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Editorial [Tim Bishop]
Sustainable Habitat Challenge 2009 [Tim Bishop]
SHAC Team Designs - 2009 [Sustainable Habitat Challenge Teams]
Logics of Sustainability [Allanah Ryan]
Papakowhai Renovation project, Porirua [Lois Easton, Beacon Pathway]
Little Greenie [Verney Ryan]
Advice for Best Practice Building Teams [Sustainable Habitat Challenge Teams]
The UK Code for Sustainable Homes [Mark Brinkley, Homebuilding.co.uk]
cement stabiliser in earthen bricks - myth or necessity? [Claire Benge, Graeme North, Marion Bridge]
Events and Updates [Staff]

Editorial [Paul Young]
Marine Energy In New Zealand [Craig Stevens p3]
New Zealand’s “Blue Energy” Opportunity [Chris Turver p6]
Marine Energy: Clean and Green? [Liz Slooten p7]
UK Stakeholder Acceptability of Marine Energy [Carly McLachlan p8]
The UK: Leading the Way into the Water [Paul Young p10]
Marine Energy News Snippets [Staff p12]
We Recommend: Books/Documentaries/Websites [Staff p13]

Editorial [Inga Smith]
Global climate change and New Zealand forests [Bianca Sawyer] p3
The effect of climate change on forests within New Zealand [Peter Gibson] p5
Forests, climate change and New Zealand [Ailie Sutherland] p7
New Zealand's forests and the Kyoto Protocol [Laura Heyl] p9
Global climate change and forests [Matthew Robinson] p12
A carbon offsetting forest for international air travel to and from New Zealand [Inga J. Smith and Craig J. Rodger] p15
Undermining New Zealand's clean, green image [Kevin Hackwell] p16
Woody biomass for thermal energy in New Zealand [Lloyd McGinty] p17
The power of the myth [Susan Krumdieck] p19
Renewable energy alternatives for campus heating [Hans Pietsch] p20
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation [Staff Reporter] p21
Forests, energy, and climate change NGOs [Staff reporter] p22
Forests, energy, and climate change industry associations [Staff reporter] p23
Forests and the NZ ETS [Staff Reporter] p23
Forests, energy, and climate change news snippets [Staff Reporter] p24
Recommended Books, Documentaries and Websites p26

Editorial [Brian McCammon]
When the Oil is Gone: A Future Vision For Rail [Jamie Kete] p3
The role of rail in a sustainable transport system for New Zealand [Paul McGimpsey] p6
Rail as a sustainable mode of transport [Dr Murray King] p9
How “Green” are our Trains? [Brian Beer] p11
Costs of “Sustainable” Railway Traction Options [Chris Newman] p16
Steam Traction for Rail Transport? [Chris Newman] p20

Evaluating infrastructure in New Zealand [by Solis Norton, Otago Energy Research Centre]
The collapse of complex societies: the role of growth [by Bob Lloyd]
Infrastructure for international transport and the New Zealand economy [by Inga J. Smith, Craig J. Rodger, and Vincent G. N. Revol]
High‐Performance Windows Help Realise the Zero‐Emission Home [by Peter Lyons]
CSIRO Australian Zero‐Emission House Project [AuSES]
Little Greenie [by Tim Bishop]
Dunedin’s Energy Infrastructure [by D.H. Tucker]

EcoInnovation course on smallscale renewable energy systems, [by Solis Norton], Page 5
Hydro Power news snippets, [By Staff reporter] Page 6-7
Hydro power industry associations, [By Staff reporter] Page 7
Solar Action Executive Submission on the draft National Policy Statement for Renewable Electricity Generation [By Staff reporter], Page 8
Waitati energy workshop, Page 9
Deep Cove Hostel hydro power system [By Inga Smith], Page 11
New Zealand's braided rivers ‐ globally rare, and threatened by dams [By Sarah Mager], Page 10
How renewable is hydro? [Opinion Piece by Debs Martin] Page 13
New Zealand’s 1990‐2006 Greenhouse Gas Inventory [By Staff reporter] Page 13
New Zealand Policy Statement on Renewable Energy [By Staff reporter] Page 13
Climate change select committee [By Staff reporter] Page 15
Radio New Zealand National's Election Debate on the Environment [By Staff reporter] Page 15
Hydro power NGOs [By Staff reporter] Page 16
Current and future hydro power projects in New Zealand [By Staff reporter] Page 17
Micro Hydro [By Murray Grimwood] Page 19
We recommend [By Staff reporter] Page 20- 21

The Need For New Electricity Generation – The Role Of Demand, By Nigel Isaacs Page 4
Food, Energy and Sustainability in Waitati, Transition Town, By Scott Willis Page 6
Overshoot, By Will Catton Page 7-8
The Green Boom, By Kirk Serpes Page 9
New Era for Housing, By Maria Callau Page 10
Micro Wind Gathers Momentum, By Nexus Page 10
Energy Politics, By Frank Ansell Page 11
EECA/SIA solar water heating workshops, By Staff Reporter Page 12
New Zealand’s 1990-2006 Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Staff Reporter Page 13
New Zealand Policy Statement on Renewable Energy, By Staff Reporter Page 13
New Zealand Carbon Emissions, From the NZ Home Energy Web, nzhew.co.nz Page 14
The NZ Transport Strategy 2008, Policy Statement, and Transport Agency, Staff Reporter Page 15
Solar Action Recommends — Books, Events, and Websites, By Staff Reporter Page 15
Energy and Living Community Groups, By Staff Reporter Page 16
Energy into the Future – Maintaining our Quality of Life, By Mike O’Connell Page 16
Firewood Forever, By Molly Melhuish Page 18

PV Editorial By Paul Young
Solar Action activities March to June 2008, By Solar Action Executive
Photovoltaics: the basics, By Thomas le Bris
EECA and SIA solar water heater installation forum, By Staff reporter
Subsidies for Photovoltaics in Australia, By Staff reporter
ECO Conference 2008 - "Sustainable New Zealand – Rhetoric or Reality?", By Staff reporter
Budget 2008 - Increase in solar water heating grants, By Staff reporter
Living with a small carbon footprint, By Leo Knight
Solartaxi, By Al Parker
Battery systems and photovoltaics: how long should they last?, By Staff reporter
NZ PV research, By Keith Gordon
Reflections on Hands-on Photovoltaics, By Murray Grimwood
Industry association: SEANZ, By Staff reporter
Photovoltaics in Pacific Island Countries, By Thomas le Bris
We recommend - books/documentaries/websites, By Solar Action
Photovoltaics News Snippets, By Staff Reporter
How to joint Solar Action

Energy & Food Editorial 2
Solar Action activities December 2007 to February 2008 3
Non renewable subsidies 4
The Government's "Sustainability Challenge" and food 5
Food related news snippets 2008 6
Population related news snippets 2008 7-8
Electricity Use in New Zealand Agriculture 8
Vegan vs Vegetarian vs Omnivorous Diets - what are the
energy and climate implications? 9-10
What are the carbon emissions associated with food
consumption in New Zealand? 10
Food Miles 11
Raw Food 11
Challenge of sustainable Food & Energy in developing countries - Big words and small change 12-13
Fridges and the history of food preservation 13
PCM Technology for saving energy and improving indoor thermal comfort 14-15
Draft Government Policies Open for Submissions December 2007 to February 2008 15
We recommend 16-17
How to joint Solar Action Page 17
Have your say & Next Issues Page 20
Solar Water Heating 18-19

Editorial—Wind power in New Zealand (By Inga Smith) 2
Solar Action activities September to November 2007 (By Solar Action Exec) 3
Current and future wind power projects in New Zealand (By Staff Reporter) 4-6
Solar Action media release on the Government's final New Zealand Energy Strategy and New Zealand
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy (By Staff Reporter) 6
What do local people think of proposed wind farms? (By Jessica Graham) 7
The Integration of Wind Turbines in the Built Environment (By Lloyd McGinty) 8-10
The Answer to Our Energy Needs? It’s Blowing in the Wind—Opinion Piece (By Sheralee MacDonald -Windflow) 10
Wind news snippets April 2007 to November 2007 (By Staff Reporter) 11
Powerhouse Wind and small wind turbines (By Bill Currie) 12
Release of the Government's New Zealand Energy Strategy and New Zealand Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy (By Staff Reporter) 12
The Solar Action Executive Submission on the Building Code Review 2007 Consultation (By Solar Action Exec) 13-14
Draft Government Policies Open for Submissions—September to November 2007 (By Staff Reporter) 15

Climate Change Editorial 1
Solar Action activities June to September 2007 2
Climate Change 2007 - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change 4th Assessment Report 4-5
Environmental Governance and State Autonomy in a Changing Climate - Opinion Piece on the 42nd University of Otago Foreign Policy School 6
NZ's greenhouse gas emissions profile 7
New Zealand's rural communities 7
“Land use change" and Kyoto 8
Transport and tourism 8-9
The Effects of Global Climate Change on the Cryosphere of the Southern Hemisphere 10
Climate Change and the Cryosphere 11
Implications of Global Climate Change for the Cryosphere of the Southern Hemisphere: Antarctica and New Zealand 12
The Cryosphere, Antarctica and Climate Change 13
Climate Change Mitigation and Developing Countries: Role of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Carbon Financing 14
Food miles and the New Zealand economy 15
Solar Action Climate Change Submissions 16-17
Sustainability at the 2006 International Science Festival 17
Advice on how to achieve an energy efficient house 18
Climate change NGOs 19
Updates 20
Climate change news snippets 21
Solar Action financial accounts 22

Editorial 2
Solar Action Activities 3
Getting Around—A Community Based Project to Reduce Household Vehicle Kilometres Travelled 4
Transport NGOs in NZ 5
Towards a Sustainable Transport System for the Wakatipu Basin 6
Ride sharing 7
Demise of a passenger rail service: the Southerner 8
Biofuels in NZ 9
Transport News Snippets 10
Why your car will never sail on the Wind 10
International Bioethanol Markets – Successes and Challenges 11
Car collectives 12
Biofuels and species extinction 13
Incentives for hybrid cars in the USA 13
Integrated land and transport planning - Towards a more sustainable
transportation system in New Zealand 14/15
Transport commuting in selected cities 16
Solar Action Submission on the drafts Energy Strategies 17/19
NZ Government Budget 2007 20
We recommend 21
A sustainable transport paradigm for New Zealand 22-23
Climate Change and Wind Power 24

Sustainability in the Build environment—Maria Callau & Tim Bishop Page 2
Solar Action submission to DCC on the their draft Heritage Strategy—Staff reporter Page 3
Timber houses – some ways to improve sustainability and comfort—By Frances Robinson Page 4-6
Sustainable Homes in New Zealand—By Tim Bishop and Maria Callau Page 6
Sustainable Business Network Helps Businesses Meet Future Challenges—By Joss Debreceny Page 7
Fuel Poverty in NZ—By Bob Lloyd Page 8-9
Kiwis and their cold comfort —By Maria Callau Page 9
Domestic Hot Water Heat Pumps – the Ins and Outs—By Sam Thomas Page 10
Electricity Resources—By David W. King Page 12
Upgrading of older buildings in the UK—From BRE Page 13
Retrofitting State Houses to improve Energy Efficiency—By Maria Callau Page 14-15
Energy efficiency ratings for houses—By Inga Smith Page 16
National Energy Research Institute founded at University of Otago—Press Release Page 17
Seminar on Solar Water Heating—By Jessica Winter and Greg McDowell Page 18
Solar Water Heating in NZ—By Jeanette Fitzsimons Page 19
Update—Solar Water Heating Page 19
Budget 2006—Response from the Minister of Energy Page 20-21

Solar Water Heating—The Basics 3
Solar Industry Association—The SIA 5
AS/NZS standards regarding Solar Water Heating Systems 5
The Government is busy on two fronts with Solar Water Heating 6
Performance of Solar Water Heaters—Why is it important as part of the EECA strategy? 7
Sustainable House Day 2006 Report 8
Solar Water Heating—New Zealand discussion paper 9
Solar Water Heating in New Zealand—Summary of talks at the Solar 2005 Conference 10
Controllers on Solar Water Heaters in New Zealand 11
Updates on previous issues 12
Anatomy of a Solar Collector 14
Solar Action activities—August to October 2006 16
Solar Water Heating—The situation in the UK 17
Energy News—August to October 2006 18
Government initiatives & Responses 21
Independent advice—Where can you get it? 22
Solar 2006 Conference 23

Is New Zealand a developing Country? 2
12 June snow storm impact on Canterbury communities 3
SOPAC Pacific Regional Wind Energy Education Workshop November 2005 3
Coconuts—A solution to Samoa’s dependence on oil 4
Niue’s June power crisis 5
Budget 2006—What are the energy implications? 5
Oil Depletion and the Pacific Island Countries—S.Suliana—Fiji 6-7
Making it real: Sustainable Architecture in South America 8-9
Wind Power in South America 10-11
Solar Action activities—March to July 2006 12
Current energy research into distributed generation and energy supply in remote New Zealand communities 13
SOE Insanity? - Why couldn't Meridian’s dividend go on renewable energy? 13
Update on Solar Action’s Logo Competition 14
Solar water heating—flung into a bureaucratic blackhole? 14
The potential for Renewable-based Hydrogen Economies in remote island locations 15
Energy News—March to July 2006 16
News on Sustainable House Day 2006 18
Antartic bases and energy needs 19
Have your say 20

A new focus... 1
Who are we? 2
Report on ANZSES Annual Conference Solar 2005 4
Have some respect for Energy 4
Timers on water heaters 5
Financial Situation in ANZSES / Information for members 6
Solar Action Membership 6
Solar Action Logo Competition Brief / Conferences 7
Importance of weather data files supplied by NIWA web 8-9
CDs from Solar 2005 Conference available 9
What can the German experience teach Australia and NZ? 10
Solar 2005 Dunedin 11
Sustainable House Day — 2006 11
Have your say — Membership form 12