SUSTAINABLE HABITAT CHALLENGE 2009 RULES AND REGULATIONS

RULES AND REGULATIONSSHAC 09 Aims and Objectives

●To find and suggest better solutions that support practical and sustainable ways of living for New Zealanders right across the country. Innovation and creative thinking arevital to this process.●To encourage collaboration and working together - across departments within tertiaryinstitutions, between neighbours, between professionals and researchers and localcouncils. Good collaboration relies on effective communication and the sharing of knowledge broadly.●To learn from a cycle of thinking and then doing, and then thinking. There are greatopportunities here for students, lecturers, professionals and the community as a whole tobenefit from the project.

Registration Requirements

1.The Steering Group will select teams to continue with the Sustainable HabitatChallenge. Teams will be invited to continue on the basis of the following criteria:

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Conformity with entry requirements

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Fit with purpose of competition

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Feasibility of proposal plan, including funding plan

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A regional representation for the overall competition

The teams invited to take part will be known as “SHAC 09 Teams”

Each SHAC participating team (as selected by the Steering Group) who registeredby 21 May 2008 will be offered a stipend once an agreed contract has beensigned by both parties.

The SHAC stipend may be used for project management, organisation, designdevelopment, and any other operational expenses related to the project. Thefunds may not be used for capital expenses, including the purchase of anymaterials relating to the construction of the Sustainable Habitat Challengehouses.

Teams will have significant involvement by students and staff from tertiaryinstitutions. We encourage team members to come from tertiary institutions,local council and industry.

Rights of SHAC 09 Coordinators

SHAC coordinators reserve the right to make amendments to rules andregulations, and criteria. All teams will be notified of any amendments by emailand/or phone. All efforts will be made not to disadvantage teams withamendments.

Requirements for SHAC 09 Coordinators

SHAC 09 will organise the judging of Team Houses, Final Reports, andCommunications Campaigns.

SHAC 09 will organise prizes to be awarded at the SHAC Symposium.

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SHAC 09 will coordinate national sponsorships to offer benefits thatmay be of use to teams.

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SHAC 09 will liase with SHAC 09 Teams and Judges to provideclarification on Judging process and parameters.

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SHAC 09 will facilitate access to national experts and other teams,for example, with video conferences at some regional centres

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SHAC 09 will coordinate national publicity about the project anddirect media and sponsor attention to each project.

Requirements for SHAC Teams

13.Teams will produce a new or retrofitted more sustainable house ready for judgingby 1 November 2009.14.Team houses will be fitted out and furnished to illustrate the Team’s vision formore sustainable living.

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Teams will produce a report with arguments and simulations that show why theirhouse is an improvement over how we live today. Reports will include a sectionpertaining to each SHAC judging category.16.Teams will communicate widely about their vision for more sustainable living, howtheir house supports this, why the house is desirable, and how the design can besuccessfully used again.17.Teams will have significant tertiary involvement.18.Teams will fund the research, design, build and fit out of the sustainable homethrough their own fundraising efforts.

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SHAC 09 Coordinators as organisers, Ministry for the Environment as majorfunders and the Otago Polytechnic as initiators of SHAC 09 will not be held liablefor the funding of a SHAC Team.

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To be eligible and considered for final judging and prizes, a SHAC Team will needto submit all required material by set deadlines.

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Should any SHAC Team not submit required material by set deadlines, or opt outof the Challenge, they will still be required to participate in the SHAC 09Symposium in November 2009 (see further details of the SHAC 09 Symposiumbelow).22.Teams will coordinate local publicity about their part in the Sustainable HabitatChallenge

Intellectual Property

23.Teams will own the intellectual property in all material, processes, formulae,information and anything which results from the Project, and hereby:

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grant SHAC 09 and the Ministry of Environment a licence to use materials,and information published by teams or submitted to SHAC in order topromote and report on the project and sustainable building.

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You agree to state in each publication (in any form) which results from theProject that the use and copying of the information for non-profit purposesis welcomed and allowed.

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Liability/Insurance cover

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SHAC Teams will be expected to hold any relevant insurance coversrelated to their project, in particular Public Liability cover.

Communications with SHAC

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SHAC 09 Team communication with SHAC 09 Coordinators will befirst via email (tim@SHAC.org.nz) or phone to 0800 SHAC 09, andthere after by letter to Tim Bishop, SHAC 09 Coordinator

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Judges will not allowed to be contacted regarding SHAC 09 unless authorised bySHAC 09 coordinators.

Publicity and related materials

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Material developed by teams, including images, may be redistributed by SHAC 09and the Ministry for the Environment in order to promote and report on theSustainable Habitat Challenge.

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All teams will be required to develop and host a web presence. Reciprocal linkingwill be set up withwww.shac.org.nz

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Publicity issued by teams in relation to the competition will include the SHAC 09logo, which must be used without alteration or embellishment. Registered teamswill be provided with a branding guidelines and files.

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Premier Sponsors of SHAC 09 will need to be acknowledged in team publicity

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Pictures, videos, and other materials submitted to the SHAC organisers or theSHAC web site may be used to promote the Sustainable Habitat Challengeindefinitely.

SHAC 09 Criteria

32.Teams will be required to build a new home, or retrofit an existing one, usingsustainable materials and processes on a site determined by the team.33.Teams will need to stipulate in the registration process how the house will be usedonce finished.

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The home will be designed and developed to meet the climate and environmentalconditions in the team region. The home may be suitable for other regions aswell.35.The completed house will be rated using EECA’s Home Energy Rating Scheme(HERS).

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The completed house will at a minimum satisfy the Beacon’s High Standard of Sustainability™. Seehttp://www.beaconpathway.co.nz/Portals/5/Poster_HSS.pdf

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The team will compare the performance of their house with a reference house of their choice, and regional or national averages. Teams must convince the judgesthat occupants who would have lived in the reference house will prefer the Team’snew design.38.There is no limit on size of the house, and type of house. The house will respondto each teams confirmed brief and take into account sustainability in itsdevelopment and projections. Limiting factors to each team will be their ownfinancial ones, and those of site and time.

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