The passive house — New Zealand, is this the way of the future? GridFree founder Craig thinks so after our visiting to Steve's passive house NZ build. It all started with Steve's wife asking him, "Are we living our best life?" They moved to the Coromandel Peninsula to give it a crack. and even though he had never built a house before, the built a studio they are temporarily calling home, where he drafted the plans for his passive house, build inprogress.

Like most offgrid builds, grid power is not close and thus costprohibitive, which is why they opted to set up the GridFree Freedom Kit, providing them enough solar power to run all their appliances for comfortable living. Steve described the journey of offgrid living as both challenging and rewarding for his family even though they have to deal with the hardships of a rural winter, they love the silence of being in the land and the bush in their own sanctuary.

Power, water, and even groceries have become so convenient in modern life, but you don't have that luxury offgrid. "Let's do more with less," Steve said and it's what prompted his passive house design in NZ. This means walls that are superinsulated, with thermal bridgefree construction, highperformance windows, air tightness, and a heat recovery ventilation system.

Installing our solar kit, Steve said, "The most fun bit is how quickly and easily it all comes together. It works. It does what it says it will do." Are you ready to power your dreams of gridfree living? We are ready to empower your dreams into reality. We are the offgrid solar energy equipment supplier with a DIY attitude.

Learn more about Steve:

Build Good Architecture: Steve's Passive House Design Business:
https://buildgood.co.nz/

Build Good Architecture's Instagram:
  / buildgoodarchitecture  

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:04 Backstory
01:19 "The Studio"
01:51 Why did you choose to go solar?
02:05 What do you love most about this lifestyle?
02:55 The Freedom Kit
03:43 Challenges
04:22 Toilet/Shower
04:54 Rewarding moments
06:04 Passive House Build
07:21 What makes it a passive house?
09:24 GridFree Experience
09:49 Best parts of offgrid living



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