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Greg Overton

BRANZ Building Performance Engineer,
BRANZ Scientist - Building Performance Group,
BRANZ Senior Building Performance Engineer, Building Performance Research Team

Articles by this author

Airtightness of apartments

1 October 2020 , Build 180

Household energy use

1 October 2019 , Build 174

Cladding for residential mid-rises

1 August 2019 , Build 173

Flat-out testing

1 April 2018 , Build 165

Moving on up

1 April 2018 , Build 165

Figure 2: A typical E2/VM1 test specimen.

Shaking up façade testing

1 August 2016 , Build 155

Figure 1: Medium-rise buildings currently have unclear compliance pathways for several clauses of the Building Code, including E2 External moisture.

Medium-rise compliance

1 June 2016 , Build 154

Condensation research

1 December 2015 , Build 151

BRANZ Maps goes mobile

1 April 2015 , Build 147

Figure 1: Vapour pressure through example walls relative to the saturation vapour pressure.

Water vapour in walls

1 April 2015 , Build 147

Coming to terms with condensation

1 October 2014 , Build 144

Research tackles condensation

1 October 2013 , Build 138

Can drainage mats perform in NZ?

1 August 2010 , Build 119

WAVE goodbye to leaks

1 April 2010 , Build 117

Thermal imaging – handle with care

1 February 2010 , Build 116

Moisture in parapets

1 December 2009 , Build 115

Forum shares local and international ideas

1 February 2009 , Build 110

Parapet wall systems and drainage planes

1 December 2007 , Build 103