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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

February 17, 2019

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 Festival in Amsterdam and presentations in Geneva to the PEFC General Assembly, have convinced […]

Views from the World Architecture Awards

December 5, 2018

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. While he was there he also gave two presentations to the UN General Assembly in Geneva and had a big look around at what countries on the far side of […]

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 purchased Micro HoloLens “glasses” that allows you to view and interact with 3D models using mixed […]

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 two Australian magazines supporting the hotel and hospitality industry to assist in the education of the green rating tools. Accommodation projects have been a […]

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 greenhouse gas emissions. As the greatest opportunities for reducing these emissions occur during […]

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