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Enabling wind energy
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Launched in 2002, and endorsed by the World Green Building Council, the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) is a national, not-for-profit organisation that aims to develop a sustainable property industry in Australia by encouraging the adoption of green building practices. To this end, the GBCA developed Green Star™ as a national rating scheme to evaluate the environmental design and achievements of buildings. As a responsible steel maker, BlueScope Steel's high strength steel can help accrue Green Star points. The steel credit (Mat-6) focuses on encouraging environmentally responsible production, design and fabrication methods that result in the efficient use of steel as a building material.
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Recyclability refers to how effectively and efficiently a product or material can be recycled into a new product. Steel is theoretically 100% recyclable: if recovered at the end of each use phase, the life cycle of steel is potentially endless. Recycling prevents the waste of potentially useful materials; reduces consumption of raw materials and energy; and reduces pollution. Scrap steel is an important component in all steel products, which means that steel is one of the only materials in the world to have guaranteed recycled content.
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Your choice of colour and material matters. External roofing and cladding can affect the temperature inside, and immediately around, a building. The COLORBOND® steel standard colour range includes Thermatech® solar reflectance technology which means more colour choice and still meeting thermal comfort targets. Thermatech® technology turns a steel roof into a cool roof. Cool roofs have high solar reflectivity, and preferably, high thermal emittance. High solar reflectivity means that less energy is absorbed into the roof initially. This reduces the heat that can move from the roof to the atmosphere by convection and conduction – the surface temperature of a cool roof can be up to 39°C less than a dark coloured roof.
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It is now widely accepted that the changes to the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere and radiation budget due to human activities, such as deforestation, industrialisation and urbanisation has effected, and will continue to affect many aspects of climates. For each of the elements of Australia’s harsh climate, BlueScope Steel products offer a way to avoid or mitigate some of the impacts now, and in the future.
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