Ben Anderson

Affordable comfort - how hard can it be?
By
Vicki White Vicki White
Energy hardship affects hundreds of thousands of households in Aotearoa New Zealand. Underheated homes, avoidable ill health and financial stress associated with energy bills are a harsh reality of winter for many. A BRANZ research project is providing insights that support change.
Affordable comfort - how hard can it be?
image of the front page of HEEP2: Report on summer comfort, cooling and indoor temperatures (preliminary analysis), contains image of a small house facade on a grassy feild during sundown
Research Report

SR502 HEEP2: Report on summer comfort, cooling and indoor temperatures (preliminary analysis)

Product Description The Household Energy End-use Project 2 (HEEP2) is a comprehensive national study of energy use and conditions in New Zealand homes designed to replicate the earlier HEEP study...
  • Thermal performance
Free
image of the front page of Household Energy End-use Project 2 Report on winter comfort, heating and indoor temperatures (preliminary analysis), contains image of multiple sets of feat with socks on
Research Report

SR495 Household Energy End-use Project 2 Report on winter comfort, heating and indoor temperatures (preliminary analysis)

Product Description The Household Energy End-use Project 2 (HEEP2) is a comprehensive national study of energy use and conditions in New Zealand homes designed to replicate the earlier HEEP1 study...
  • Energy efficiency
Free