J Fung

The quantity of framing in New Zealand housing is often stated to be excessive compared to Australian housing. The study examines if and where timber quantities could be reduced and...

This is the first of two reports prepared during research into the life cycle of the housing stock and the opportunities for introducing sustainable features such as insulation and water-saving...

This report is on the life cycle cost (LCC) and ranking of common roof claddings used on New Zealand dwellings. Costs and rankings data is based on an Excel calculator...

This report examines the efficiencies involved in the use of standardised designs compared to one-off designs for new detached housing. The firm size structure of the house building industry is...

Thermal modelling was carried out for typical new houses to identify the conditions under which the higher than Code schedule method insulation levels are cost-effective in new housing.Generally, current Code...