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
RMA replacement scheduled for 2022
Three new laws replace the old Act. Read more.
NZ carbon budgets released
Big implications for construction. Read more.
EECA reviews hot water systems
Deadline for submissions is 1 March. Read more.
Window closing on weathertight claims
Less than 12 months to go. 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 BU654 Installation and maintenance of solid fuel appliances, BU655 Building blocks for new-build net-zero carbon houses, BU656 Designing to avoid houses overheating, BU657 Designing water-efficient houses and Bulletin 659 Upgrading the thermal performance of timber windows
- BRANZ has published the report ER53 Measuring the extent of thermal bridging in external timber-framed walls in New Zealand (August 2020). 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.