What is community development? Community Development is never, ever ‘done’. It is a living, breathing, changing contextual space that is as varied as the community it embraces. It is acutely dependant on motivated leaders and participants acting in a way that matters to them for the betterment of their own social space. Discovering the bespoke […]

The Sunshine Coast University Hospital (SCUH) is the largest public healthcare facility in Australia to earn a 6 star Green Star Healthcare v1 Design and As-Built ratings. Jeremy Mansfield will share the story of the project team who achieved successful airtight results during the design, construction and delivery of the Sunshine Coast University Hospital. The […]

The move towards more energy efficient and tighter buildings might lead to increased consumer exposure to the thousands of chemicals embedded in building materials. This seminar will present new high throughput methods to characterize the population exposure to tens of thousands chemical-product combinations used in building materials and cleaning products, using method of lines and […]

The term ‘biophilic design’ is being both increasingly used and increasingly misunderstood. In this webinar, Stephen Choi will take you through an introduction to biophilic design, including identification of the patterns and elements that can be incorporated into a project and how they impact both end-users and the project teams. He shares examples of how […]

What is passive house? And what impacts can it have? During this webinar, learn the latest from a leading expert in passive house with an opportunity for live Q&A with the presenter Andy Marlow, an accomplished architect and a Director at Australian Passive House Association. Key learning areas include: High Performance Windows: How low-emissivity double […]

Barrack Place, 151 Clarence Street is Sydney CBD’s newest A Grade commercial development.Arup was the multi-disciplinary base building engineer and anchor tenant for Barrack Place creating a unique opportunity to integrate Arup’s own aspirations for their new home as well as delivering a next generation, sustainable, commercial office building for the client, Investa.Barrack Place was […]

Calculating Cool is a free online rating tool to benchmark performance against best practice to help improve the design, installation and operation of HVAC systems. It provides quantitative and qualitative ratings for Base Building HVAC systems in Australian office buildings with more than 2,000 m2 NLA. It is currently being considered for inclusion in the […]

Shane Esmore, Umow Lai Director and Principal Sustainability Consultant shares insights from a global study tour researching world leading high performance buildings.The world is facing a climate emergency that will require innovative solutions with buildings needing to take a leading role. So the need for innovation to improve the performance of our buildings is now […]

How distributed generation and blockchain are transforming legacy power networks into community owned economic enginesOur energy networks are a work in progress. We are now seeing the accelerated uptake of distributed generation, storage and blockchain applications transforming legacy electricity networks into community owned economic engines.During this webinar, James takes us through the major energy market changes […]

The webinar will present the key objectives, dynamic simulation parameters, process and outcomes of this unique study. The study has relevance to all associated with the built environment from investors, developers, builders, ‘green’ organisations, designers to facility managers and operators.World First Study - Background information: Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) has become an integral […]

Philip Oldfield, Associate Professor of Architecture at UNSW Sydney, shares insights on the sustainable performance of tall buildings, and strategies to reduce their carbon footprint. Tall buildings are a divisive building type. There are many who think they are inherently unsustainable, pointing to their high energy requirements, greater material needs and general unsuitability for family […]

The commissioning process is about quality control. Unfortunately, if it's done too late, you miss the biggest opportunities. Focusing on the right stages of the process will get the biggest returns on investment. Air tightness testing is promoted by Green Star, but what do the different types of testing aim to reveal, and where do […]

To incorporate and embed sustainability, aged care organisations need to take a long-term view towards managing their environmental and social risks as well as impacts. The foundation in supporting the business case for sustainability in aged care can be categorised into two areas: operational efficiencies and enhanced brand reputation.Having a robust sustainability vision, policy, strategy […]

This webinar will cover changes to the National Construction Code (NCC), with a special focus on Section J which sets out the requirements for energy efficiency of buildings. NCC 2019 introduced a direct reference to thermal bridging for the first time in Australian construction industry’s history, directly impacting thermal performance of most buildings.Learn how the […]

The development of the first Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for ready-mix concrete was the missing link for the Australian building and construction industry. Join this webinar with Holcim’s National Development & Sustainability Manager Cyril Giraud and Environment Manager and Sustainability Lead Evan Smith to learn more about how this EPD came to life and what […]