Case Studies
Tenon Mouldings Plant Carbon Footprint
Thursday 22, October 2009
This project assessed the global warming potential of the product range manufactured at the Tenon mouldings plant in Taupo. Life […]
New Zealand Forestry Carbon Footprint
Thursday 22, October 2009
This project assessed the global warming potential of one average cubic metre of Radiata pine produced in New Zealand using […]
Commercial Furniture LCA: a case study of the Formway LIFE chair
Thursday 22, October 2009
The purpose of this study was to develop an in-depth understanding of the life cycle environmental impacts associated with the […]
Life Cycle Assessment of the Australian/New Zealand plasterboard industry
Thursday 22, October 2009
This report documents the environmental impacts of plasterboard in Australia and New Zealand over its whole life cycle and can […]
Waitakere NOW Home
Thursday 22, October 2009
This project used Life Cycle Assessment to assess the environmental performance of the Waitakere NOW Home over its 100-year lifespan. […]
Environmental Impacts of Multi-Storey Buildings Using Different Construction Materials
Thursday 22, October 2009
The study investigated the energy use and climate change impacts related to a six-storey building made of different construction materials […]
Exemplar House
Thursday 22, October 2009
The Exemplar house is a basic two storey design of a house, with a building system typical for New Zealand […]
NZ Fuel and Electricity Energy & Life Cycle Emission Factors
Thursday 22, October 2009
This paper describes the results and methodology used for determining the primary energy, carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emission factors […]
Carbon Footprints of Wind Farm
Thursday 22, October 2009
Life-cycle energy and global warming potentials of specific New Zealand wind farms have been assessed for Contact Energy and Trust […]
Life cycle liabilities of transport infrastructure (TILL)
Thursday 22, October 2009
This project uses Life Cycle Assessment methodology to estimate the benchmark energy use and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) for passenger […]