SR286 Physical characteristics of new houses 2012 (2019)

This is the second of a series of reports on the physical characteristics of new housing. The data was obtained from BRANZ surveys to builders of new detached houses.

The purpose of the surveys is to obtain data on new housing that is not available from official sources. This includes generic types of materials used by building component, and design information such as number of floors, wind zones, envelope risk matrix scores, stud arrangements, prefabrication and efficiency measures.

The data is useful for studies in the fields of sustainability, energy efficiency, durability and engineering.

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