An Elegant Showroom Design with Reduced Carbon Intensity
ForestOne Representative Darryl Ball Words Brett Winchester Styling Zephyr + Stone
In Hettich’s new South Melbourne showroom, Zephyr + Stone employs a carefully considered palette of sustainable and hard-wearing materials to bring Hettich’s range of hardware to life. EGGER’s GreenTec Flooring in Chromix Silver and Eurodekor Tobacco Pacific Walnut were specified to create a space suited to the contemporary context while reducing embodied carbon in the project.
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A comparison of embodied carbon levels in popular flooring and joinery products, supplied by The Footprint Company.
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Zephyr + Stone designers Ania Forster and Kasia Clarke sought to specify joinery that typifies the type of home or workspace in which Hettich products might be employed. “We endeavoured to include a large range of hardware and storage solutions to allow showroom visitors to experience the endless possibilities,” says Ania. “As part of the design, we positioned key cabinetry components to maximise natural light and flow through the space.” With its classic colouring, dark inclusions and soft knots, the Tobacco Pacific Walnut wood décor bounces off the chosen flooring to add a timeless and sophisticated flair to the showroom. “It also ensures a warm and welcoming aesthetic,” adds Ania. With a commitment to reducing embodied carbon emissions in the manufacturing of its products, EGGER also proved a natural complement to Hettich’s focus on sustainable responsibility. As The Footprint Company’s Dr Caroline Noller noted on the previous pages, EGGER panel products have up to 65 per cent recycled content, which has the effect of reducing carbon intensity by 39–60 per cent depending on the product and its application. In specifying Eurodekor® for the Hettich showroom, carbon emissions associated with the joinery and cabinetry were
minimised to 17kg CO 2 -e/m 2 for MDF with timber veneer and 37.8kg CO 2 -e/m 2 for 2 , compared to 27kg CO 2 -e/m virgin hardwood with varnish. GreenTec Flooring also supports lower carbon emissions per square metre, with only 53kg CO 2 -e/m 2 for the GreenTec Pro Design Timber Laminate direct stick floor product that was used. This equates to almost half the volume emitted by ceramic tiles (101kg CO 2 -e/m 2 ) and is also less than the embod- ied carbon emissions of engineered timber floorboards (54kg CO 2 -e/m 2 ) (see graphs opposite for the comparison). Encompassing classic lines, a timeless and sophisti- cated colour palette and EGGER joinery, the new Hettich showroom offers a place in which clients are supported in planning their ideal spaces. The inclusion of a designated meeting space with ample natural light encourages archi- tects, designers, developers and builders to meet with cli- ents, while flexible and mobile storage solutions allow the floor space to be transformed for meetings and events. Importantly, this inspiring showroom also demonstrates that elegant aesthetics can happily coexist with a reduc- tion in embodied carbon when a project is approached with care and a responsible spirit.
A . 7.5mm GreenTec Pro Design Floating Timber Laminate Floor, B. 7.5mm GreenTec Pro Design Timber Laminate Floor direct stick, C. 3mm Vinyl sheet direct stick, D. 12mm engineered timber floor boards on 12mm HMR Plywood, E . 12mm ceramic tile direct stick with epoxy glue (no cement bed) A B C D E
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A. 25mm Eurodekor®, B. 25mm MDF with timber veneer face both sides, C. 25mm HMR with timber veneer face both sides, D. 25mm Virgin Hardwood with Varnish finish both sides
[1] 12 mm ceramic tiles (on a 20mm mortar bed). [2] 12mm engineered timber floorboards. [3] 25mm MDF with timber veneer face both side, 425mm Virgin Hardwood with Varnish finish both sides.
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