The New Zealand Building Code clause H1 (Energy Efficiency) requires minimum levels of insulation only to the exterior of the inhabited areas of a house. Is this enough?

A clear scope, well designed masterplan, building consent cohesion and coordinated infrastructure delivery are all needed to ensure that the government's latest housing plan succeeds.

While ventilation helps prevent unwanted humidity in the roof space, a comprehensive warm roof system can provide a more complete solution.

The challenge of creating airtightness for the high-speed, high-pressure renovations on TV3's The Block was given to us by Context Architects Ltd.

Written by Jerome Partington, JASMAX: Declare labelling provides low-cost assurance to architects and consumers that your products are healthy for the environment.

The original WERS (Energy Efficiency Rating Scheme) for windows has been supplemented with WEERS — a more targeted system which considers, in more detail, the factors which influence the performance of the 'window element' of an exterior wall.

Company laboratories should be able to create reliable, accurate results, and IANZ accreditation gives customers assurance that these tests can be relied on.

Strong leadership, development funding and less finger-pointing are needed to solve the affordable housing issue in New Zealand.

CodeMark certification is a way of strongly demonstrating a product's compliance with E2.

The Environmental Choice labelling scheme is an easy and reliable way to be assured that a specified product meets a number of tough environmental and health considerations.