In The News
Now’s the time to recalibrate to a low carbon future
Originally published 26 March 2020: https://www.thefifthestate.com.au/articles/nows-the-time-to-recalibrate-to-a-low-carbon-future/ Once we’ve recalibrated our lives, with a heightened awareness of health and our environment, the low carbon economy will be the...
Circular economy funding needs oversight says Responsible Wood
First Published on Linkedin on June 22, 2019: Circular economy funding needs oversight says Responsible Wood With governments funding startups in the social enterprise and circular economy space there is a need to keep an eye on the outcomes being delivered, according...
Responsible Wood played key role at World Architecture Festival
RESPONSIBLE WOOD went global with the Australian PEFC-endorsed forest certification scheme, a major feature in the highly prestigious World Architecture Festival and Awards. Hosted in Amsterdam in December, the festival brought together the best of the best – the world’s largest, live, inclusive and interactive architectural awards program and festival.
Are we fast enough for change: a global view of design and timber
The demand for radical change by the United Nations in October this year to limit global warming to a 1.5 degree global temperature increase, requires fundamental change. A three week visit of five countries which included judging at the 2018 World Architecture...
Views from the World Architecture Awards
Originally published 4 December 2018: https://www.thefifthestate.com.au/innovation/architecture/views-from-the-world-architecture-awards/ Brisbane based architect Mark Thomson has just come back from judging a segment in the World Architecture Festival in Europe....
Local Innovation with Watkins Steel
On May 22nd 2017, representatives from Be Collective and Eco Effective Solutions visited the Banyo facilities of Watkins Steel to witness a demonstration of local technological innovation. Des Watkins and Ben Yu from Watkins Steel proudly displayed their recently...
EES Website article May 2017 GREEN HOTEL
“GREEN HOTELS – taking the confusion out of sustainability in the hotel industry” New magazine articles providing green building information and practices Mark Thomson has recently been asked to contribute to...
The Environmental Brief: Pathways for Green Design – Co-authored by Mark Thomson
Mark Thomson has been an advocate for Sustainability for over a decade, and more recently, is a published co-author of The Environmental Brief: Pathways for Green Design. About the Book The built environment is responsible for an estimated forty-five per cent of all...
Mark at the University of Sydney
Last Friday, Mark joined a professional panel of industry experts to update University of Queensland Project Management Staff and students on Sustainable Construction. Invited by Schiavello Systems NSW, Mark joined senior representatives of Cushman Wakefield, Gray...
If you insist: consumers must drive sustainability
Queensland home owners must take the lead in demanding truly sustainable housing if we are to successfully deal with climate change and the current water crisis. Mark Thomson, from the Queensland University of Technology’s School of Design, said the Queensland housing...
“The Revitaliser” at HB2012
The Revitaliser” is a “living laboratory” established at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre for the 10th International Healthy Building Conference. This full size demonstration display ,designed to increase workspace air quality, will test the impact plants...
Rebuilding green after the Queensland floods
Rebuilding green – that was Mark Thomson’s vision for a Brisbane house devastated by the floods. The architect helped complete an eco retrofit of a two-storey brick veneer home at inner-suburban Chelmer that had been flooded up to the second storey. Mr Thomson, who...
Baby steps after the floods
[Article reprinted from the January-March 2012 edition of ATA’s ReNew magazine.] Architect Mark Thomson’s first experience after the Queensland floods was as part of the ‘mud brigade’. Now he’s trying to set a smarter, hands- on approach to rebuilding in...