NZ Building Code compliant house also has to meet US Building codes standards, just to gain entry into the US.
2011-07-04 09:21:55 // First Light – NZ Solar Decathlon
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Somewhere out there, making it’s way slowly but surely, are bits and pieces of a house that, when reassembled in the US, could earn its creators some pretty prestigious notoriety. In their latest blog, the First Light team detail the process involved in getting all the pieces of their house safely across to the US to participate in the US Department of Energy’s 2011 Solar Decathlon competition—not the easiest of feats when the NZ Building Code compliant house also has to meet US Building codes standards, just to gain entry into the US.
2011-06-17 16:03:38 // First Light – NZ Solar Decathlon
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Since the First Light team’s last blog for us, the house in Wellington’s Frank Kitts Park has been in the process of gradually being disassembled and packed up in preparation for its long journey to the US. But with rain making things a little dirty and numerous house parts to carefully label and organise, disassembling hasn’t been without its challenges.
2011-06-03 11:44:39 // First Light – NZ Solar Decathlon
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20,000 people. That’s how many curious faces passed through the Meridian First Light house in just 18 days when it recently made its public debut in Wellington’s Frank Kitts Park. In their latest blog, the team sum up the public reaction and discuss the numerous tests being conducted on the house as it gets set to be shipped to the US at the end of the month.
2011-04-01 10:14:35 // First Light – NZ Solar Decathlon
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With the skeletal frame of the First Light house complete, in their latest blog the team start to delve into the more technological side of things. There’s also a couple of very cool timelapse videos to give you more of a visual taster of the progress taking place.
2011-03-18 09:55:07 // First Light – NZ Solar Decathlon
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The First Light house is well and truly starting to take shape with the team describing the initial stages of construction in their latest blog. There’s also an awesome time lapse video that brings the process to life.
2011-03-04 14:58:34 // First Light – NZ Solar Decathlon
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Why use wool when building? Well, it's a renewable resource, it’s healthy, low in conductivity, non-allergic, fire resistant, environmentally friendly, safe to handle, absorbs gases and fumes, and is low in embodied energy. And that's just for starters. In their latest blog, the First Light team explain why they think wool is pretty much the best ever insulation to use when building a house.
2011-02-18 10:37:26 // First Light – NZ Solar Decathlon
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Small things can be quite complex. Like, for example, getting a delicate miniature model of an architecture project safely to the US for display. The First Light team explain.
2011-01-10 17:11:01 // First Light – NZ Solar Decathlon
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In their first blog entry of 2011, and in the year they’ll be competing in the US Solar Decathlon competition (the first Kiwi team to ever do so), Victoria University’s First Light team explain why they’re so excited about the development and use of solar technologies in building, and why its benefits extend far beyond simply environmental.
2010-11-09 14:40:31 // First Light – NZ Solar Decathlon
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In their latest blog, the Washington-bound First Light team give us the low-down on the passive solar design principles they’ll be utilising in the construction of their bach—a bach they say will use less than a third of the energy of a typical New Zealand home.
2010-10-11 15:36:59 // First Light – NZ Solar Decathlon
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The First LightNZ team started with a design created by Victoria of University architecture students Anna Farrow, Ben Jagersma, Nick Officer and Eli Nuttall. They were put together by their lecturer based on shared interests, and over the past year they’ve become a tight unit and good friends. But, as time has gone by, the team explains why four no longer cuts it.
2010-08-17 13:02:00 // Design Daily Team
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Remember Tamagotchi’s? Their cool factor may have reached its expiration date some time ago in the 90s, but the digital ‘pet’ device has been given a makeover by researchers at Victoria University, who have planted a living microorganism inside the toys. The novel twist hasn’t gone unrecognized either, with the device, called a Tardigotchi, winning first prize in the Digital Language category at the 2010 Electronic Language International Festival (FILE) in Brazil.
