SR323 Learnings from the BRANZ refurbishments (2019)

BRANZ refurbished a number of its building between August 2010 and March 2012. These refurbishments included construction of a new open-plan office building and a rebuild of the main administrative building.

This report is intended to capture some of the experience gained from assessing the impacts of the refurbishments from a resource use and service level provision point of view. This report reviews how energy and water use have altered since the refurbishments as well as how the indoor environments have changed.

Key to the success of any measures is the acceptance and attitudes of the building occupants. Therefore the project included an assessment of how the occupants found the refurbished buildings. This report discusses these survey results and documents the approach taken to provide information back to the building users on how the building is operating.