Previous webinars

It’s increasingly important to design water supply and stormwater systems that meet building users’ needs and use water, energy and materials efficiently.

This webinar dives into:

• key considerations for water supply systems, stormwater systems and water re-use. 
• emerging trends and common issues with water supply and stormwater systems – gain practical guidance on how they can be addressed.
• opportunities for water re-use including retention versus detention, fixtures that can use grey water, rainwater for potable use and types of tanks.

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This webinar offers valuable insights into the key pitfalls and common challenges faced when developing plans that comply with the Building Code – G13 Foul water. By understanding essential design principles and pipework requirements, you can confidently navigate the increased demands on architects and designers.

Design correctly from the outset to save time, reduce costs, and prevent future issues

• Pitfalls revealed – we share top tips for getting drainage plans right the first time after canvassing hundreds of requests for further information (RFI) from building consent authorities across Aotearoa. 
• Essentials refresher – practical guidance on designing safe and compliant systems that have an efficient layout, with minimal impact on the building structure

Analyse the issue of cost in the carbon vs cost section, and how it intersects with carbon thresholds and reporting.

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Identify the key outputs/learnings from the Carbon Assessment Trials.

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• Understand Government carbon reporting requirements

• Learn how carbon assessments can aid decision making at different stages of design.

• Understand the process for the carbon assessment trials

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In this BRANZ webinar, we explain the requirements when using H1/AS1 and H1/VM1 5th edition amendment 1 as a means of compliance, with a focus on slab-on-ground and suspended timber floors.  We look at some of the challenges and risks, and provide solutions for meeting the required thermal resistance requirements for floors.

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In this BRANZ webinar, we focus on H1/AS1 and H1/VM1. We look at some of the risks and challenges and provide practical solutions for dealing with these.

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The webinar covers:

• What the H1 Calculation method is and when to use it
• Reference houses and how these are calculated
• The advantages, disadvantages and limitations of the calculation method
• Tricks + tips how to make it useful
• How to use and verify the output.

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This BRANZ webinar, in partnership with the Window and Glass Association of New Zealand (WGANZ), brings together experts from BRANZ, WGANZ and MBIE to explain the compliance requirements in H1/AS1 5th edition amendment 1.

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This webinar provides a basic introduction to using the BRANZ building Life Cycle Assessment tool, LCAQuick. It builds on the Life Cycle Assessment webinar by providing a practical demonstration of LCAQuick, going over the basic inputs and outputs of the tool.

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The Homestar Embodied Carbon Calculator (HECC) is a free tool that assesses the cradle-to-cradle life cycle embodied carbon of homes with traditional constructions (e.g. timber/steel framed homes).

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This webinar provides a basic introduction to life cycle assessment (LCA) and calculating the carbon footprint of a building. Life cycle assessment underpins all BRANZ carbon tools, so this webinar is a recommended introduction to our other carbon tools webinars.

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CO₂RE draws on residential construction elements from the BRANZ House Insulation Guide (5th edition) and some details from the PHINZ High Performance Construction Details Handbook.

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LCAPlay allows users to assess potential environmental impacts for commercial building design concepts.

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We look at practical solutions to reducing a building’s carbon footprint.

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We explore some of the challenges we face in reducing carbon emissions.

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We look at the inter-related topics of compliance and how to calculate carbon footprints.

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We explain why we need to act now to reduce carbon emissions and the role that the building and construction industry plays.

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