ALF (Annual Loss Factor) thermal simulation software, used to show compliance with NZBC-H1, was developed to analyse stand-alone houses, not for dwellings with party walls or within multi-unit developments. 

Introducing a new Detailed blog covering the many aspects of passive thermal design relating to the built environment.

You are warmly invited to the NZ Wood PrefabNZ Wellington Event on Tuesday 12th June (12.30-5pm). This event is brought to you by NZ Wood and hosted by the College of Creative Arts (CoCA) at Massey University, Wellington.

The HIVE – Home Innovation Village, facilitated by PrefabNZ, opened in April to a tremendous response from the Christchurch community.

Prefab is a way to create innovative high-quality buildings on time and within budget. Prefab is short for prefabrication.

PrefabNZ is facilitating the country’s first Housing Innovation Park in Canterbury, to showcase prefabricated homes that are high-quality and sustainably designed using permanent materials and can be assembled quickly at site to provide replacement housing for those who have lost homes in the earthquakes.