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COP28 came and went. Result?
Another year, another COP. What will be the results? At this stage more questions than answers.
COP28 is underway – the 28th Conferences of the Parties (COPs)
World leaders gathering for the 28th Conferences of the Parties (COPs) in a milestone moment as nations for the first time formally review progress since the Paris Agreement 2015.
Embodied emissions within buildings
The Green Building Council did commission a report to explore the embodied carbon of New Zealand’s buildings and potential reduction potentials. Obviously, buildings may vary greatly in their embodied carbon but this is some average assumptions.
COP26 – Just another talk? Up to you!
It’s that time of the year again – ground hog day – another global leader meeting to tackle climate change. Or to talk about tackling climate change. Do whatever you can – at home or work, in your job, in your projects. It’s up to…
Ponderings around electricity supply and electric cars
I have been drivings hybrid cars for about a decade now and really like them. They are particularly well suited for mid to long range drives. They are not great for short trips, a plugin Hybrid would be way better for that but has been…
Kiwibuilds 100,000 homes progress
The average build numbers according to my article published in 2018 would have been ~30,000 homes by now. The actual stats are somewhat lower than that: 934 – yes: 934. Even if we would say that starting up is hard and the initial output would…
Leaky & cold homes, mould and climate change
When I look what’s happening and is most discussed in the building industry new at the moment, the headline above sums it all up. Leaky buildings, either from exterior or interior, are all too common. They happen due to a combination of wrong materials at…
Import taxes create losers
it just prevents you from importing and using a good product that would otherwise advance technology in the country, make the standard of living cheaper and better, just to protect national companies financial interests. Because let’s face it: Why else would you have to have…
Cheap and fast: Fletchers 100,000 new KiwiBuild homes
The KiwiBuild idea, Fletchers and the capacity issue, yet alone any sustainability.
Adapting to Climate Change in New Zealand
As part of the process of writing my latest board report for carboNZero, I researched latest development at government level regarding climate change action in New Zealand. I had some high hopes into the government after all those years of national at the reigns and…