Eco-Building an Energy Efficient Home

This page has links to useful information about building an energy efficient home.

A well-designed home usually needs less heating. Many investments in energy efficiency are a lot cheaper when building from scratch than when you need to correct them in an existing home.

Guidance for Housing Design

• BRANZ booklet "Easy Guide to Eco-Building"
• Waitakere City Council’s "Sustainable Home Guidelines" 
• Your Building Design (Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority)
• ConsumerBuild (building, buying, renovating and maintaining)
• Smarter Homes (how to design, build and renovate homes)
• Level (design and build)
• BRANZ Level Sustainability Series (energy, heating/ventilation, water, materials, passive design, coatings, windows and floor coverings).