LCA to inform concepts
Reducing the whole-of-life impact a building has on the environment starts at the concept design stage. Soon, designers will have a BRANZ tool to help easily assess the environmental impacts of alternative designs.
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Reducing the whole-of-life impact a building has on the environment starts at the concept design stage. Soon, designers will have a BRANZ tool to help easily assess the environmental impacts of alternative designs.
Tips to improve our poor housing
Plus: Build better – aim higher than Code
There’s more to selecting a wall or roof cladding than just the initial cost. BRANZ has been examining lifetime costs of claddings so designers can makes more informed choices.
While the Building Code mandates the performance levels of housing, these are only minimums. There’s plenty of flexibility to create quality homes that go above and beyond.
Cost considerations often drive choices when building a property, but thinking more broadly from project design to material specification can be worth its weight in gold.
Claims by Canterbury architects that building new homes to be energy and water efficient would add $15,000 to the cost of home building are exaggerated and short-sighted.