Higher performance buildings, simplified.
Break away from the pack and build better than building code worry-free.
Build better through efficiency and simplicity
Breeze through consent
We answer the questions before they’re asked, sort out the compliance pathways, and answer the RFIs to make sure your project stays on time and on budget.
Detail more efficiently
We help you simplify detailing with better assemblies and work outside the confines of the acceptable solutions to reduce cost and improve performance.
Troubleshoot before the trouble
We help you work through alternatives and liaise with consultants to get the important decisions made early, and we work through construction issues to keep the project on track.
Meet the team
Get to know the professionals behind Oculus
Our core services
Enclosure Design PS1
We work with the project team through the design phase to sort out details, choose assemblies/suppliers, liaise with the consultants, and ultimately issue a full-enclosure compliance report and PS1 for consent.
Best for getting us involved early to make recommendations and guide high-performance envelope.
Full suite of services
Efficient and effective building enclosures are our passion. We specialise in anything and everything that separates the inside from the outside: windows, walls, roofs, waterproofing, insulation, and all the parts that connect them. Whatever you need for exterior assemblies and components, we can handle it, explain it, and make it easy.
Client testimonials
Affiliated with other industry leaders
Resources
Warm Roof vs Cold Roof
New Zealand, home to some of the best things in the world – L&P, the Lord of the Rings, the All Blacks, Mānuka honey, Weetbix (largely protested by the Aussies) etc etc.
But unfortunately there is something that Kiwis’ do not win on the international scale, in fact NZ barely follows international best practice for one of the most significant assets most will ever own – their home. And more specifically the roof that shelters them within their home.
Precast Concrete
Many people in NZ believe that concrete is the most durable material for the outside of the building. While that may be true in terms of impact resistance and structural strength, there are a lot of other things to consider when using it as cladding rather than structure.
Healthy Home Guide
We already know what acceptable, healthy indoor conditions are. Decades of research has shown a defined range of indoor conditions reduce the risk of adverse health impacts.
This guide explains what a Healthy Home is, why Oculus are trying to achieve it, and what any New Zealander can do to their own house to improve their health.
Overheating
A deep dive into one of the most relevant topics for summer: Overheating.
We all know the sun in NZ & Australia is super hot, so we are talking about strategies to keep the heat out on sunny days and cooling the interior without needing heaps of air conditioning.
Guest speaker: Jesse Clarke from Pro Clima.
Homestar Version 5
This resource explains the key changes between Homestar Version 4 and the latest Homestar Version 5.
H1 Changes - Summary
In this resources we summarise the NZBC H1 changes and include everything you need to know about the building enclosure.
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