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Analyse the issue of cost in the carbon vs cost section, and how it intersects with carbon thresholds and reporting.

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Identify the key outputs/learnings from the Carbon Assessment Trials.

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• Understand Government carbon reporting requirements

• Learn how carbon assessments can aid decision making at different stages of design.

• Understand the process for the carbon assessment trials

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This is a lighter version of LCAQuick that allows you to sort and format your data correctly but does not contain the functionality to calculate environmental impacts. Once your data is in the correct format, you can copy and paste it into the full version of LCAQuickV3.6, which will then calculate the environmental impacts.

Please ensure that you are using Microsoft Excel from 2016 or later.

LCAQuick is a free tool developed by BRANZ that helps architects, designers and structural engineers make sustainable design decisions. It evaluates the carbon footprint and other environmental impacts of a building design. It can be used by anyone with an interest to understand the environmental impacts of buildings across the life cycle.

Provides mean carbon footprint calues for New Zealand case study residential and office buildings.  Includes additional information, such as energy use intensity and top contributing materials from a greenhouse gas perspective.

In this BRANZ webinar, we explain the requirements when using H1/AS1 and H1/VM1 5th edition amendment 1 as a means of compliance, with a focus on slab-on-ground and suspended timber floors.  We look at some of the challenges and risks, and provide solutions for meeting the required thermal resistance requirements for floors.

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This is the full working version of LCAQuick, which calculates environmental impacts based on the data you enter. If you wish, you can use LCAQuickV3.6 Data Entry initially to sort and enter your data.

This version of LCAQuick is a 40 MB file, so it is best to use it on a reasonably powerful computer. Due to the size of the file and the numbers of calculations that are performed, it can be slower. Please ensure that you are using Microsoft Excel from 2016 or later.

LCAQuick is a free tool developed by BRANZ that helps architects, designers and structural engineers make sustainable design decisions. It evaluates the carbon footprint and other environmental impacts of a building design. It can be used by anyone with an interest to understand the environmental impacts of buildings across the life cycle. 

In this BRANZ webinar, we focus on H1/AS1 and H1/VM1. We look at some of the risks and challenges and provide practical solutions for dealing with these.

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In this free 20-minute module, you’ll learn about some of the key challenges to achieving or exceeding the new performance requirements to comply with H1 Energy efficiency. The focus is on H1/AS1 and H1/VM1 5th edition amendment 1.

Topics include:

• What are construction R-values?
• Roofs – sloping and skillion
• Floors – underslab heating and slabs with attached unconditioned spaces
• Windows – compliance and avoid overheating
• Doors – compliance and opaque doors
• Walls – compliance and improved performance
• Secondary insulation – improve performance for walls and roofs

With the insatiable demand for housing and the Medium-Density Residential Standards (MDRS) being adopted in many areas, medium-density housing is forming a significant part of our urban landscape. This seminar will be invaluable in helping you prepare for our MDH future.

The webinar covers:

• What the H1 Calculation method is and when to use it
• Reference houses and how these are calculated
• The advantages, disadvantages and limitations of the calculation method
• Tricks + tips how to make it useful
• How to use and verify the output.

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This BRANZ webinar, in partnership with the Window and Glass Association of New Zealand (WGANZ), brings together experts from BRANZ, WGANZ and MBIE to explain the compliance requirements in H1/AS1 5th edition amendment 1.

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This webinar provides a basic introduction to using the BRANZ building Life Cycle Assessment tool, LCAQuick. It builds on the Life Cycle Assessment webinar by providing a practical demonstration of LCAQuick, going over the basic inputs and outputs of the tool.

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The Homestar Embodied Carbon Calculator (HECC) is a free tool that assesses the cradle-to-cradle life cycle embodied carbon of homes with traditional constructions (e.g. timber/steel framed homes).

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This webinar provides a basic introduction to life cycle assessment (LCA) and calculating the carbon footprint of a building. Life cycle assessment underpins all BRANZ carbon tools, so this webinar is a recommended introduction to our other carbon tools webinars.

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CO₂RE draws on residential construction elements from the BRANZ House Insulation Guide (5th edition) and some details from the PHINZ High Performance Construction Details Handbook.

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LCAPlay allows users to assess potential environmental impacts for commercial building design concepts.

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This 20-minute module steps designers and builders through the basics of steel-frame buildings. By completing these building blocks, you will gain an understanding of statutory requirements; materials and specifications; linings, thermal breaks, and insulation; and floors, roofs, and walls.

This 20-minute module gives designers in-depth, practical guidance on design principles and considerations for lightweight steel framing that differ from timber construction. This module includes preplanning; steel basics; fixings and connections; and on-site remediation.