By Jonas Bengtsson
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1 June 2007, Build 100
BRANZ recently completed a study looking at the impact of climate change on the built environment and options for adaptation. Its scope included economic and social impacts, as well as the direct effects on buildings.
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By Lisa Ellis
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1 October 2019, Build 174, Feature article
Coastal developments are at increasing risk as sea-level rise accelerates. Apart from taking practical measures, it is important to develop ethics-driven adaptation strategies so risk is not transferred to future generations.
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By Professor Sarah Mclaren
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1 February 2021, Build 182, Feature article
Research shows New Zealand needs to massively reduce the carbon footprint of our residential housing stock to stay within the international climate target of 1.5°C warming by 2050.
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By Sylvia Allan, Larissa Clarke, Dr Judy Lawrence
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1 February 2022, Build 188, Feature article
Climate change hazards such as erosion and flooding threaten many coastal communities. While we wait for new legislation to better enable adaptation, pressures for coastal housing and urban development are continuing within an inadequate planning and building framework.
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By Matthias Heinrich
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1 April 2008, Build 105, Feature article
BRANZ is currently monitoring residential water use in the Auckland region. The results of this research will help to more accurately forecast future water demand.
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By Jeff Vickers
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1 December 2019, Build 175
The entire building sector, from architects and specifiers to building owners and manufacturers, can work with their material suppliers to collectively decarbonise New Zealand’s built environment.
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By Ian Page
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1 October 2016, Build 156, Feature article
BRANZ has been looking at the cost of building in measures to future-proof housing against climate change. The questions are, what do we need to do and what is the extra cost?
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By Dave Dowdell
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1 June 2022, Build 190
Recent BRANZ modelling provides a starting point for designing lower-carbon houses by quantifying carbon emissions savings from six design rules of thumb. In part 1 of this 2-part series, we explain the modelling and cover the first two rules of thumb.
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By David Carradine, Nick Locke
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1 June 2022, Build 190
Research shows that, apart from some slight changes, light timber-framed buildings designed using our current standards should largely stand up to the increased wind speeds that climate change is expected to bring.
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By John Burgess
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1 February 2012, Build 128
Most New Zealand homes are poor performers environmentally. The good news, as BRANZ research shows, is that it’s not hard to lift their game.
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