GHG emission reduction strategies for new buildings

Theme 2 seeks to provide the science, knowledge and guidance for what future carbon consumption looks like and how we can cost effectively decarbonise the design and construction of new residential and non-residential buildings

Projects

Completed

Low impact buildings. 2017-2020. Contact zerocarbon@branz.co.nz. Outputs of this project include LCAPlay, CO₂RE, CO₂MPARE and SR479 Embodied carbon of New Zealand office and residential building services.
Carbon budget. 2017-2020. For more information see the fact sheet Zero-carbon built environment #1: A carbon budget for New Zealand houses (2020). Contact jarred.butler@branz.co.nz
Carbon budget model sensitivity. 2020-2021. For more information see ER63 Carbon budget of New Zealand Buildings: A sensitivity assessment (March 2021). Contact jarred.butler@branz.co.nz
Marginal abatement cost curves - scoping. 2020-2033. For more information see SR470 Marginal abatement cost curves for the built environment: Developing a methodology (2022). Contact daniel.duplessis@branz.co.nz

Ongoing

Bio-based materials - New Zealand wood fibre insulation - proof of concept. 2020- Contact zerocarbon@branz.co.nz
Designing low-carbon architecture in New Zealand - Scholarship: Emily Newmarch. 2020-. Contact zerocarbon@branz.co.nz
Marginal abatement cost curves (MACCs) - phase 2. 2020-. Contact daniel.duplessis@branz.co.nz

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Updated: 1 August 2024