Tennent Brown Architects and Judi Keith-Brown Architect went to parliament on 21 November 2024 to speak to their submission on the Building (Overseas Building Products, Standards, and Certification Schemes) Amendment Bill.
This was to express our concern for:
- Risk of material quality and performance
- Risk of substitution on site
And to make recommendations for:
- Material passports
- Sustainability issues, including...
● Support of Local Industries
● Carbon Emissions
● Toxicity
● Deforestation and Biodiversity
● Social Justice Issues
● Other Environmental Impacts (as defined by Life Cycle Assessment or LCA)
● Recyclability
See our submission, our supplementary information on 7 Red List items and Western Red Cedar, and further supplementary information on PVC.
● Formaldehyde
● Chromium VI
● CCA
● VOCs
● BPA
● PFAS
● PVC
● Western Red Cedar