Excellence in Sustainability Award Winner- Bader Ventura Passivhaus
On Friday 1st December the 2023 Auckland Property People Awards hosted over 330 guests at The Hilton for a fantastic gala dinner. The Property People Awards are an annual awards programme hosted by Property Council New Zealand and delivered across the country in Auckland, Central, Wellington and the South Island regions. The awards celebrate and recognise the people behind some of Auckland’s most innovative and inspiring projects. This year had a record 38 nominations across nine categories.
Winning The C3 Construction Excellence in Sustainability Award was the Bader Ventura Passivhaus Team, consisting of Kāinga Ora Homes and Communities, Peddlethorp Architects, Precision Construction, Oculus Engineering, Kirk Roberts Consulting and 2PIR Consulting, who were presented this prestigious award.
One of the judges Andrew Evans remarked, “New Zealand should be proud to have a social housing provider that has stepped up to address the pillars of sustainability, climate, social and financial challenges. Beyond the project, the Bader Ventura Team has created something that can be benchmarked, learned from and further integrated into future housing projects”.
About Bader Ventura
A benchmark in residential development, the 18-unit Bader Ventura project is the first Kāinga Ora home to achieve the new Homestar v4 Standard 7-star rating and the first to achieve the Passive House Standard. The Bader Ventura Passivhaus Team, which included Kāinga Ora Homes and Communities, Peddlethorp Architects, Precision Construction, Oculus Engineering, Kirk Roberts Consulting and 2PIR Consulting, showed a high-level of commitment, skill and training to bring such a design to life.
New Zealand should be proud to have a social housing provider that has stepped up to address the pillars of sustainability, climate, social and financial challenges. Beyond the project, the Bader Ventura Team has created something that can be benchmarked, learned from and further enhanced in future.
Congratulations to everyone involved in the awards for 2023.
