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Roofing Industries is proud to announce that they have achieved both the Global GreenTag® (ColorCote®) and the Environmental Choice® tick (COLORSTEEL®, Zincalume® and GalvSteel®).

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Wed, 30/09/2020 - 12:48pm

Roofing Industries is the largest NZ owned and operated metal roof and cladding manufacturer in New Zealand. Committed to reducing their environmental impact, they have taken steps to operate with sustainability in mind.

The Global Greentag® Certification is an internationally recognised...

NZ Metal Roofing Manufacturers, Sustainability, and the NZ Green Building Council Rating Tools

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 16/03/2021 - 12:45pm

People have been talking about “sustainability” for a long time without really defining what is sustainable other than something that can continue. In 1987, the General Assembly of the United Nations set up the World Commission on Environment and Development, with the objective of proposing long...

Sustainable Water

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Tue, 12/07/2011 - 12:00am

There’s little doubt that water is one of the planet’s most valuable commodities and maintaining water supply will become even more important if predictions about the dire consequences of global warming become true.

If the planet is going to be subjected to the extremes of flooding and...

NZ Steel Monitoring Environmental Effects

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Thu, 31/01/2019 - 3:21pm

In 2007 NZMRM created its Sustainability Sub-committee following the creation of the NZ Green Building Council in 2005, and the development of the Green Star building rating system. At that time, we had wanted to have NZ made steel included in the Green Star system, but for various reasons this...

Green Star, Homestar and metal roofing.

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Thu, 30/08/2018 - 10:06am

NZMRM and NZ Steel are members of the NZ Green Building Council 

We have previously discussed the long process of having metal roofing recognised by NZGBC as eligible for credit under the MAT-8 rating in the Green Star accreditation system which recognises the sustainability of products...

How to use the new steel credit (Mat-8) in Greenstar rating for your new building

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Tue, 04/10/2016 - 4:14pm

In the last issue of Scope we described how you can finally claim Greenstar points for use of steel in your building design without the requirement for post-consumer recycled content. After several years of discussion the new Mat-8 Steel v3.0.0, now requires as a pre-requisite that 90% of the...

RECYCLING, RECYCLABILITY AND GREENSTAR

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 4:56pm


New Zealand Metal Roofing Manufacturers (NZMRM), as does every industry that wants to survive, is continuously looking at the sustainability of their products and member companies. We have been operating a Sustainability Subcommittee since 2006, which looks at issues affecting the...

ZINC TRENDS IN AUCKLAND WATERWAYS

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 2:11pm

IS ZINC SOURCE CONTROL FOR ROOFING JUSTIFIED?


Last year we advised that the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan (PAUP) 2013 contained provisions not allowing the use of unpainted metal roof (or wall) cladding other than aluminium.  We commented on the implications of...

The Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Fri, 13/05/2016 - 1:26pm

 

In Scope 39 we discussed the upcoming issue of the Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan (PAUP) 2013 containing provisions not allowing the use of unpainted metal roof (or wall) cladding. This includes ZINCALUME ® which has a surface 80% of aluminium, and ignored the large number of galvanised...

Green Building

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Mon, 09/05/2016 - 2:04pm

NZ Green Building Council updates the Steel Credit in Green Star NZ to something achievable.

If you build upmarket offices, commercial buildings or schools this should mean something to you. If it does read on to discover how we have finally made the steel credit applicable to NZ made...

Solar Energy Panels And Metal Roofing

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Thu, 18/12/2014 - 12:00am

NZMRM has been involved in discussions about solar water heating panels before and has contributed to the MBIE G12/AS2 and “Solar Water Heaters - Guidance for suppliers, installers and building consent authorities – December 2009”. We have commented on the issues with these in at least one Scope...

Emerging Technologies

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Wed, 31/07/2013 - 12:00am
Emerging Technologies

Emerging technologies for use with steel roof and wall cladding : Solar

New Zealand has long been a home for the use of “alternative” energy generating technologies, both because of the scattered nature of settlement and the Kiwi DIY attitude. Photovoltaic electricity has...

Waihohonu Hut Tongariro National Park

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Mon, 05/11/2012 - 12:00am

By Graham Hepburn

Wellington firm Pynenburg and Collins Architects has designed about 70 tramping huts for the Department of Conservation (DoC) in the past 11 years. And in that time they have created a manual for huts that accommodate up to 40 people, including standard designs for...

Sustainable Transport

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Thu, 01/11/2012 - 12:00am

By Graham Hepburn

As sustainability becomes more of an issue around the world, attention has been focused not only on how a product is made but also how raw materials are collected and how the product is distributed.

Transporting materials to a factory and then shipping out the...

Sustainable Water

Submitted by Bruce Duncan on Wed, 20/11/2019 - 3:15pm

Back in Issue 25 in 2010 Graham Hepburn  reviewed the importance of water and the sustainable process of harvesting drinking water from metal roofs. This article is an update and review of what was written then. 

Rainwater Harvesting - increasingly relevant today
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Sustainability And Lightweight Roofing

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Fri, 29/10/2010 - 12:00am

By Graham Hepburn
Advances in technology over the years have meant that metal roofs have not only become more durable but also lighter.

Metal roofs have always been lighter than concrete tiles or slate but they have been refined to become progressively lighter over the years. The...

Recyclability & Recycling Of Metal Cladding

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Sun, 29/11/2009 - 12:00am

New Zealand Metal Roofing Manufacturers (NZMRM), as does every industry that wants to survive, is looking at the sustainability of their products and member companies.  We have been operating a Sustainability Sub committee for the last two years, and this was a topic at the Adelaide conference...

Cradle To Cradle : The Life Cycle Of Steel

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Wed, 28/10/2009 - 12:00am

By Graham Hepburn

Steel can be recycled forever without degradation. Recovery is estimated at 85%. 459.3 million tonnes are recycled world wide every year

Every kilogram of recycled steel  saves 12.5 MJ of energy, 86% less air emissions air, 40% less water and 97% less...

Leading The World In Waterbased Coil Coatings

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Mon, 30/11/2009 - 12:00am


“At the last NZMRM Annual Conference, Dr. Lou Gommans from PPG Industries gave an interesting presentation on the coatings technology used to make the paints which coat many of New Zealand’s metal claddings.  Significantly, and unexpectedly, he informed us that NZ leads the way in...

Zinc Is Good

Submitted by NZMRM Editors on Tue, 27/10/2009 - 12:00am

Zinc and roofing go hand in hand and have done so since the 1800's. Roofing products incorporating zinc have been used to roof the historic buildings of Paris to the garden shed in your back yard and for very good reason. Zinc is truly an amazing material. Zinc has the ability to protect less...

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