Valuing Sustainability - Fact Sheet 3 (FS3) - Incorporating universal design features in a new build or renovation
- Abbreviation
- Valuing Sustainability - Fact Sheet 3 (FS3)
- Valid from
- 1/11/2016
- Information provider
- BRANZ Limited,
- Information type
- Fact sheet,
- Format
- PDF,
Description
Universal design produces environments that are accessible and attractive to everyone regardless of their age, abilities or status in life.
These houses do not have an institutional appearance but instead feel spacious, with wide doorways and clear spaces in bathrooms and the kitchen area.
Scope
In this Fact Sheet:
- Universal design features
- Entranceways
- Inside the house
- Kitchens
- Living rooms
- Bedrooms
- Bathrooms
- Additional considerations
- Stair lift
- Domestic elevator
- Cost
- More information
- BRANZ
- Other
