This report examines New Zealand’s new-build residential (stock) sustainability aspects as part of an ongoing BRANZ longitudinal study. The long-term objective is to assess, benchmark and track trends of the...
This study investigates three possible future scenarios to better understand the potential to reduce New Zealand’s carbon contributions from dwellings. The scenarios represent an increasingly proactive response to the climate...
Construction and demolition waste is mainly solid waste and typically includes packaging from new building materials as well as wood, plasterboard, metal, concrete and rubble resulting from construction, renovation and...
Product Description This study was designed to examine which physical and climatic parameters influence the amount and severity of summertime overheating in domestic buildings both in terms of time and...
Product Description This report discusses what influences there are on the generation of construction site waste. The research involved is part of a long-term effort to reduce the amount of...
Product Description The overall objective of this research was gain some understanding of the role that the design and tendering (procurement) processes have on the amount of material waste generated...
Product Description This report details the environmental impacts associated with the extraction, transportation and manufacture of cement in New Zealand using a methodology originating from a similar (but more detailed)...
The third report of an ongoing longitudinal study on key sustainability-related aspects concerning new New Zealand detached housing consented in the 2020 calendar year. It covers a range of core...
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...
Product Description This study was undertaken to understand the perceived and actual drivers and barriers to the uptake of rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling systems in the New Zealand context....
