Timber Stadiums, Villages & Venues

Did you know the building and construction sector accounts for 39% of global emissions? Embodied carbon in the production of building materials is responsible for 28% of these emissions.

The Queensland Government is committed to delivering a climate positive Olympic and Paralympic Games by minimising direct and indirect carbon emissions.

But how will the significant emissions produced by building six new venues, upgrading eight venues and preparing 23 existing or temporary venues be offset?

A solution is to maximise the use of timber and engineered wood products when building venues, villages, landscape architecture and streetscapes. Using engineered timber can cut construction-related embodied carbon emissions by as much as 75% when compared with conventional steel and concrete.

Don’t miss this webinar which will examine how stadiums, villages and venues can utilise timber products and significantly assist the carbon budget being developed to deliver a climate positive Olympic and Paralympic Games

Thank you to our webinar sponsors, XLam.

WEBINAR PROGRAM

11.00 am

Welcome and introduction

Clarissa Brandt, Strategic Relations & Communications Manager, Timber Queensland

11.05am

Stadiums: sustainable timber design

Andrew Colling, Principal/ Director, HKS

11.30am

Material efficient timber construction: Paris Olympics athletes’ village

Janne Heikkilä, Team Manager, Technical Customer Service, Metsa Group

11.55am

Sponsor presentation: Xlam

12.05am

Timber sporting venues: Tokyo Ariake Gymnastics Centre

Hiroshi Miyakawa, Executive Design Fellow, Nikken Sekkei,

12.30pm

Q&A

12.35pm

Conclusion