SR342 Measuring our sustainability progress: Benchmarking New Zealand's new detached residential housing stock (2015)

The building and construction sector plays a vital role in terms of New Zealand's sustainable development. Where New Zealand stands as a nation in terms of new-build residential sustainability is unknown. This report addresses that by:

• advancing previous foundational work carried out in New Zealand, mainly by Beacon Pathway
• concentrating on existing reporting of environmental, economic and social-related information where possible
• accounting for the last 10+ years of development in terms of international building indicator work
• providing actual results for a set of core indicators, effectively providing a Year Zero benchmark to which future results can be compared.

See the BRANZ Research Now for a short and accessible summary of this report