Our strategies

Strategy: Foster investment and research into building science and building design

What we will do

The Department will invest in developing its knowledge and understanding of sector trends, performance, and changing building technology and systems.

Why we will do it

New technology will continue to influence building and construction design, systems and products. It has ongoing implications for the regulation of the sector and the skills required by all people working in the sector.

Intermediate Outcomes

• Buildings and homes that perform well in the New Zealand environment and contribute to sustainability
• A strong, well-performing sector with skilled building and housing professionals

Good quality housing contributes positively to New Zealanders' sense of well-being, health, and educational and social development. Well-built commercial buildings provide workplaces that are safe, healthy and encourage productivity. New technology, building systems and products, and building standards and design, are increasingly international in nature. Globalisation brings positive pressure for the harmonisation of building standards across jurisdictions.

How we will do it

The Department will work with national and international stakeholders to encourage research that will contribute to quality, innovative and sustainable building design and construction.

What we will deliver

To be successful the Department must have a good knowledge of the sector as the basis of our engagement with it. To this end we are developing our sector monitoring capability, and leading or participating in a number of collaborative forums.

Over the next 3 years we will:

• develop a sector monitoring strategy to improve the Department's and the Government's understanding of the sector, including supply and demand in the housing market
• collect, analyse and disseminate industry and market (building and housing) performance data
• collect and disseminate recent local and international building research and performance information relevant to New Zealand conditions and buildings
• influence, coordinate and commission research into the building and housing sector.

How our outputs link to the strategy

Output Class	Output
Building Regulation and Control	Building and Construction Monitoring, Research and Evaluation
Sector and Regulatory Policy	Sector, Industry and Market Monitoring