Ex-Middleton Grange International College student

University of Canterbury (UC) Bachelor of Product Design student Andy (Minhong) Park has developed a biocomposite wall panel that uses seaweed as a bio-filler as part of his final-year Industrial Design project.

Currently the building industry contributes 20% of our country’s carbon emissions,” Park says. “As the sector faces the challenge of reducing carbon emissions but building more houses, and with plasterboard used in almost every home, seaweed plasterboard offers a viable green alternative.

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