Updates to Healthy Homes

16/08/2022

The Healthy Homes Standards have been updated with improvements to the heating, ventilation, and moisture ingress and drainage standards.

One improvement is a new formula for the heating standard, that applies for modern dwellings built after 2008 and certain apartments.

The formula change recognises that these types of properties are better at retaining heat.

The heating assessment tool has also been updated to calculate the required minimum heating capacity using both the new and original formula.

The Tenancy Services website has been updated to include these changes.

https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/healthy-homes/changes-to-the-healthy-homes-standards/