Passive House Conference 2024 Trade Suppliers

Our 50 years of market leadership has been rooted in a dedication to high-quality products backed by exceptional service.

You can clearly see that innovative mindset in our award-winning Centre of Innovation in Hamilton, a showpiece of cutting-edge APL technology. This dedicated research, development and testing facility is a “test-bed” for new technology and ensures that our window systems are designed and tested to conform to the toughest New Zealand standards.

Fantech was founded in 1973 and has since been at the forefront of fan engineering and acoustic control technologies. It continues to focus on the implementation of new products for virtually every commercial, residential and industrial ventilation requirement with an emphasis on reliability and energy efficiency, our Zehnder partnership aligns and provides leading solutions for MVHR to our residential markets.

New Zealand’s PREMIER Fully Insulated Concrete Slabs

New Zealand made, build a healthy and more cost effective home with a MAXRaft design.

Fully Insulated MAXRaft® slabs are designed specifically to increase the performance of your home from the foundation up.

There is no better way to start the construction the process.

Prefabrication and offsite construction increase construction performance.

Quality, productivity, and speed can be achieved at lower cost in a controlled environment – the factory. Large prefabricated elements are shipped to site for efficient assembly by small teams.

Offsite construction moves most of the design and trade coordination from the traditional to the virtual construction site. Virtual builders create and optimise models for factory production and on-site assembly, taking architectural and engineering 
3D BIM modelling well beyond their current use: in this digitally integrated way of building, models communicate with machines.

Like the traditional builder, we -the virtual builder- translate design information into factory and construction site ready information, ensuring ease of manufacture in the factory and genuine build-ability and efficiency on site.

Precision planning enables the seamless evolution of your project concept into an optimised design for manufacture, and eventually a highly efficient build. 
Precision planning engages Lean Manufacturing and Lean Construction principles. Precision planning increases quality and productivity while adding certainty.
Precision planning lifts customer satisfaction.

Offsite Design has been created with the purpose to be the best precision planner and virtual builder (DigiBuildTM) for prefabricated timber buildings in New Zealand.

No matter whether you are a fabricator, builder, contractor, designer or developer we can help improve your project to suit your business needs.

Product Workshop Details

Off-site manufacture and Passive House – a perfect match

Learn why Passive House and off-site manufacture (OSM) are the perfect match, and how DigiBuild™ (www.digibuild.nz) supports project teams and in particular builders, to deliver both. Hear about what matters when designing for prefabrication, where opportunities can be found, and get to see examples of off-site manufactured (high performance) builds.

Speaker Bio

Johann Betz is Founder and Director of Offsite Design Ltd (www.offsitedesign.co.nz), a consultancy supporting the design, manufacture, and construction of prefabricated and high performance timber buildings.

Johann has a degree in prefabrication and timber engineering aimed at the German prefab housing industry. He also holds a Masters of Engineering in Wood Technology focusing on the industrial engineering of off-site manufacturing operations. Johann is also a NZ qualified Passive House Consultant.

In New Zealand Johann has worked with numerous prefabricators and contractors, from start-ups to the largest prefabricators and (mass timber) contractors. Current and former clients include Redstag Timberlab, Woodspan, Naylor Love, Hawkins, CleverCore, Concision (now called Innofab), Nelson Pine Industries, Ecopanel and many more.

Johann is a founding member of PrefabNZ (now called OffsiteNZ) and currently serving his second term as member of the board.

Name and contact details

Johann Betz

johann@offsitedesign.co.nz

www.offsitedesign.co.nz

www.digibuild.nz

pro clima is focused on health. Operating across the globe in more than 40 countries, pro clima enables healthy living conditions by protecting building structures from external and internal moisture damage. Our extensive range of high-performance weathertightness and airtightness systems help to create draught-free, long lasting and low allergen emitting surroundings for families, schools and businesses.

Rothoblaas, a global company from the Italian Alps, is a leading creator of high technology solutions for the heavy and mass timber, energy efficient, net zero and other better building practice sectors.

The Rothoblaas range of products covers fasteners and connectors, building envelope and acoustic solutions, worker safety and tools.

By utilizing Rothoblaas standardized components, design professionals create economies of scale and cost-effective processes resulting in less labor costs, reduced energy usage plus safe and efficiently built buildings. With innovation at its core, Rothoblaas and its partners push the boundaries on all stages of the design and construction process.

STÄRKE are NZ’s leading manufacturer of uPVC windows and doors. The STÄRKE Ambiance uPVC Inline Window System has exceptional thermal, airtightness and sound performance, making it easy to create high-performance homes that are warmer, drier and healthier.

StrawSIP panels are an innovative, high performance straw-timber system that allows for affordable and efficient construction of warm, dry and healthy homes. They provide exceptional insulation, airtightness, breathability and air quality to any home as well as being one of the most sustainable and healthy building methods available.

Since 1999, Terra Lana has innovated with NZ strong wool, driving sustainability in construction through circular design and local manufacturing.

Todays Building Solutions is a small independent company that likes to excel.

We love competing with the big box Retail in the construction supply chain and we stand out because of our service & knowledge of the Insulation & Passive House materials being used in Todays construction methods.

Based in Dunedin, were currently supplying Materials over the entire South Island and now quoting projects in the Nth island also, with Steico Wood Fibre.

TBS offers a wide range of installation training for the builders also, including the Pro Clima range of products as well as Steico Wood Fibre & Kingspan Board Insulation products.

So we’re not just a sales company. We back it up with Knowledge & Help for our clients

Weathershield’s philosophy is to supply quality Windows and Doors at competitive prices with attention to detail coupled with great customer service.

Weathershield Windows & Doors was founded by Anthony Pinion in 2015. Anthony has a background in mechanical and electrical engineering. Born in Christchurch, he has spent the last 25 years developing these skills whilst based in the UK. In 1999 he started working as a machinery specialist in the window industry. In this time he supplied reconditioned European machinery to the manufacturing sectors of uPVC, Aluminium and Glass related Window and Door products. He successfully set up and maintained at least 30 manufacturing facilities throughout England, with one also in Poland and Kenya.