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
Stark news in climate report
What our industry can do. Read more.
Boom in renewables
Clean electricity surge. Read more.
Building Code compliance changes
MBIE sets update priorities. Read more.
Planning for floods, rising seas
Funding is a critical issue. Read more.
New homes getting smaller
10% smaller in a year. Read more.
Recently added
- 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 BU677 Specifying roofs under H1, BU676 Complying with H1 - housing, and buildings up to 300 m2, BU679 Introduction to calculating whole-of-life carbon footprints of houses, and BU680 Insulating glass units.
- BRANZ has published the report ER76 Digital enablement of businesses, government agencies and consumers to make green building product purchases (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.