From business case to implementation, how are government projects using Green Star and how is it being applied to major projects?
In this exclusive session you have the opportunity to hear government leaders share their expertise and learnings on how they have embedded the Green Star rating tools in their projects. Our guest speakers will discuss:
- Business case: how does Green Star align with the vision and goals of a project and how can policy commitments be achieved through certification?
- Concept design: why is it essential to include Green Star upfront?
- Procurement: how are Green Star requirements built in the procurement processes and contracting?
- Implementation: what is the best Green Star strategy for the delivery of your project?
- What does collaboration look like with GBCA?
- Reporting: how can we close the loop on projects with measurable outcomes and data?
- What is the value of Green Star for the project more broadly?
Speakers:
- Laura Pritchard, Sustainability Manager, Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport, Transport for NSW
- Becky Sharpe, Senior Project Manager – Environment Team, Homes Victoria
- Peter Murrell, Sustainability and Liveability Officer, Victorian Planning Authority (VPA)
- Facilitators: Nick Alsop, Senior Manager – Market Engagement, GBCA
- Sandra Qian, Senior Manager – Policy and Government Relations, GBCA
This session is designed for policy makers and implementers, providing a unique platform to discuss strategies to apply Green Star to government projects.
The circular economy presents an opportunity to design out waste, keep materials in use, regenerate systems and deliver positive social and environmental impact. This Insights session, developed in partnership with Edge Environment, Circle Economy in the Netherlands, and Mirvac, addresses how to develop a circular economy strategy, illustrated with European and Australian examples.
We cover:
- Approaches and tools for developing a circular economy strategy
- International case studies, including one city and one product manufacturer
- Australian property case study: Mirvac’s plan for zero waste by 2030
- Planet Positive: Waste and Materials
Closing the loop on supply chains is one of the seven megatrends underpinning the Green Star for New Buildings rating tool. This webinar gives a holistic understanding of this concept and the results we can expect in practice.
Speakers:
- Jacqui Bonnitcha, Head of Circular Economy and Lifecycle Thinking, Edge Environment
- Jacco Verstraeten-Jochemsen, Lead Business Solutions, Circle Economy
- Kim Host, Resource Recovery Manager, Office and Industrial, Mirvac
- Naomi Martin, Sustainability Manager Construction, Mirvac
- Jorge Chapa, Head of Market Transformation, Green Building Council of Australia
TCFD recommendations are rapidly becoming mainstream by virtue of their endorsement by major investors, regulators and many major companies worldwide. For example, signatories to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) are required, from 2020, to adopt and report under the TCFD recommendations.
UNIPRI members, many headquartered in Australia, include some of the country’s major banks, investment managers and asset owners. But how does this specifically impact the property and construction sectors?
Now is the ideal time to fully understand the TCFD and implications for your organisation and your role.
Join our experts in this webinar to learn the fundamentals of the TCFD and the challenges of reporting for the built environment, and bring your questions to them.
Key learning outcomes include:
- Understand how the TCFD works and the key principles underpinning disclosure requirements
- Examine the recommendations around disclosure on climate change risk
- Examples of how the TCFD is being taken up by industry
As the world continues to transition towards cleaner and more sustainable sources of energy, innovation in solar provides new opportunities for energy storage and distribution.
Join us for this interactive session as our experts unpack the opportunities that solar and storage present for the built environment through a series of short presentations followed by a dynamic Q&A discussion.
Circular Economy in South Australia’s Built Environment: Action Plan was launched in June 2023. It identifies actions that government, industry, the education sector and other stakeholders can work on together to set the state on the path toward a thriving circular economy commitment to achieve a circular economy.
While some great examples from South Australia are showcased in this report, one of its standout features is that the opportunities identified can easily be applied or adapted for other states.
This webinar awards 1 x sustainable development CPD point.
This course runs for 60-minutes
This webinar took place in August 2023. The course information is correct at the time of recording.
The impacts of climate change are already upon us and a resilient built environment is critical if we are to face the mounting challenges and thrive. But how can practitioners continue to examine new ways of increasing resilience? And how do we address climate related risks and opportunities?
Join our experts to unpack some of the key factors influencing climate adaptation and resilience and how they are applied in practice.
Key issues to address include:
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How to embed resilience in the design and master planning phase
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How to assess risk in different asset classes
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Climate adaptation of existing assets and working with limitations
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How to assess and respond to flood and urban heat islands
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Critical plant and equipment risk assessment
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How can project teams address resilience and work through challenges
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How to engage stakeholders in resilience discussions
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Overview of regenerative design principles and relevance to climate change mitigation
Material selection is just one of the ways we can accelerate the built environment’s contribution to net zero and is a critical factor when imagining the buildings of tomorrow.
This series will put the spotlight on different materials which are shaping the future of design and construction, exploring their use, benefits and limitations and environmental impact across their full life cycle.
As we move towards net zero together, it is imperative for asset owners, architects, quantity surveying professionals, contractors, and manufacturers to focus on ways to reduce embodied carbon whilst maintaining carbon budgets.
With Australia’s transition to clean power and to meet the target of net-zero emissions, immediate action to reduce energy use and move to renewable sources is required. The transition will not only change how our industry operates but also the way we live and drive.
It is more vital than ever to stay up to date on what is happening in the current energy storage market. Batteries and other operational storage options are available, but how are they being applied? How can smart software for batteries and solar help to improve energy management and reduce electricity requirements?
Join our experts to examine what solar and battery storage means for the property sector and the opportunities and risks we need to understand. We discuss:
- Energy efficiency retrofits and both the opportunities and challenges
- What’s new in VPP Distributed energy management technology platforms
- Innovative technology and how it is helping to consistently access clean energy
- Integration of solar power into an EV what this means for grid integration for large numbers of vehicles
- Overcoming large-scale storage projects’ technical challenges
- Learnings from ARENA storage projects
Join our experts:
- Andrew Mears, Chief Executive Officer, and Founder, SwitchDin
- Ray Darrough, Project Manager- Real Utilities, Frasers Property
- Kelly Davies, Partner, K&L Gates N.J.
- Ekins-Daukes, Assistant Professor, The University of New South Wales, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering Dan Sturrock, Director Business Development & Transactions, ARENA
- Moderated by Jeff Oatman, Head of Collaboration and Membership, Green Building Council of Australia
Urban development sets the scene for carbon impacts for generations. Early decisions impact long-term transport, buildings, water, and waste infrastructure emissions.
Precinct developments create exciting opportunities for carbon reductions by linking together planning, urban design, buildings, transport, and infrastructure. These are often championed but rarely delivered. We need a national approach to driving the decarbonisation of our precincts- one in which all relevant players can contribute.
GBCA is excited to launch our discussion paper, “A Climate Positive Roadmap for Precincts’’. It proposes a set of principles for climate positive precincts and ambitious targets for new and existing precincts to achieve decarbonisation by. It also spells out the 5 key actions needed to facilitate changes in the way we plan, design, and deliver our precincts -and importantly identifies the various stakeholders that can play a role in delivering those changes.
This first release is a discussion paper built out of significant industry consultation. We aim to seek your input over the coming months and use it to produce a first version of the Roadmap by March 2022. Whether you are a developer, investor, planner, precinct operator, materials supplier, or policymaker, this future roadmap will help you lead in the delivery of a more decarbonised built environment.
The roadmap will set the trajectory and actions that need to happen to decarbonise precincts. It will:
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Set out the principles and outcomes to delivering climate positive precincts.
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Define the key actions that will facilitate a scaling up of climate positive precincts.
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Detail the stakeholders and the actions needed to make this roadmap a success.
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Set a pathway for carbon reduction expectations within the Green Star Communities rating tool.
This webinar offers 1 sustainable development CPD point