National value case for sustainable housing innnovations

Allen & Clarke Policy and Regulatory Specialists, Infometrics, Eco$ense, Martin Jenkins, Beacon Pathway. This presents a strong value case at a national level to transform a significant proportion of the […]

Sustainable homes national value case

Ralph Chapman, Wayne Sharman. This report quantitatively assesses the National Value Case for a range of innovations related to the efficient and sustainable use of the country’s resources in housing […]

Guideline for LCA practitioners and users of building related LCA studies

Barbara Nebel. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is increasingly accepted as a tool to analyse the environmental impacts related to building materials and buildings. When using LCA data and results, it […]

Market transformation interventions: Creating demand and supply for sustainable housing

Cerasela Stancu, Graeme Finlay, Sarah Gunn. This report set out to: identify best practice in market transformation through an international review generate a long list of potential interventions to influence […]

Scoping waste in the residential built environment

Michelle Kazor, Joanne Koppel. This is a scoping report on level and composition of solid waste in New Zealand, current waste policy and regulation, and measures taken to minimise construction, […]

Market transformation: Housing industry survey

Maurice Marquardt, Cerasela Stancu, Sarah Gunn. A survey designed to assess the level of knowledge and uptake of sustainable business practices by businesses in the housing industry sector was carried […]

Analysis of currently available environmental profiles of building products

Zsuzsa Szalay, Barbara Nebel. In New Zealand and internationally, a number of building-related LCA studies have already been conducted. This study summarises the work done in New Zealand and describes […]

Market segmentation of New Zealand’s housing stock

Lynda Amitrano, Ian Page. This report identifies the key market segments with the New Zealand residential housing stock and the associated drivers and opportunities to improve the sustainability of the […]

Regulatory framework development: Understanding current sustainability regulations and policy

Mike O’Connell. This report updates, reviews and summarises policy and strategy development as well as relevant initiatives on urban sustainability by central and local government during 2005. It updates the […]

Local council sustainable building barriers and incentives: Auckland City case study

Lois Easton, David Mead, Chloe Trenouth, David Fullbrook, Patrick Arnold. A review of the potential barriers to sustainable building within Auckland City Council’s planning and regulatory framework, and the incentives […]