To say the architectural, engineering and construction industries in Australia knows the importance of leaving the smallest carbon footprint behind would be an understatement. Not only do industry benchmarks like the Green Star Rating system drive almost every practice’s design approach today, architects and building designers are also increasingly reviewed and recognised by their peers based on their environmentally sustainable initiatives.

Despite the warranted hype surrounding sustainable design, the most recent submission from the Green Building Council of Australia found that residential and commercial buildings in the country produce 23 per cent of total national greenhouse emissions annually. In addition it found without appropriate action, energy use in the commercial sector with respect to buildings and their impact on the environment is expected to treble by 2050.

Now a new white paper from Australia’s leading supplier of timber weatherboards, Weathertex, explores how far modern design teams should be looking to go in their push for sustainable excellence, the financial impact, and how to better understand the costs involved in the endeavour for truly green buildings.

In an environment where emphasis is placed on accreditation and rating systems, sustainably manufactured products are frequently perceived as more expensive if they have a higher rating than others.

The paper goes on to look at this price misconception, and how products with accreditations such as the EcoSpecifier Global GreenTag certification can actually be specified without blowouts to project budgets.

Companies such as Weathertex are today helping design teams achieve the highest environmental ratings with their ranges of wall claddings and building panels, with sustainable properties  that won’t cost the earth, and prices that again, won’t cost the earth.

Click here to download the free white paper “Why Choosing Accredited Products Will Never Fail Your Project (Or Blow Your Budget)”