ESD Knowledge Broker Program
In regards methods and products used in the built environment, the concept of ‘Ecologically Sustainable Development - ESD’ is now a major design and policy area.
The forest products industry currently has a significant opportunity to have the sustainable environmental credentials of its material recognised if it actively and positively participates in the development processes. However to do this, the Australian forest products industry needs to keep abreast of the issues and pro-actively and positively participate with those organisations and groups who are moulding the future ESD frameworks to ensure that they are aware of wood product’s environmental benefits, and that the frameworks developed are based on solid and objective science from the latest research.
To assist in coordinating this awareness with, and on behalf of, FWPA levy payers and major kindred industry stakeholders, Forest & Wood Products Australia Ltd has initiated the ESD Knowledge Broker Project.
Some key ESD areas covered by this program include:
- latest research results providing information on sustainable
construction;
- environmental regulations that impact on timber markets;
- building material environmental specifications and
assessment tools that are increasingly finding their way into the
design process;
- forest and chain of custody certification its increasing market
importance, and its uptake by the timber supply chain;
- the increasing interest in life-cycle-analysis (LCA) approaches
to building material assessment (embodied impacts in
manufacture, operational energy impacts) – an extremely
important area of interest for wood products; and
- the opportunities for recognition of carbon storage in wood
products as we move into a carbon-constrained future.
A monthly newsletter will be produced under the program. Back issues of the newsletter can be downloaded below.
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| Newsletter 5 - Oct 08 | 609.6 KB | ||
| Newsletter 4 - July 2008 | 1.1 MB | ||
| Newsletter 3 - May 2008 | 270.7 KB | ||
| Newsletter 2 - March 2008 | 587.2 KB | ||
| Newsletter 1 - February 2008 | 900.1 KB | ||
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