Product Description Climate change presents one of the greatest challenges facing the world today. The built environment has a core part to play in how, as a society, we adapt...
BRANZ, with industry and research partners, has developed the New Zealand whole-building whole-of-life framework, which aims to provide resources to facilitate more consistent use of life cycle assessment (LCA) applied...
BRANZ, with industry and research partners, has developed the New Zealand wholebuilding whole-of-life framework, which aims to provide resources to facilitate more consistent use of life cycle assessment (LCA) applied...
BRANZ, with industry and research partners, has developed the New Zealand whole-building whole-of-life framework, which aims to provide resources to facilitate more consistent use of life cycle assessment (LCA) applied...
Heat pumps started to become popular in the mid-2000s, and around 38% of homes had a heat pump by 2015. Heat pump technology has been promoted as being highly energy...
This is the second of a series of three BRANZ study reports prepared on the upgrading of Wellington City Council’s four low-rise Kotuku Apartments, located in the suburb of Kilbirnie,...
This pilot study provides a proof of concept for effectively and robustly selecting and examining a variety of recently consented dwellings reflective of new New Zealand housing. The project is...
A previous BRANZ study of 160 heat pumps around New Zealand has revealed that heat pumps are used quite differently from traditional heaters. Their energy use in actual operation is...