Beacon’s Facing newsletter is out for October

Read all about:
- Beacon neighbourhoods tool has been used to help assess the sustainability of Hobsonville Point’s Buckley Precinct
- Winner of the Breathe competition to design an inner city medium density neighbourhood for Christchurch announced
- Turning Build Back Smarter into a service - Seeking a Service manager
- Ngāti Whātua Nga Rima o Kaipara houses moved onto Kaipara College site to become a demonstration of how to retrofit houses to be warmer, drier and cost less to run
- New Category of Home project: construction of a Hobsonville duplex using Warmframe technology and off-site construction underway
- Study tour opportunities in 2014: Germany and Sweden (off-site construction and renewable energy in cities); Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle and Portland (medium density development)
- Building a Better New Zealand conference Auckland 2014 - sponsorship and exhibition opportunities
- Simple things can make a difference: Lois Easton’s CEN conference presentation