I roto i te horopaki o te ao whānui o te mōhiotanga taiao e tipu haere ana, kua noho ko te hoahoa taiao o ngā rauemi hanga hei kaupapa matua mā ngā kaihoahoa, ngā kaimahi kirimana, me ngā kaipupuri kaupapa puta noa i te ao. Hei rauemi hanga e whakamahia whānuitia ana, kua piki haere te aro ki ngā wāhanga o te karāhe mō ō rātou mahi taiao. Ka rukuhia e tēnei tuhinga ngā āhuatanga taiao o ngā wāhanga karāhe mai i ngā tirohanga matua e whā—te kimi rauemi mata, ngā tukanga hanga, te mahi ratonga-ā-roto, me te whakahaere para—hei āwhina i ngā kiritaki o te ao ki te whakatau whai whakaaro mō ngā kaupapa hanga whare pumau.
1. Te Āhuatanga Taiao o ngā Rauemi Mata: Taiao, Kore-Paitini, ā, He Nui
He toka mura tūturu te karāneti, he mea hanga tuatahi mai i te quartz, te feldspar, me te mika—he kohuke e horapa whānuitia ana puta noa i te ao. He rerekē ki ngā rauemi hanga hangai (pērā i ētahi panera hiato) kei roto pea he matū kino pērā i te formaldehyde, ngā matū waro mimiti rānei (VOC), kāore he matū paitini o te karāneti tūturu. Kāore e tukuna he auahi kino, kāore hoki e tukuna ngā rauemi kino ki te taiao, he mea haumaru mō ngā mahi o roto, o waho hoki (hei tauira, ngā papa kaute, ngā mata o mua, me te whakapaipai whenua).
Heoi anō, ko te nui o ngā rahui o te karāhe ka whakaiti i te mōrearea o te korenga o ngā rauemi, ka whakarite i tētahi mekameka tuku pumau mō ngā kaupapa hanga nui. Mō ngā kiritaki o tāwāhi e āwangawanga ana mō te pumau o ngā rauemi, ko te takenga mai o te karāhe karāhe e hangai ana ki ngā paerewa hanga matomato o te ao (hei tauira, LEED, BREEAM), e āwhina ana i ngā kaupapa ki te whakatutuki i ngā whakaritenga tiwhikete taiao.
2. Te Whakahoahoa ki te Taiao o ngā Tukanga Hanga: Ka Whakaitihia e te Hangarau Matatau te Pānga ki te Taiao
E toru ngā wāhanga matua o te hanga i ngā wāhanga karāhe: te keri, te tapahi, me te whakakanapa—he tukanga i puta ai te haruru me te parahanga puehu i ngā wā o mua. Heoi, nā te whakamahi i ngā hangarau matatau, kua tino whakaitihia e ngā kaihanga karāhe hou (pēnei i a ZHHIMG) ō rātou tapuwae taiao:
- Te Tapahi Wai Pūwero: Hei whakakapi i te tapahi maroke tuku iho, ka whakamahia e te hangarau pūwero wai te wai pēhanga teitei hei hanga i te karāhe, ka whakakorea te neke atu i te 90% o ngā tukunga puehu me te whakaiti i te parahanga o te hau.
- Ngā Pūnaha Ārai Oro: Kei ngā wāhi keri me te tapahi ngā ārai oro ngaio me ngā taputapu whakakore haruru, kia tutuki ai ngā paerewa parahanga haruru o te ao (hei tauira, EU Directive 2002/49/EC).
- Te Whakamahinga Wai Porowhita: Ka kohia, ka tātarihia hoki e ngā pūnaha hangarua wai porowhita-katia te wai e whakamahia ana mō te tapahi me te whakakanapa, ka whakaitihia te whakamahinga wai tae atu ki te 70% me te ārai i te tukunga wai para ki roto i ngā wai tūturu.
- Te Whakaora Para: Ka kohia ngā toenga me ngā paura kua tapahia ki roto i ngā ipu motuhake hei hangarua ā muri ake nei (tirohia te Wāhanga 4, kia iti ai te kohikohinga o ngā para i te papaanga.
Ehara i te mea ka tiaki noa i te taiao ēnei mahi hanga matomato engari ka whakarite hoki i te kounga hua pumau—he painga matua tēnei mō ngā kiritaki o tāwāhi e rapu ana i ngā rauemi hanga pono, e pai ana ki te taiao.
3. Mahi Taiao i roto i te Ratonga: He pakari, he iti te tiaki, he roa hoki te mau
Ko tētahi o ngā painga taiao nui rawa atu o ngā wāhanga o te karāhe ko tōna mahi tino pai i roto i te ratonga, e whakaiti tika ana i te pānga taiao mō te wā roa:
- Te Pakari Tino Pai: He tino ātete te karāneti ki te huarere, te waikura, me te kakahu miihini. Ka taea e ia te tu atu i ngā pāmahana tino kino (mai i te -40°C ki te 80°C) me te ua nui, me te pupuri i tōna hanganga mō ngā tau neke atu i te 50 i roto i ngā tono o waho. Ko te roa o te ora o te karāneti he iti ake ngā whakakapinga, ka whakaiti i te whakapaunga rauemi me te whakaputa para.
- Kāore he Paninga Paitini: He rerekē ki ngā rauemi rakau, whakarewa rānei e hiahia ana kia peitahia, kia pania, kia whakapūmautia rānei (e whakamahi ana i ngā VOC), he maeneene, he matotoru hoki te mata o te karāhe. Kāore e hiahiatia he maimoatanga matū tāpiri, ā, ka kore e tukuna ngā matū kino i te wā tiaki.
- Te Whai Hua o te Pūngao: Mō ngā whakamahinga o roto (hei tauira, ngā papa, ngā papa kaute), ka āwhina te papatipu wera o te karāhe ki te whakahaere i te pāmahana o te rūma, ka whakaiti i te whakapaunga pūngao o ngā pūnaha whakamahana me te whakamatao. E hangai ana tēnei painga penapena pūngao ki ngā mahi ā-ao ki te whakaiti i ngā tukunga waro i roto i ngā whare.
4. Te Whakahaere Para i te Āhua Taiao: Ka taea te hangarua, ā, he maha ngā whakamahinga.
Ina tae ki te mutunga o te ora o ngā wāhanga karāhe, ka taea te hangarua i ō rātou para, ka whakarei ake i tō rātou uara taiao:
- Te Hanga Anō: Ka taea te tukatuka i ngā para karāhe kuru hei mea hanga rori, hei mea whakaranu raima, hei mea whakakī pakitara rānei. Ehara i te mea ka tahuri noa iho ngā para mai i ngā whenua ururua engari ka whakaitihia hoki te hiahia ki te keri i ngā mea hou—ka penapena pūngao, ka whakaitihia hoki ngā tapuwae waro.
- Ngā Whakamahinga Auaha: Kua tūhuratia e ngā rangahau tata nei (e tautokona ana e ngā umanga taiao) te whakamahi i te paura karāhe pai hei whakaora i te oneone (hei whakapai ake i te hanganga o te oneone) me te purenga wai (hei mimiti i ngā konganuku taumaha). Ka whakawhānui ake ēnei auahatanga i te uara taiao o te karāhe ki tua atu i te hanganga tuku iho.
5. Aromatawai Whānui me te He aha i Kōwhiri ai i ngā Wāhanga Granite a ZHHIMG?
I te nuinga o te wā, he tino pai ngā mahi a ngā wāhanga o te karāhe i roto i te taiao—mai i ngā rauemi mata taiao, kore-paitini ki te hangahanga iti-parahanga, te whakamahinga roa i roto i te ratonga, me ngā para hangarua. Heoi, ko te uara taiao tuturu o te karāhe e whakawhirinaki ana ki te whakapau kaha a te kaihanga ki ngā mahi matomato.
I ZHHIMG, ko te oranga tonutanga o te taiao te kaupapa matua puta noa i tā mātou mekameka whakaputa:
- E piri ana ā mātou wāhi keri whenua ki ngā paerewa whakaora taiao tino pakari (te whakato anō i ngā otaota i muri i te keri hei ārai i te horo o te oneone).
- Ka whakamahia e mātou te wai hangarua 100% mō te tapahi me te whakakanapa, ā, kua whiwhi ā mātou wheketere i te tiwhikete pūnaha whakahaere taiao ISO 14001.
- Ka tukuna e mātou ngā wāhanga karāhe kua whakaritea (hei tauira, ngā mata o mua kua tapahia, ngā papa kaute kua hangaia kia tino tika) hei whakaiti i ngā para i runga i te papaanga mō ngā kiritaki puta noa i te ao.
Mō ngā kiritaki o te ao e hiahia ana ki te whakataurite i te pumau, te pakari, me te ataahua i roto i ā rātou kaupapa, ko ngā wāhanga karāhe a ZHHIMG te whiringa tino pai. Ahakoa kei te hanga koe i tētahi pourewa arumoni kua whakamanahia e LEED, i tētahi whare noho papai, i tētahi whenua tūmatanui rānei, ka taea e ā mātou otinga karāhe hoahoa-taiao te āwhina i a koe ki te whakatutuki i ō whāinga taiao me te whakarite i te uara kaupapa mo te wā roa.
Kua rite koe ki te kōrero mō tō kaupapa?
Mena kei te hiahia koe ki te ako atu mō te whakapai ake i te mahi taiao o tō kaupapa e ngā wāhanga karāhe a ZHHIMG, ki te hiahia rānei koe i tētahi whakatau utu ritenga, kei konei tā mātou tīma tohunga hei āwhina.
Wā tuku: 29 o Ākuhata-2025