Find standards and guidance
Copies of Standards can be purchsed from the Standards New Zealand website.
- NZS 4218: 2004 Energy efficiency - Small building envelope
- NZS 4214: 2006 Methods of determining the total thermal resistance of parts of buildings
- NZS 4246: 2006 Energy Efficiency - Installing insulation in residential buildings [PDF 6 MB]. A free copy of this Standard is available on the Tenancy New Zealand website.
A copy of the BRANZ house insulation guide can be purchased from BRANZ website.
There are useful guidance and free online tools to assist in the use of the simple compliance and the calculation methods from the Designer Navigator website.