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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

Kāinga Ora testing solar panels

1,000 home target by 2024. Read more.

High performance details published

PHINZ construction details. Read more.

Appliance efficiency plan released

5-year government programme. Read more.

NZ sea rise tool launched

Local projections available. Read more.

Draft adaptation plan out

Coping with climate change. Read more.

Recently added

We’ve added a page about a carbon budget for New Zealand houses to our Climate change section.
Reducing Carbon: Where is it in a building?
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Reducing Carbon: House size and form
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Reducing Carbon: Solar design and the thermal envelope
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Reducing Carbon: Materials selection
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Reducing Carbon: Fixtures & Appliances
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Resources

Recent BRANZ bulletins that cover Level topics include BU665 Residential greywater systems, BU667 Earth buildings, BU668 Complying with H1 – Housing and buildings up to 300 metres², BU669 Tools for measuring carbon in new-build houses, BU 670 Specifying windows and doors under H1 and BU671 Reducing construction and demolition waste.

BRANZ has published the report ER70 PHINZ High-performance construction details handbook (2022).

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.