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The Greenbuild Building Materials Database gives architects, designers, specifiers and construction industry professionals instant access to New Zealand’s largest and most comprehensive online database of building products. Source: Greenbuild
| Resource type: Directory | Updated:28/07/2010 |
User Comments: They have a good newsletter as well.

Level will help you design and build homes which have less impact on the environment and are healthier, more comfortable, and have lower running costs. Source: BRANZ
| Resource type: website, research | Updated:20/04/2010 |
User Comments: This site is great it helps make decisions looking at sustainable design from a number of perspectives.

The GreenPlumbers programme aims to upskill practitioners on environmental trends and procedures relating to the industry. Source: Master Plumbers
| Resource type: Training and certification |
User Comments: Great this is available to non-members too!

This information kit will identify and quantify energy efficient ways to save energy and money. Source: Energy Federation of New Zealand Inc
| Resource type: Tool | 2110 KB |
User Comments: Really useful to quantify how much various actions will save.

Tools and resources to help you reduce building waste. Source: REBRI
| Resource type: Organisation website |
User Comments: Really useful stuff specific to building

List of useful construction/building links Source: Minstry for the Environment
| Resource type: Website |
User Comments: Some interesting links and basic information

Information on Clean Coal Source: Coal Association of New Zealand
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User Comments: Really?

List of useful mining links Source: Ministry for the Environment
| Resource type: Website |
User Comments: Some interesting links and basic information

Cement and concrete association views on sustainability. Source: Cement and concrete association.
| Resource type: Organisation website |
User Comments: Interesting views.

  

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