NZ Conservation House built with Aussie woodFriday 24 Aug 2007 Revelations that the new Conservation House used large volumesof Australian imported timber makes a joke of the Government's claim that the building is a model for sustainability, says National's Conservation spokesman, Nick Smith. In answer to parliamentary written questions, Conservation Minister Chris Carter has admitted that Conservation House, opened earlier this year, used 8700 metres of Victorian Ash and Tasmanian Oak, and a further 320 square metres of Hooped Pine at a cost of MZ$78,450. "Helen Clark and Chris Carter called the new Department of Conservation headquarters "the first fully refurbished, equivalent 5 star ecologically sustainable building in the country" and highlighted its key attributes, including the "use of Environmental Choice NZ products". "The Government's use of imported Aussie timber in its model "carbon neutral" sustainable building is an awful gaffe and an insult to New Zealand's forest industry". More >> |
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