Green Star & Wood Products - Lunch & Learn

Green Star and Wood ProductsMaximising Green Star Ratings with Wood Products

Maximising Green Star Ratings with Wood ©FWPA 2011

Learn more about wood at UTAS

Centre for Sustainable Architecture with WoodGraduate Certificate in Timber (Processing & Building)• 4 units, part time, onlineAreas covered include:• Wood science• Design for durability and service for life• Timber as a renewable resource• Sustainable design and construction• Engineered wood products• International technologies and developments• Plus, selected topics of individual interestMore information: Associate Professor Greg Nolan (03) 6324 4478 or [email protected]


Learning Objectives

After this presentation you should be able to:• Understand the categories in which wood

products can assist in gaining Green Star credits• Understand the ways in which wood products can

potentially assist in gaining Green Star credits

For architects - AACA Competencies:• Design• Documentation


Disclaimer

• Green Star is a registered mark of GBCA• This presentation is the opinion of WoodSolutions™

and not endorsed by GBCA • For detailed technical information refer to the

relevant technical manuals• Tools, technical manuals and clarifications are subject

to change• Decisions regarding awarding of credits are at the

sole discretion of GBCA


This Presentation

• Green Star Ratings Overview• Tools and credit categories

– Management– Indoor Environment Quality– Materials– Innovation

• Points summary


Green Star Ratings Overview

Green Star Credit Categories

Green Star Tool


Green Star Rating Tools

Current tools:– Education v1– Healthcare v1– Industrial v1– Multi Unit Residential v1– Office v3– Office Interiors v1.1– Retail Centre v1– Office Design v2 & Office As Built v2


Green Star Ratings Tools

PILOT / under development:– Custom - Pilot– Convention Centre Design - Pilot– Public Building - Pilot– Communities – Under Development– Existing buildings – Under Development


Green Star Credit Categories

Green Star Credit Categories:– Management– Indoor Environment Quality– Energy– Transport– Water– Materials– Land Use & Ecology– Emissions– Innovation


Category: Management

Points can be earned in each of the following:– Man 1: Green Star Accredited Professionals– Man 7: Waste Management– Man 10: Learning Materials (Education v1)


Management: Green Star Professional

Man-1: Green Star Accredited Professional– WoodSolutions CPD– (Maybe) coming soon to

www.woodsolutions.com.au/learn• Wood and Sustainable Building• Wood as Resource• Lightweight Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort

http://www.woodsolutions.com.au/learn


Management: Waste Management

Man-7: Waste Management – ≥ 60% reused/recycled = 1 point– ≥ 80% reused/recycled = 2 points– Demolition and construction structural and

packaging timber readily diverted for: • Reuse• Recycling• Renewable energy

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Management: Waste Management

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Alexandria Landfill

SITA Elizabeth Drive

Wood Reuse , Repair & Recycling Facilities – Sydney

WSN Chullora

WSN Jacks Gully

WSN Belrose

WSN Artarmon

WSN Seven Hills

WSN Rockdale

WSN Lucas Heights

ANL/WSN Eastern Creek

Wood shredding (recycling untreated / uncoated solid timber)

Camden Soil Mix

Reefway

WSN Auburn

Kimbriki

Brandown

WSN Ryde

Benedicts Chipping Norton

Glenfield

Veolia Horsley Park

ANL Badgerys Creek

Banksmeadow

Blacktown Waste Services

Veolia Greenacre

Advance Pallets

Direct Pallets

Enviropallets

Abbey Pallets

Loscam

CHEP

Australian Architectural Hardwoods, Kempsey

Heritage Building Centre

Kennedys Aged Timber, QLD

Ironwood

Thors Hammer, ACT

Nullabor Timber, Delta, Urban Salvage etc VIC

Metropolitan Demolitions

Wood reuse / recycling

Wood pallet reuse / repair


Waste Management: Reuse


Waste Management: Recycling

D&R Henderson - Vic

EMRC & Laminex - WA


Waste Management: Recycling


Waste Management: Renewable energy


Management: Learning Resources

Green Star Education v1– Man-10 : Learning Resources– 1 point– Awarded for signage etc. displaying three

measurable environmental attributes– One must be water and another energy – One can be lower carbon footprint of the building

by using wood



Greenhouse gases emitted in the manufacture of building materials used in a range of construction components for a single storey house in Sydney, Australia. Source: Forests, Wood and Australia’s Carbon Balance (2006)



Greenhouse gases emitted in the manufacture of building materials used in a range of construction components for a single storey house in Sydney, Australia. Source: Forests, Wood and Australia’s

Carbon Balance (2006)


Category: Indoor Environment Quality

Points are potentially available in:– IEQ: Volatile Organic Compounds– IEQ: Formaldehyde Minimisation


IEQ: Volatile Organic Compounds

• Paints– Wood veneer panels clear coatings

• Adhesives / Sealants– Veneer panels adhesives

• Carpets / Floor covering– Solid timber floor coatings– Laminate flooring adhesives


IEQ: Formaldehyde Minimisation

Composite wood products:– Plywood, particleboard and MDF

• Does not include:– Any composite wood used in exterior (e.g. façade) – Formwork– Internal car park– Reused items– Raw timber

• Does not mention:– LVL (laminated veneer lumber), I-beams,



• Low-emission formaldehyde OR No emission formaldehyde – 1 point

• All composite wood products used in the project must be in accordance with these requirements.

• Basically:– MDF and plywood <1.0 mg/l (max)– Particleboard <1.5 mg/L (max)



Office Interiors V3.3– Additional 1 point for:

• ≤ 0.3 mg/L (mean) – 0.4 mg/L (max)• Same limit for all composite wood products

– Japanese standard and test method F**** [F4star]– Regarded as most stringent standard in the world– All Australian-made structural, marine, external

plywood and LVL would meet



“Please be aware that the GBCA has moved away from all references to ‘E grades’ (e.g. E1, E0, Super E0) and now refers to compliance according to the emission limit values only.”


Category: Materials (MAT)

• Building Reuse• Timber• Design for Deconstruction• Fitout:

– Furniture– Flooring– Assemblies


MAT: Building Reuse

Building Reuse – 6 points


MAT: Building Reuse

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MAT: Sustainable Timber / Timber


MAT: Timber

2 points available for projects registered before 1st January 2010≥ 95% (by cost) of timber must be either:

– FSC certified– Reused/recycled timber– or a combination of the above


MAT: Timber

1 point only available for projects registered from 1st January 2010≥ 95% (by cost) of timber must be either:

– PEFC certified– FSC certified– Reused/recycled timber– or a combination of the above

Criteria for two points - pending


MAT: Timber - PEFC

PEFC – Programme for Endorsement of Forests Certification

• Endorses schemes in North America, Europe, Malaysia

• Endorses Australian Forestry Certification Scheme’s Australian Forestry Standard (AFS)


MAT: Timber - FSC

FSC – Forest Stewardship Council• Big in New Zealand, Canada, South

America, Europe• Active in Indonesia (MoU with LEI)• Interim Australian forest management

Standard• Certifies small area of plantations

(mostly for pulp/paper) in Australia


MAT: Timber – PEFC vs FSC

• Equivalence for legality and sustainability recently reconfirmed by independent reviews for UK, German Governments

• PEFC and FSC both accepted by Italian Green Building Council


MAT: Timber – Chain of Custody (CoC)

• “Refer to the relevant forest certification scheme's CoC guidelines/standard for guidance on how to provide CoC documentation that will meet credit criteria”

• Fundamental difference in CoC:– PEFC CoC based on suitable marking– FSC CoC based on ownership



Process StageChain-of-custody required?

FSC PEFC / AFCS

Sawmills YES YES

Primary manufacturers of wood products YES YES

Secondary manufacturers of wood products YES NO (if suitably marked)YES (if not suitably marked)

Timber brokers / wholesalers / timberyards YES NO (if suitably marked)YES (if not suitably marked)

Artisans, carpenters YES NO (if suitably marked)YES (if not suitably marked)

Building contractors NO NO (if suitably marked)YES (if not suitably marked)

Retailers (e.g. DIY stores) NO NO (if suitably marked)YES (if not suitably marked)



PEFC / AFCS - Suitable marking– Pack marking– Pack marking suitable for:

• Bulk structural timber and plywood• Formwork• Raw particleboard / MDF panels


MAT: Timber – Reused timber

• Deconstructed houses warehouses, wool stores

• Bridges• Power poles


MAT: Timber – Reused formwork

• Shifting and reusing from one job to the next

• Recognised as “reuse” under previous Technical Clarification


MAT: Design for Disassembly

1 point• Timber framed buildings can be readily designed to

be disassembled• Specify screws and bolts instead of glues and nails


MAT: Design for Disassembly


MAT: Fitout products

e.g. Flooring, joinery, wall assemblies Material calculatorsCurrent system:• To get points must meet either:

– Recognised standards by recognised bodies:– i.e. a “certified product”– e.g. Panel standard of GECA

– OR Criteria in materials calculators

Note - A product that is not certified could achieve 100% of available points in Material Calculators.


MAT: Fitout products

Flooring, furniture, assembliesFuture System• From early 2011 • To get points these must meet revised criteria

in materials calculators


MAT: Fitout products - criteria

• Criterion 1: Re-used items• Criterion 2: Product stewardship• Criterion 3: Certified products• Criterion 4: Re-used, recycled or certified

content• Criterion 5: Environmental management

systems



Criterion 3: Certified productsA “certified product” is a product that meet GBCA recognised standards by GBCA recognised bodies:

– E.g. Raw Panel standard of GECA,

Note - A product that is not certified could achieve 100% of available points in Material Calculators.



Criterion 4: Re-used, recycled or certified contentPEFC or FSC certified wood products (with CoC) are recognised as “certified content”


MAT: Fitout – Calculators

Current Materials Fitout Calculators Relevant Fitout Calculator (early 2011)

Workstations, Chairs, Tables, Storage and Loose Furniture

Materials Calculator 2.0 - Furniture

Walls & Partitions, Joinery and Internal Walls

Materials Calculator 2.0 - Assemblies

Flooring Materials Calculator 2.0 - Flooring


Category: Innovation (INN)

• Not a weighted category• Goes onto your points as they are earnt• Possible 1 point available


INN: Environmental Design Initiatives

1 point• Whole-of-building life cycle assessment (LCA)• LCA recognises the embodied GHG emissions from

construction materials (and their transport)• Currently not in the scope of all materials in Green Star tools



Carbon calculators can be used to estimate:

– Amount of carbon(and carbon dioxide) stored in the building

– Avoided carbon emissions from using wood instead of alternatives

e.g. NZ Wood


Points summary

PROJECT TYPE Schools, Universities

Shopping Centres

Hospitals, Medical Centres

Warehouses, factories

Office Fit Outs New Offices Apartments

Green Star Rating Tool Education v1 Retail v1 Healthcare v1 Industrial v1 Office Interior v1.1 Office v3

Multi-residential

v1

GREEN STAR CREDIT

CATEGORY

Management (MAN)

Total points available12 – 18

Accredited Professional 2 points 2 points 2 points 2 points 2 points 2 points 2 points

Waste Reduction and

Recycling2 points 2 points 2 points 2 points 3 points 2 points 2 points

Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ)


Formaldehyde Minimisation 1 point 1 point 1 point 1 point 2 points 1 point 1 point

Materials (MAT)


Building Reuse 6 points 6 points 6 points 6 points 6 points 6 points 6 points

Sustainable Timber / Timber

2 points /1 point

2 points /1 point

2 points /1 point

2 points /1 point

2 points /1 point

2 points /1 point

2 points /1 point

Design for Disassembly 1 point 1 point 1 point 1 point 1 points 1 point 1 point

Assemblies 1 point - 3 points - 7 points - 3 pointsFlooring 3 points - 3 points - 5 points - 1 point

Furniture 3 points - 4 points - 12 points - -

Innovation (INN)

Total points available

1-5

Environmental Design

Initiatives1 point 1 point 1 point 1 point 1 point 1 point 1 point


Weightings

PROJECT TYPE Schools, Universities

Shopping Centres

Hospitals, Medical Centres

Warehouses, factories

Office Fit Outs New Offices Apartments

Green Star Rating Tool Education v1 Retail v1 Healthcare v1 Industrial v1 Office Interior v1.1 Office v3 Multi-

residential v1

Green Star Category

Management 10 10 9 10 8 9 8

IEQ 20 12 20 17 25 20 20

Materials 10 10 17 15 21 14 10

Innovation na na na na na na na


Learn more about wood at UTAS

Centre for Sustainable Architecture with WoodGraduate Certificate in Timber (Processing & Building)• 4 units, part time, onlineAreas covered include:• Wood science• Design for durability and service for life• Timber as a renewable resource• Sustainable design and construction• Engineered wood products• International technologies and developments• Plus, selected topics of individual interestMore information: Associate Professor Greg Nolan (03) 6324 4478 or [email protected]


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