Setting a Benchmark for Sustainability

The new Parliament buildings are more than a construction project — they’re redefining sustainable design in New Zealand.

Join this guided site visit and step inside the Ballantrae Place and Museum Street buildings and hear directly from the team leading this landmark development. Both have achieved world-leading 6 Green Star ratings, showcasing energy efficiency, resilience, and environmental leadership.

On this site visit you will:

• Explore New Zealand’s largest mass timber IL4 building (Museum Street)

• See how timber achieves up to 83% fewer greenhouse gas emissions

• Learn how exposed mass timber reduces both costs and carbon

• Walk through two 6 Green Star-rated buildings designed for energy performance and resilience

• Hear first-hand insights from the team behind the project

Spaces are EXTREMELY limited - register early and secure your place.

In partnership with LT McGuinness and the Ministry for Primary Industries

About the project

The new Parliament buildings are more than a construction project - they’re redefining sustainable design in New Zealand. Join this guided site visit for an inside look at the project and hear from the team leading this landmark development.

Built with local timber, the Ballantrae Place and Museum Street buildings have both achieved world-leading 6 Green Star ratings - a testament to their energy efficiency, climate resilience, and environmental leadership.

The Museum Street building, currently under construction, will soon become New Zealand’s largest mass timber structure built to Importance Level 4, the highest seismic design level. Its engineered timber frame is not only flexible and resilient but also drastically reduces the project’s carbon footprint compared with traditional steel or concrete.

World-leading energy performance

• Museum St: 47% less energy use, 52% lower peak electricity demand, 83% fewer greenhouse gas emissions.

• Ballantrae Place: 29% less energy use, 40% lower peak demand, 49% fewer emissions.

Locally sourced NZ timber

• Supports Kiwi jobs and manufacturing.

• Mass timber supplied by Red Stag Timber Lab (Rotorua) and Nelson Pine (Nelson).

Mass timber benefits

• Renewable, low-carbon alternative to steel and concrete.

• Sequesters carbon and significantly reduces the project’s footprint.

• Provides seismic resilience through flexibility and strength.

• Cost-effective: exposed timber reduces need for interior finishes.

Healthy indoor environment

• Enhanced air quality, daylight, and acoustics for staff wellbeing and productivity.