Green Building

As a member of the Housing Industry Association (HIA), Hyne is a committed Greensmart Partner. The choice of Hyne timber products over alternative energy intensive building materials including concrete, masonry, steel and aluminium, has a substantial impact on carbon emissions. Research undertaken by the Forest and Wood Products Association found that 25 tonnes of carbon per average Australian home can be saved by choosing timber wherever possible.

 

 

Hyne is working with other producers and with the Australian Forestry Scheme (AFS) for review of the Mat 8 Sustainable Timber Guideline by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) for the inclusion of Environmentally Certified forest products sourced from Plantation Forests managed to the Australian Forest Standard AS4708 (Int) – 2003 thus making these products eligible for green star points allocation.

For additional information visit
www.greensmart.com.au
www.forestrystandard.org.au
www.naturallybetter.com.au