Hello and welcome to my new temporary web site.  This has been set up in a bit of a hurry particularly for those who came to the Home Show and may be trying to find me.  I have used a Telecom template so please forgive any irrelevant or odd images, I will deal with those when I can.

At present, this web site is still very much under construction. I will be adding text and images over the coming days and weeks, so please bookmark this site and come back for another look.  What I am intending to provide along with the photos of projects similar to what you might see on any architectural web site is a large section of links to products, systems and particularly suppliers with my recommendations on how they are best suited to be used, plus all of my energy efficient design philosophies that I have been developing over the years.

Again these theories are under development and I imagine that this development will continue for as long as I continue to practise, but incorporating energy efficiency into house design is something that I believe needs to be done without compromising any of the other aspects of the home, or the site that you have chosen.

Environmentally sustainable building has become an enormous buzz word (or term) in the building industry and nobody has picked it up faster than the marketing people.  However I see daily that there is a situation arising where the building public's desire to create a more sustainable home is being used by marketing people to justify spending greater sums of money on adding on products to your home.

My message in this regard is simple - you can build an energy efficient home for the same cost as an ordinary house and done correctly this may even allow you to pay off your mortgage in half of the time - I will show you some examples.

In the meantime if you have any questions you can reach me at (03) 337-1713 or on mobile at 027 227 7637. You can also contact me at my e-mail address: dean@dbarc.co.nz