BRANZ's investment of the Building Research Levy is guided by the information needs of the industry. BRANZ works with numerous industry groups to establish these needs, which are both long- and short-term in nature. Where there are significant information needs and no information is available, research is required.

While the evolution of the industry's needs is slow, the needs do change in response to changes in the business environment and as research is completed and new discoveries, opportunities and innovations emerge.

The 2011 agenda is subtly different from the 2010 agenda, in particular, with the introduction of a new priority topic - Automation, industrialisation and new technologies - and the inclusion of a chart that shows how the agenda is helping the industry to prepare for the critical uncertainties identified in the 2009 scenarios project Building the Future.

The continuing priority topics include materials performance, moisture in buildings, maintaining and improving the performance of existing buildings, informing sustainability choices, urban form, productivity and defining performance and practice.

• BRANZ Research and Information Agenda 2012 (PDF 1MB)
• BRANZ Research and Information Agenda 2011 (PDF 1MB)
• BRANZ Research and Information Agenda 2010 (PDF 546KB)
• BRANZ Research and Information Agenda 2009 (PDF 3.5MB)