Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Notice Stating Where Material Proposed to Replace Material Incorporated by Reference in Building Code Clause A2 (Definitions) is Available for Inspection and Purchase

Pursuant to section 409 (2) (d) of the Building Act 2004,
I give notice that the material incorporated by reference in Building Code Clause A2 (Definitions) of the First Schedule of the Building Regulations 1992, as set out in the first column below, is proposed to be replaced by the material
in the second column:
ALF Manual: 1990 Annual loss factor design manual. An aid to thermal design of buildings (BRANZ publication authored by M. R. Bassett,R. C. Bishop andI. S. van der Werff) ALF3: The ‘Annual Loss Factor’ Method. A design tool for energy efficient houses, 3rd edition(April 2000) (BRANZ publication authored by Albrecht Stoecklein and Mark Bassett)
Copies of the materials proposed to be incorporated
by reference are, until 22 December 2006, available for inspection free of charge at the national office of
the Department of Building and Housing, Level Six,
86 Customhouse Quay, Wellington, between the hours
of 8.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m., Monday to Friday, or may be purchased from BRANZ Bookshop, Private Bag 50-908, Porirua.
Comment
I invite comment on the proposal contained in this notice
by 22 December 2006.
All comments should be addressed to:
Consultation Feedback – Energy Efficiency
Department of Building and Housing
P.O. Box 10-729
Wellington
or emailed to:
comments@dbh.govt.nz
or sent by facsimile to (04) 494 0290.
Dated at Wellington this 13th day of November 2006.
JOHN KAY, General Manager Building Controls, Department of Building and Housing.