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“Back in 2005, insulation - and, subsequently, heating - was treated as an after-thought,” Siân says.
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“Any waste or offcut from any of our products now has an avenue for repurposing,” says Autex New Zealand’s General Manager of Sales, Marcel Herbke.
“Businesses that don’t prioritise sustainability won’t be in business any more by 2030,” says Ryan Flaxman, Project Floors’ new Business Development Manager.
“This is something the industry needs in order for us to be better stewards of the land and its uses.”
As a Green Star-Accredited professional and sustainability advisor, Carolyn’s job is to support building industry professionals, and others, to better incorporate SDG principles into their work.
“Change is happening now,” says Joseph Lyth, Local Chapter Lead - Auckland at Passive House Institute New Zealand and Associate Architect at Respond Architects.
“One of my biggest drivers, both personally and professionally, is sustainability,” says Sarab Sira, Business Development Manager for Project Floors.
“I’ve got two careers that run in parallel,” says Teulo’s Technical Producer, Harley Neville. “My vocation is film-making.
“When I arrived in Auckland from Toronto five years ago, I ran into a lot of brick walls,” says Peter Raimondo, Teulo MC and Senior Building Enclosure Engineer and Associate Director at Oculus.
“What was once a product conversation has become a solution conversation,” says Hugh McGaveston, Managing Director of Boundaryline.
“Groundscrew is a type of pile foundation that is used in the same quantity and arrangement underneath a typical floor as any other type of pile would be,” says StopDigging New Zealand Managing Director, Jude Hickson.
“Our customers and their end clients have a greater focus on quality workmanship and innovation than they did even five years ago,” says David Eccles-Hall, Architectural Manager for Roofing Industries.
“Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute proves that you can have it all, and that we should be pushing the industry to do it all.”