February Meeting Point out now

by Kai | Mar 1, 2023 | General, Uncategorised

AMCouncil February Meeting Point e-news is out now, packed with all the latest and greatest AMCouncil happenings and news from the past month, including links to some great technical articles, news, interviews and announcements. Check your inboxes now!

Race to Net Zero: A Climate Emergency Guide for New and Existing Buildings

by Kai | Feb 23, 2023 | General, Uncategorised

The University of New South Wales recently released a guide detailing a pathway for the Australian built environment to achieve net zero by 2040 entitled” Race to Net Zero Carbon: A Climate emergency Guide for New and Existing Buildings in Australia”.   The guide, Race to Net Zero Carbon: A Climate Emergency Guide for New and Existing Buildings in Australia, explains how materials and best practices can help architects, engineers, planners and others to transform the industry and built environment toward net zero.  The Guide can be accessed here.

Policies to Transition to a Circular Economy

by Kai | Jan 31, 2023 | General, Uncategorised

According to a World Bank report released on 6^th December 2022 entitled “ Squaring the Circle: Policies for a transition to a circular economy in Europe” today’s global economy consumes more than 100 billion tons of raw materials each year, while approximately 90 billion tons of materials are disposed of as waste. The number of new merchandise mobilized between 2000 and 2015 is already equivalent to more than half of the number of sales promotions between 1900 and 2000 with Global demand for new commodities expected to at least double again by 2050.

The Circularity Gap Report 2023 Released

by Kai | Jan 31, 2023 | General, Uncategorised

A report released in Jan23 entitled “ The Circularity Gap Report”

• examines the global issue of rising material extraction and use
• outlines how with a circular economy we can fulfil peoples needs for materials within the safe limits of the planet
• points out how to use less, use longer, use again and make clean circular  solutions for four of the global systems (food systems, built environment, mobility and transport,  manufactured goods and consumables)
• how purpose drive collaboration between public and provide sector can be used to scale the transition to a circular economy
• acknowledging that differences in approaches from each country are expected to meet the shared global foal of reversing environmental overshoot whilst meeting needs of people.