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
Damp homes may cause asthma
Mould in New Zealand houses may be a cause of young children developing asthma, a new study has found. Read more.
Homestar V4 launched
Version 4 of the Homestar efficiency rating tool has been officially launched. Read more.
A sustainable Expo
Auckland Build Expo 2017, on 2–3 November, will have a lot of information about sustainable construction. Read more.
Recently added
- We’ve added a page about Passive ventilation fixtures to our Passive Design section and expanded the information about Hazards in our Site analysis section.
Sustainable Building Design in New Zealand #1
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Sustainable Building Design in New Zealand #2
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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 BU608 Building Life Cycle Assessment and BU609 Photovoltaic systems for dwellings.
- BRANZ has just released new editions of Plumbing, Electrical Design and Heating, Cooling and Ventilation in the Level series of books
- BRANZ has published Study Report SR372 Warm, dry, healthy? Insights from the 2015 House Condition Survey on the presence of insulation, ventilation, heating and mould in New Zealand houses. This 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