New Zealand Green Building Council

The champions for a sustainable built environment in New Zealand.

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[BTR News Australia @btrnewsau]

Kiwi Property achieves 9-star Homestar Built rating at Resido BTR: https://t.co/pvm5ol6Z7g cc @NZGBC #btrnewsau #btr #buildtorent #esg #residential #sustainability #newzealand #newzealandbtr #newzealandbuildtorent #environmental

[New Zealand Green Building Council @NZGBC]

The Government’s vital second Emissions Reduction Plan released today offers a step up from its first draft, but fails to include easy wins and opportunities for slashing building emissions.
Read our full response - https://t.co/fbDrXyrMGI

[New Zealand Green Building Council @NZGBC]

It is promising to see that the potentially disastrous rollback of insulation levels is not moving forward.  Importantly the new consultation on H1 insulation standards looks to abandon the restrictive schedule method for complying with the Building Code
https://t.co/Vi30aCPcRA

[New Zealand Green Building Council @NZGBC]

Tackling mould and damp in homes is a huge win for Kiwi families, and major opportunity to reduce health costs and pressure on the system.
For every dollar spent by Health NZ, there was $5.07 in health savings over the following five years.
https://t.co/dNXNsXK4tv

[New Zealand Green Building Council @NZGBC]

An April briefing warned Minister Penk a voluntary approach would not drive down emissions, and result in higher costs long term.
The second Emissions Reduction Plan will be released next month. Buildings offer low-cost solutions to slash our footprint

https://t.co/FqNSd1Xk2v

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Govt to consider emissions from buildings in final climate plan https://t.co/8KJBgEhSMj

[New Zealand Green Building Council @NZGBC]

Government told to reduce household gas usage to save industry, via @nzherald | @coughlthom https://t.co/9SUCBMjTid

[New Zealand Green Building Council @NZGBC]

@eaglesandrew https://t.co/UGmwGdWZY8

[New Zealand Green Building Council @NZGBC]

We're alarmed to hear the govt is considering a U-turn to insulation standards, decreasing the standard of NZ's already poor housing.
“It’s effectively ripping insulation out of our children’s homes, out of the homes of future generations" @eaglesandrew

https://t.co/ohaOJrQtms

[New Zealand Green Building Council @NZGBC]

Budget 2024 delivers on some of the Govt’s election promises, while cutting costs on key initiatives such as energy efficiency, LEDs and hot water heating support, and the Carbon Neutral Government programme.
Here’s our take on the Government’s 2024 budget
https://t.co/SBmS7lBnCG

[Simon Wilson @simonbwilson]

What are the chances? Serious boost to ECE, bipartisan strategic planning, energy efficiency ratings for buildings ... there are good things Nicola Willis could announce today, if she wanted to. Bonus "living in hope" column, @nzherald premium and paper
https://t.co/nNKx7kb4mC

[New Zealand Green Building Council @NZGBC]

The building industry has been told that New Zealand's building code is designed for a climate that no longer exists.

https://t.co/4a3druU5Lp

[Bobby Shen @bobbythekiwi]

Some beautiful slides from Sam Brown from Arete Architects describing his design process for delivering high performance, sustainable homes with @NZGBC Homestar v5. Ka rawe! #housingsummit24

[New Zealand Green Building Council @NZGBC]

A full room for a full day of discussion, presentations, and leaders getting behind a greener, better built Aotearoa.👋Housing Summit 2024! #BetterHomesNZ #HousingSummit24

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Improving building standards, and making buildings more energy efficient will reduce emissions equivalent to taking half the country’s petrol cars off the road, the Green Building Council says.
https://t.co/OHBcKqljcM

[New Zealand Green Building Council @NZGBC]

“Without real, emission-busting policies like the ones we’re proposing, New Zealand will have no choice but to pay billions of taxpayer dollars for international carbon offsets – effectively funding other countries to reduce emissions,” @eaglesandrew

[New Zealand Green Building Council @NZGBC]

A new report out today shows introducing policies to improve building standards, phase out gas, and make energy use transparent could saving billions in offsets and playing a major part in meeting our international obligations.
Read our full report - https://t.co/9gMJER1una

[New Zealand Green Building Council @NZGBC]

“The Climate Change Commission has warned we’re way off meeting our second 2030 emissions target. These basic policies will reduce emissions equivalent to taking 600,000 cars off the road in the next five years, accounting for a third of the reductions we need,”@eaglesandrew says

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“After today’s experience there’ll be a lot of talk about new electricity generation. It’s vital that actually we look at one of the major causes – cold, inefficient housing,” @eaglesandrew says.

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Research from @otago shows actually if we built to best-practice standards, as the majority of the OECD are, we could reduce winter peak by 75% by 2050. That’s huge pressure off the grid, but would also be a massive win for NZer's health and cost of living https://t.co/EoCZogOl2w

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“It’s like watering a garden with a leaky hose filled with holes. We can turn on more water, but what’s the point if we don’t stop the leaks?”@eaglesandrew