Timber apartments touted as saving 1m kilograms of CO2

Timber apartments touted as saving 1m kilograms of CO2
The luxe Clearwater Quays, claiming an environmental win (Image: Bayleys)
Brent Melville
Developers of a pilot apartment complex north of Christchurch claim they've extracted more than a million kilograms of carbon dioxide from the environment by using mass timber versus concrete. Carbon calculations measuring the use of composite light timber frame and cross-laminated timber for the mid-rise, five-storey Clearwater Quays at Clearwater golf resort in Northwood, suggest the construction method saved 87,400kg of CO2, as against a CO2 release of 952,600kg for use of the alternative, concrete.  The case study, produced by...

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