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What is a zero-carbon building? To be considered zero-carbon, a building must achieve net-zero status for both Operational Carbon and Embodied Carbon.
View ArticleKIRK brings over twenty years experience in the design and delivery of Mass Engineered Timber (MET) buildings.
Our studio is an industry leader in sustainable design, focused on the development and delivery of low carbon buildings through timber-based design. The timber construction methodology, adopted by our practice, has been proven to sequester carbon using renewable timber feed stock to significantly reduce construction time, reduce building waste, and support safer and quieter construction sites. This method embraces the use of prefabricated mass engineered timber systems, which can be optimised during the design process to minimise waste and coordinate at a high level of accuracy components of the mass timber structure to ensure precise assembly.
KIRK has a deep interest in researching and developing cutting-edge construction methods and material knowledge. The studio is committed to employing renewable resources and local industry on a large and meaningful scale upon selection of the construction materials. Specifying locally-grown timber species, manufactured in Queensland demonstrated the benefits of this technology as a sustainable alternative to steel and aluminum. Local Queensland timber is central to the sustainability initiatives employed by KIRK.
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Mass Engineered Timber, also known as MET, refers to manufactured timber products that have been engineered with an improved structural integrity. Mass engineered timber construction systems are a sustainable solution to conventional structural materials such as steel and concrete.
Mass engineered timber (MET) is can be used in low to mid rise buildings.
Types of Mass Engineered Timber: