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
Hutt adds building performance data to LIMs
Hutt City Council is adding building performance information to Land Information Memoranda. Read more.
Government plan to measure and cap embodied carbon in construction
Reducing carbon emissions from building is a key target of a new programme. Read more.
New insulation and glazing requirements on the horizon
The Government has announced a Building for Climate Change programme to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the construction and operation of buildings. 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 BU639 Domestic active fire protection, BU643 Energy efficiency in New Zealand houses and BU651 Climate change, net-zero carbon and the building industry.
- 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