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
Big overhaul for building laws
Consultations have opened on the biggest change to building laws in over a decade. Read more.
New standards for rental homes
Many rental properties will need heating, insulation and ventilation upgrades under the Government's new healthy homes standards. Read more.
House problems seen but not fixed
Just knowing that a house has safety, health or energy efficiency problems isn't enough for homeowners to take action, a study has found. Read more.
Recently added
- We’ve added a page about Maintenance and repairs to our Mains or rainwater 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 BU632 Planning for maintenance, BU630 Roof space ventilation, BU629 ALF 4.0 Building performance index calculator and BU624 An introduction to WUFI.
- BRANZ has published Study Report SR414 [2018] Heat pump performance. A PDF of 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