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Green Star certification is achievable on projects of any size. From community facilities to regional developments, smaller projects are delivering strong sustainability outcomes within tight budgets and resources.

This webinar shares practical lessons from project teams on delivering Green Star outcomes through effective collaboration, smart decision-making and real-world project experience.

What you’ll learn:

Key success factors for smaller-scale Green Star projects.
Practical ways to deliver sustainability outcomes within project constraints.
Common challenges and how to overcome them.
Lessons learned from community and regional projects.
 

Join our speakers:
•    Ben Pakulsky, Project Manager, Ireland Brown Constructions
•    Lauren Henderson, Project Lead – Major Projects, Maribyrnong City Council
•    Matthew Cuppleditch, Technical Principal, dsquared consulting
•    Katy Dean, Senior Policy Adviser, Green Building Council of Australia
•    Eliza Morawska, Engagement Lead, Green Building Council of Australia

•    Peter Clementson, Director, Sustainable Development Consultants Pty Ltd

GBCA is proud to announce the inaugural Sustainable Data Centres Forum — bringing together the owners, developers, designers, operators, and consultants driving sustainability outcomes across Australia’s data centre sector.

With demand forecast to grow tenfold by 2035, the decisions being made now about how data centres are designed, built and operated will define the sector’s sustainability trajectory for decades. The forum is where those decisions get examined – through real-world case studies, practical solutions and the conversations the industry needs to be having.

This is a live stream of an in-person event held at Dockside Sydney. If you’d like to attend in-person instead, you can book your in-person ticket here. 

Early bird tickets are available until 16 October!

Group discounts:

Future Green Leaders:

The Future Green Leader discount is offered in addition to member and group discounts. If you are a Future Green Leader, please apply the code SDCFFGL in the cart to receive 20% off your booking.  

Other discounts cannot be used in conjunction with Future Green Leader or group discounts.

Please see our booking terms and conditions here . Please email us at education@gbca.org.au or call us on 02 8239 6200 if you have any further  queries.  

Developed for those who work on a Green Star Buildings v1 project on site – whether a contractor, subcontractor and part of the wider project team. This course has been developed to help your business prepare for compliance, increase your knowledge on how to manage your risk from the tendering stage through to how you can review  data sheets and manage the documentation for compliance.
 

We will be exploring the contractor-centric credits and take a deep dive into the materials credits, such as Responsible Structure, Envelope, Systems and Finishes as well as the Exposure to Toxins credits. You’ll learn how construction materials must be vetted for compliance against VOC and Formaldehyde content as well as the responsible products framework that offers points for materials with higher consideration to environmental sustainability. Take away essential information to improve your processes, making them more efficient and effective.

Key areas of learning include:

• the what and how of Green Star – and how you contribute to a project

• what are the tools for the most effective approach to Green Star

• understanding Green Star requirements from start to finish

• the materials-related credits and how you demonstrate compliance

• hints and tips from past projects and how to ensure the best assessment outcome

Places are limited. 

Refrigerants have long been considered a small part of a building’s total emissions.  But the reality is that the decision of which refrigerants system one installs, and the refrigerants they use, can have a big impact on a building over decades. 

In 2025, GBCA launched a discussion paper, Freeze Frame: Refrigerants as long-term building infrastructure, highlighting the important role of refrigerants in reducing emissions and improving building performance.

This refrigerant bank is projected to grow to 80,000 tonnes by 2036. At the same time, modelling shows demand for new refrigerants will outstrip supply, with a threefold shortfall projected by 2036 under the current phase-down.  But how do you get up to speed in this area?

Refrigerants are a critical but often overlooked piece of the climate puzzle, with every building relying on refrigerants, yet they’re rarely factored into long-term planning.   With out planning, we risk higher retrofit costs, supply shortages and emissions that could have been avoided. The refrigerant choices we make now will shape building performance for decades to come.

Join us for this workshop as we explore the key areas of challenge and what the possible solutions might be. Hear insights and lessons from case studies and key experts in the field.  And examine how you can prepare for the future of refrigerants. 

Ideal for:

• Sustainability managers and ESG professionals  

• Building owners and asset managers  

• Facilities and operations managers  

• HVAC&R engineers and consultants  

• Building services engineers  

• Property and project managers  

• Green Star practitioners and sustainability consultants  

• Contractors and service providers working with refrigeration and air-conditioning systems

Join our experts including: 

• Taryn Cornell, Senior Manager Strategy & Development, Strategic Projects, Green Building Council of Australia

• David Palin, Director ESG, Asset Management, Mirvac 

• Jeremy Mansfield, Founder / Director, Mansfield Advisory
• Sami Zheng, Chief Executive Officer, AIRAH

• Alan Fok, Sustainable Operations Director, JLL

• Jo Kieboom, Director Ecological Sustainability, Built Infrastructure – Design and Technical Services, Department of Logistics and Infrastructure
   
   

In association with 

Your refrigerant decisions today will shape the next 20 years and beyond – our discussion paper Freeze Frame opens the conversation on what this means for assets, climate goals and the industry. Read the paper and have your say here.

This course will be recorded and made available for those that cannot attend in our on-demand library for purchase. Note, group discussion and group work will not be included in the recording.

Waste is no longer just something to divert, it’s a valuable resource.

As we shift from a historic focus on landfill diversion to a more sophisticated, outcomes-driven approach grounded in circular economy principles, how do we embrace the next evolution of waste management in the built environment?

In this session, we’ll examine how our understanding of waste has changed, from measuring what we throw away, to designing out waste from the earliest stages of a project. We’ll unpack how this shift is influencing project decision-making across design, construction, fit out and operations across Australia’s built environment and highlight opportunities to unlock greater value from materials and resources.

Hear key insights from the Australia’s Wasted Opportunity benchmarking report, and examine how Green Star pathways can be used to embed circular economy principles, supporting projects to reduce emissions, recover materials and create long-term value.

Through real world case studies, hear practical strategies for minimising waste and integrating sustainable design. From material reuse to planning and specification in innovative fit outs, you’ll gain insights into how to drive efficiency and improve sustainability outcomes across different asset types.

The session includes interactive discussion, giving attendees the opportunity to share challenges, learn from peers and explore how these approaches can be applied within their own projects and organisations.

What you’ll learn:

• How to shift focus to view waste as a resource to be recovered and repurposed.

• Embed circular economy principles from early design to fit out and operations.

• How to use Green Star tools and pathways

• Discover successful strategies from real-world case studies

Who is this for?

This session is ideal for sustainability, design, project and operational leaders seeking to embed circular economy principles in the built environment

Our speakers:

• Shruti Thomas, Senior Sustainability Consultant, Arcadis

• Cameron Kaufman, Circular Economy Specialist, Coreo

• Paul Rosenberg Vella, National Manager, ALD & Co Founder & Director, Refit8

• Clayton Bristow, Managing Director, FF & 3  

• Gabrielle Pavicic, Green Star Program Lead, Green Building Council of Australia

GBCA is proud to announce the inaugural Sustainable Data Centres Forum — bringing together the owners, developers, designers, operators, and consultants driving sustainability outcomes across Australia’s data centre sector.

With demand forecast to grow tenfold by 2035, the decisions being made now about how data centres are designed, built and operated will define the sector’s sustainability trajectory for decades. The forum is where those decisions get examined – through real-world case studies, practical solutions and the conversations the industry needs to be having.

Head to the Sustainable Data Centres Forum website for the agenda, speakers, and further event information. 

Can’t make it to Sydney? Book the virtual live stream version here 

Early bird tickets now available until 16 October! 

Group discounts:

Groups of 3-6 receive a 10% discount and are bookable through our website.

Groups of 7+ please contact us directly at education@gbca.org.au.

Future Green Leaders:

The Future Green Leader discount is offered in addition to member and group discounts. If you are a Future Green Leader, please apply the code SDCFFGL in the cart to receive 20% off your booking.  

Other discounts cannot be used in conjunction with Future Green Leader or group discounts.

Please see our booking terms and conditions here . Please email us at education@gbca.org.au or call us on 02 8239 6200 if you have any further queries.