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Cement Fly-Ash, Eco-Blend, Steel Cement, Steel Pave |
Independent Cement & Lime Pty Ltd |
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Yes |
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Greenhouse gas emissions reduced by more than 30% |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes - hexavalent chromium but well below one twentieth of exposure limits |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Hebel AAC Noise Barrier Systems (NBS) (hebel sound fence and hebel sound barrier), Power Floor |
CSR Hebel - CSR Building Products Ltd |
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Yes |
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Enhanced insulation value is well in excess of 30% benchmark in environmental improvement. |
Higher GHG during manufacturing phase outweighed by 90% weighting for GHG saved during in-use phase. |
Yes |
Contains respirable crystalline silica between 0.1% and 1%, however final user is not exposed to a respirable form during normal in-use phase (solid matrix of AAC) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Hebel Power Wall Internal & External, Hebel Block |
CSR Hebel - CSR Building Products Ltd |
Precast reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) panels for construction of walls where load bearing is not required. Suitable for either vertical or horizontal applications |
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Yes |
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Insulation Value of party wall assemblage exceeds standard plasterboard by 0.83R value (92%). 90% weighting for GHG saved during in-use phase. |
Insulation benefits during in-use phase outweigh greater GHG emissions during manufacturing phase. |
Yes |
Contains respirable crystalline silica between 0.1% and 1%, however final user is not exposed to a respirable form during normal in-use phase (solid matrix of AAC) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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HRV System |
HRV (Ventilation Australia Pty Ltd) |
Energy efficient home ventilation system |
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Yes |
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The HRV system has been through a life cycle assessment and the results calculated by Simapro 7.0 shows that HRV systems does have the minimum 30 % environmental load reduction. |
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Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Organic Digesters (Standard Commercial Model, Tandem Commercial Model, Industrial Model) |
Tat-G Corp Pty Ltd |
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Yes |
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The Digester is run entirely on renewable energy supplied by solar cells. Considering the large amounts of organic food based waste that is diverted to landfill the diversion of waste from this represents a significant Environmental load reduction. |
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Yes |
None of the substances used in this product are of concern to GECS under this criterion. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Physical Termite Barrier |
Termicide Pty Ltd. |
Provide non toxic physical termite barrier. |
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Reduce enviromental impact. |
Yes |
water use, human and environmental toxicity, material use and waste generation. |
Energy use for installed termicide is 0.8576MJ/linear meter, compared with 12MJ/lineal meter for installed marine grade stainless steel mesh |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Xypex C-1000-NF, Xypex C-5000, Ecotec |
Xypex |
Concrete waterproofing, protection and improvement |
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Yes |
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These Xypex products have been through a life cycle assessment and the results show that these products do have a minimum 30 % environmental load reduction and therefore meet the requirements of this criterion. |
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Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
