New lamp beams Mountaineer into 21st Century
A Victorian-style coach lamp built by a Queenstown craftsman is set to bring old and new together at the tourism town’s newly-renovated Mountaineer building....
House gets highest energy efficiency rating
A Golden Bay holiday home may be New Zealand’s most energy-efficient house, achieving nine out of ten stars under the Home Energy Rating Scheme...
Standard revised for thermal insulation
Standards New Zealand has published a revised Standard specifying Thermal insulation – Housing and small buildings, NZS 4218:2009, which supersedes NZS 4218:2004. NZS...
BRANZ able to constructively work with product certification
The Department of Building and Housing (DBH) recently published new and updated information regarding the introduction and workings of its new Building Product Certification...
Earth housing a new low-cost option
An Uku house will be built in Northland as part of a University of Auckland engineering research project into sustainable, low-cost housing options for...
Concrete ideally suited for NZ cycleway project
The concrete sector has congratulated the Government’s announcement to allocate $50 million over three years for the New Zealand Cycleway Project. “The development...
Temporary chairman for CIC
Building Research Association of New Zealand (BRANZ) chief executive Pieter Burghout will act as Construction Industry Council chairman for three to six months while...
Solar water heating coming into its own
The time is right for solar Solar water heating has been around in New Zealand for several decades, but it’s only now coming...
Mainzeal nails elusive Green Ribbon Award
Mainzeal broke ground in the construction industry recently, receiving an award for “Businesses Making a Difference” at the Green Ribbon Awards in Wellington. ...
Home rating tool will help drive improvements to NZ housing
A residential rating tool is vital to help address New Zealand’s poorly performing houses, research organisation Beacon Pathway says. “If you can’t measure...