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
Fined for unsafe asbestos removal
A Christchurch builder was fined for unsafe asbestos removal, the first court case under the new regulations. Read more.
EECA’s measures for improving household energy efficiency to 2022
EECA has defined specific measures to assess progress towards greater energy efficiency in our housing stock over the next four years. Read more.
Home solar installations bigger
There has been a big jump in the capacity of home solar systems being installed. Read more.
Better-than-Code KiwiBuild houses would deliver big savings
A new report finds benefits of $331m if KiwiBuild houses are built to achieve a Homestar 6 rating. 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 BU629 ALF 4.0 Building Performance Index Calculator, BU620 Managing wind effects around buildings and BU618 Acoustic design principles.
- The BRANZ Factsheets for Passive solar design, Trombe walls and Photovoltaic (PV) design have just been updated for 2018.
- BRANZ has published Study Report SR403 [2018] The built environment and climate change: A review of research, challenges and the future. 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