New criteria for carbon building
05 July 2017
The Green Building Council of Australia has introduced a new criteria for low and zero-carbon buildings in the latest changes to its Green Star rating. Source: Architecture Au Five- and six-star Green Star-rated buildings will now have to meet minimum greenhouse gas emission standards
Continue Reading →Dr Drielsma chair of Australian Forestry Standard
05 July 2017
Respected forester Dr Hans Drielsma has been elected chairman of Australian Forestry Standard Ltd. Source: Timberbiz Dr Drielsma, who has served as interim chairman since the resignation of Kate Carnell AO at the AFS AGM in Sydney last year, was elected at a recent meeting of the AFS
Continue Reading →Nannup forest logging on hold
05 July 2017
WA’s conservation department is investigating whether a forest near Nannup contains old-growth trees and should be spared from a Government logging operation. Source: Perth Now The Barrabup forest, 5km from Nannup in the South-West, is earmarked for logging by the State-run Forest Pro
Continue Reading →Silence over sales of Tas plantation assets
05 July 2017
The Tasmanian State Government and the state-owned company formerly known as Forestry Tasmania are remaining tight-lipped on the sale of the state’s public forest plantations. Source: The Mercury As of July 1, Forestry Tasmania became known as Sustainable Timber Tasmania under a State
Continue Reading →Project to remediate treated timber
05 July 2017
The New Zealand Government is helping fund a two-year project to investigate the feasibility of remediating treated timber. Source: Newshub t’s contributing NZ$163,000 to the project carried out by Scion, a Crown research institute that specialises in research, science and techn
Continue Reading →Not enough wood for Heyfield – debatable
05 July 2017
Claims there is not enough wood to supply the Heyfield sawmill are undermined by research showing that percentage-wise, Victoria has more than eight times the amount of forest in conservation reserves compared with Europe. Source: Latrobe Valley Express Formal conservation reserves in
Continue Reading →Labor’s purchase of Heyfield
05 July 2017
A job protection strategy underpins Victorian Labor’s purchase of Heyfield timber mill. That’s the message Premier Daniel Andrews wants to drill to voters even if it means taking the unprecedented step of the Government buying a beleaguered business. The deal will cost tax
Continue Reading →China’s smog eating city of trees
29 June 2017
The smog levels in the southern Chinese city of Liuzhou are not yet dire but if the city fails to deal with its pollution, it will only get worse over time. Source: Business Insider Italian design firm Stefano Boeri Architetti believes that building a neighborhood with plant-covered t
Continue Reading →Portugal looks at Aussie style fire warnings
29 June 2017
Fire experts in Portugal are citing the need for Australian-style warning systems after the most devastating blaze in decades left 62 people dead. Locals in the town of Pedrogao Grande are struggling to understand how so many people died as they tried to flee the inferno. Source: news
Continue Reading →Europe leads the way with tall timber
29 June 2017
France, Austria and Norway are to become home to the world’s tallest wooden buildings according to a new report by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), which has found Europe to be leading the timber construction movement. Source: Dezeen The CTBUH conducted t
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