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
Solar panels and the review of electricity distribution prices
Potential changes in how distribution of electricity is priced could affect households with solar panels and electric vehicles. Read more.
New WHO housing guidelines coming
The World Health Organisation’s new Housing and Health Guidelines are being launched in late February. Read more.
NZGBC launches rating for existing homes
HomeFit assesses the health, comfort, energy efficiency and safety of New Zealand homes. 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