ConstructED

drains joints and fittings normally laid underground and used specifically for the conveyance of water from the plumbing system to an outfall

means the fraction of the dose that would render a person of average susceptibility incapable of escape

a space used for activities normally associated with domestic living, but excludes any bathroom, laundry, water-closet, pantry, walk-in wardrobe, corridor, hallway, lobby, clothes-drying room, or other space of a specialised nature occupied neither frequently nor for extended periods

a rail to provide both support to, or assist with the movement of a person

means a hard-surfaced area that is sufficiently stable to carry a fire truck, and includes a road

creating an unreasonable risk to people of bodily injury or deterioration of health

has the meaning ascribed to it by the Fire Service Act 1975

, in relation to a location and a heating month, means the degrees obtained by subtracting from a base temperature of 14°C the mean (calculated using the approved temperature data) of the outdoor temperatures at that location during that month

, in relation to a location and a year, means whichever is the greater of the following:

, in relation to a building, means the energy from a network utility operator or a depletable resource (expressed in kilowatt-hours, and calculated using the Building Research Association of New Zealand’s ALF 3, The ‘Annual Loss Factor Method’, A design tool for energy efficient houses (3rd edition, April 2000) or some other method that can be correlated with that manual) needed to maintain the building at all times within a year at a constant internal temperature under the following standard conditions: