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Fantastic! We have an abundance of wood in Ontario and an abundance of construction! It's time to tie together this initiative with the Biomass initiative and create a Wood Energy Initiative. Up to 50% of a softwood tree becomes lumber, the rest is used make pulp and energy WHERE VIABLE. Ontario needs a strategy to increase markets for low value biomass in order to increase viability of lumber products AND increase forest sustainability in general. Maybe Ontario can avoid wildfire losses like the West's by linking fuel reduction to mass timber, biofuels, bio products and biomass heat+electricity. Time to get moving.

By taking an innovative approach, Colliers Engineering & Design can unlock value and enhance project yield to the benefit of developers and communities. The Colliers team collaborated with Stockland to deliver the land lease retirement community development B by Halcyon. Chris Carley, Regional Project Director at Stockland, praised our Engineering & Design experts for their outstanding work in transforming a disused cane farm, located on rural zoned land. Despite challenging environmental considerations, the team enhanced the resorts surrounding nature to create a thriving and connected ecosystem and community. Our Engineering & Design experts converted overland flow paths to waterbodies as a key project innovation, achieving Legal Point of Discharge requirements, increasing project yield by 53 sites ($40 million in value), and lowering construction costs by $5 million by reducing import fill. This strategy balanced cut and fill without importing materials, optimising resources and costs. Additionally, the four waterbodies were designed to maintain fish passage and waterway quality, outperforming traditional vegetated channels. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/dur4piaC #AccelerateSuccess

Embracing the future of sustainable construction! 🌿 Dive into our analysis highlighting the critical need for a green shift in the industry, and explore how the Victorian Government is leading the way in fostering eco-friendly practices. It's time to build a greener tomorrow! https://lnkd.in/dvVYf3mC

From the May 2022 issue of The Construction Index Magazine// ‘Post-disaster toolkit’ launched – The World Green Building Council has teamed up with a number of other organsations to launch a ‘post-disaster toolkit’ to help communities build back better.

🌎 Just launched: The Sustainable Construction Barometer by Saint-Gobain 🌎 ➡️ What is the Sustainable Construction Barometer? It's an international survey that helps us to understand issues relating to sustainable construction. The results can be used to help key stakeholders make decisions around the topic and help to transform the construction industry, for the better. View some key insights below from this year's survey, and read the full report on our dedicated webpage: https://bit.ly/3UbjPpm 📲 #SustainableConstruction #SaintGobain #NetZeroConstruction

Elevating the skyline on the fringe of Melbourne stands T3 Collingwood, a remarkable achievement in mass timber construction with an emphasis on sustainability. Without doubt it raises the bar for commercial infrastructure construction in Australia. As Australia’s leading mass timber manufacturer, ASH was chosen to supply the project’s glulam elements. An impressive 738 glue laminated timber columns and beams, totalling 874 cubic metres of mass timber, were designed and prefabricated in our world-class facility in regional Victoria. Developed by global real estate specialists, Hines, T3 Collingwood is the first Australian project in their T3 global portfolio. Engineered timber was specified on this project due to its lower embodied carbon and improved sustainability credentials. Timber is the only renewable construction material, which Hines recognises in their innovative T3 methodology – timber, transit and technology. https://lnkd.in/gdd6WtYu

“Sustainable Construction Practices Poster” by DALL-E 3 9:54 pm PST, Sunday, December 10, 2023 Lobbying for Sustainable Practices: Advocate for regulations and policies that favor the use of sustainable materials in construction. By pushing for such policies, Green Asset Finance can create a more favorable market environment for Brimstone’s products. Please design and generate a poster advocating for such regulations and policies. Here is the poster designed to advocate for regulations and policies that favor the use of sustainable materials in construction. It emphasizes the importance of environmentally friendly construction practices and encourages support for policies promoting sustainable materials.

The Winter 2024 $MART Living Newsletter is here! ❄ Read the latest updates on various construction projects, ways WESTconsin is Inspiring Better, and so much more at https://lnkd.in/ga9hXEWJ

German QNG Conform Timber Frame Buildings are leading the charge in sustainable construction. As the market grows, these buildings, meeting stringent environmental and social standards, promise a greener, more energy-efficient future. Read more in our latest blog post:

🏚 Whatever the industry, most likely, there is a way to do things in a more nature-friendly way. Even for a construction industry accountable for around 40% of global emissions, a third of which comes from the production of building materials. With the increasing pressure to meet the carbon neutrality goals, the regulations are about to tighten in the EU affecting also the usual order of things for builders in Latvia. Recent policy brief by Nordregio covers the benefits and role of timber in sustainable construction. It also lists implications, key challenges, and outlines recommendations. Although, domination of sustainable construction in the local market seems a far-fetched dream, Latvia 🇱🇻 is setting a good example by preferring timber houses to brick/block constructions. 👉 Last year, the number of new, energy-efficient wooden private houses constructed in Latvia almost caught up with the number of brick/block houses which have been leading the local construction market up to now. It is a positive local trend to follow. For now, here is some reading: https://lnkd.in/dpMZKHzK #NordicBaltic #ziemeļvalstis #celtniecība #būvniecība #būvnieki #arhitektūra