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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.
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- Reducing Carbon: Where is it in a building?
Watch YouTube video - Reducing Carbon: House size and form
Watch YouTube video - Reducing Carbon: Solar design and the thermal envelope
Watch YouTube video - Reducing Carbon: Materials selection
Watch YouTube video - Reducing Carbon: Fixtures & Appliances
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Resources
- Recent BRANZ bulletins that cover Level topics include BU698 Residential mechanical ventilation systems, BU697 Safety in the construction industry, BU696 Seismically resilient design and BU694 Retrofitting wall insulation while replacing the linings in houses.
- BRANZ has published the reports SR502 Household Energy End-use Project 2: Report on summer comfort, cooling and indoor temperatures (preliminary analysis), ER99 Best practice urban form for emissions reduction. Carbon neutral neighbourhoods and ER98 Quantifying timber waste generated from construction and demolition sector in New Zealand.