Around 15% of Aotearoa New Zealand's domestic long-lived carbon emissions relate to our buildings. As the country’s only manufacturer of gypsum plasterboard, under the GIB® brand, Winstone Wallboards (WWB) has a responsibility to reduce carbon in the built environment.
Saving emissions in construction waste
Reducing the company’s carbon emissions cuts down emissions in thousands of residential, commercial and industrial buildings across the country too. Circular economy thinking is helping WWB reduce this source of emissions: construction waste.
Five hotspots of carbon emissions
We wrote this case study for WWB to use in their own communications. It explains how we worked with the manufacturer to identify five ‘hotspots’ of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) for construction waste (below), and how WWB are using circular economy to address the issues.
