Move to reduce emissions 'makes sense'

Move to reduce emissions 'makes sense'
Pouring the low-carbon concrete foundation at 211 High St. (Image: Portus)
Brent Melville
Developer Anthony Leighs says using mass timber and a carbon-‘light’ concrete product will shave about 79% off the amount of embodied carbon on his latest commercial build.Leighs’ property development firm, Portus, uses a cross-laminated timber (CLT) product at its four-storey 211 High St development in central Christchurch. The 4,518 square metre office and retail block, on a site formerly home to the Excelsior Hotel, is being built at an estimated $30 million and is expected to be complete next April. The 129-...

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