Welcome to Level, the authority on sustainable building.
Level will help you design and build homes which have less impact on the environment and are healthier, more comfortable, and have lower running costs.
What's new
Government agencies to be carbon neutral
Buildings will play a key role. Read more.
Homestar v5 in development
Rating tool being upgraded. Read more.
November Building Code updates
Changes include two new Acceptable Solutions. Read more.
NZS 3604 upgrade underway
The revision lifts building efficiency. Read more.
Recently added
- We’ve added a page about a carbon budget for New Zealand houses to our Climate change section.
Sustainable Building Design in New Zealand #1
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Sustainable Building Design in New Zealand #2
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Sustainable Building Design in New Zealand #3
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ScienceTalk: Improving NZ homes for heating
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Maintenance Schedules
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Resources
- Recent BRANZ bulletins that cover Level topics include BU643 Energy efficiency in New Zealand houses, BU651 Climate change, net-zero carbon and the building industry and BU654 Installation and maintenance of solid fuel appliances and BU655 Building blocks for new-build net-zero carbon houses.
- BRANZ has published Study Report SR418 (2020) New Zealand whole-building whole-of-life framework: LCAQuick v3.4. A PDF is available for free download here
- To buy any BRANZ publication, see www.branz.co.nz or ph 0800 80 80 85 (press 2).
- BRANZ Find is a free digital search tool covering a wide range of New Zealand building information from BRANZ, Standards New Zealand, MBIE and others. www.branzfind.co.nz