Photo: ODT filesSustainable building advocates want the construction industry to be given a clear signal to reduce its carbon emissions. Stats New Zealand said emissions from the construction sector jumped 66 percent in the decade to 2017. Fletcher Building runs the country's largest cement manufacturer, Golden Bay Cement, which creates 700,000 tonnes of carbon in a year. "When it comes to that side of it there needs to be some certainty from the manufacturers' perspective that by changing a process people are going to be willing to pay for those improved materials, low carbon materials." Public submissions on the government's Zero Carbon Bill closed earlier this week, and the Green Building Council said it was an opportunity for the industry.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 17, 2019 23:15 UTC