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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
BRANZ: mechanically ventilate all new homes
BRANZ proposes new homes be built to an airtightness target and mechanically ventilated. Read more.
Hot water cylinders fail tests
Six out of 12 electric hot water cylinders failed energy efficiency testing. Read more.
Research points way to warmer walls
Two newly published research papers look at thermal performance in house walls. 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