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
Marlborough the latest to support solar PV
Marlborough District Council is the latest local body to support its ratepayers who want to install a solar PV system. Read more.
Rising sea levels bring big bills
A report by Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) looked at what rising sea levels could mean for infrastructure around our coastlines, including drinking water, wastewater and stormwater, roading and other infrastructure. Read more.
Updated ALF online tool to launch 19 February
Version 4.0 of the BRANZ online calculator ALF will be launched on 19 February. 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 topic include BU632 Planning for maintenance, BU630 Roof space ventilation and BU624 An introduction to WUFI.
- The BRANZ Factsheets for Passive solar design, Trombe walls and Photovoltaic (PV) design have just been updated for 2018.
- 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