Our cities generate enormous volumes of stormwater, which has significant environmental consequences for the waterways. If not managed properly, it can cause flooding and infrastructure damage. There are many ways of harvesting and utilizing stormwater, but what are the best practices and limitations and how can we overcome them?
In this session we provide an outlook of the current challenges, opportunities and potential pathways for the water and property sectors to increase collaboration and effective planning and water management. We take a closer look at the recycled water treatment plant in a residential building, which is treating 100% of sewage from the site, and meeting 100% of non-potable water needs.
We also hear a case study of Fishermans Bend – a sustainable water sensitive city and Central Park Precinct’s recycled water treatment plant.
Join our experts as they take a holistic look at the whole water cycle, and what are the most effective ways of managing water resources for your assets and precincts.
Join our experts and hear about:
- Best practice techniques for sustainable water management
- How to work collectively to minimize the negative impacts of stormwater and improve the ecology and local waterways?
- How to effectively design and manage wastewater recycle systems and significantly reduce the amount of portable water
- Practicalities around wastewater treatment systems- costs of implementing and maintaining.
Session speakers:
- Ian Adams, Director, Organica Engineering Brad Dalrymple, Principal Environmental Engineer, Ocean Protect
- Katie Fallowfield, Director of Sustainability, WSP
- Todd Berry, Senior Project Manager, Fishermans Bend Taskforce, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions
- Nadia Barbov, Technical Specialist, Green Building Council of Australia
Digital technologies help us to act faster and more effectively when battling sustainability issues, such as reducing the impacts of climate change to improving our cities for wellbeing and safety. But they also present serious risks and trade-offs that we are only just beginning to grasp and eliminate effectively. In this webinar our experts will help us to understand and spot the risks as well as demonstrate what the built environment should do to ensure that the commercial and ESG objectives are met while ensuring that the digitalisation is practiced responsibly and with care.
We will explore practical examples of how to apply the principles. Join the discussion and hear our speakers unpack:
- The issues of sustainable digitalisation
- Why ethics and responsibility with digital tech matters to a leading property group
- Why sustainable digitalisation matters to real asset investment
- How it can be put into practice
Join the experts:
- Simon Carter, Managing Director, Morphosis
- Bruce Precious, Environmental Sustainability Manager, Six Capitals Consulting
- Davina Rooney, CEO, Green Building Council of Australia
- Dorotea Baljevic, General Manager Data Science Services, Lendlease
- Ruben Langbroek, Head of Asia Pacific, GRESB
The pandemic has forced us to be indoors more than ever, giving an even greater focus on health and wellbeing. How do we, in the built environment, ensure the spaces where people live and work are healthy and safe? As we look with some uncertainty into new ways of working, how can we create environments where people thrive?
Join our experts and take part in the discussion as we examine:
- what are considered best-practice acoustic design approaches and when to apply them
- common complaints and pitfalls associated with the acoustics of existing offices and workplaces
- basic strategies for designing new workplaces and improving existing spaces
- sensors used to improve air quality
- multiple benefits of plants for healthy and green indoor environment
- is indoor air pollution still an issue?
- how does Green Star help to ensure healthy buildings?
Featuring speakers:
- Fraser Torpy, Director of the Plants and Environmental Quality Research Group, UTS
- Luke Zoontjens, Technical Director Acoustics & Vibration, SLR Consulting Australia
- Johan Hodgson, General Manager, Ambius
- David Keenan, National Director Science & Research, CBRE
- Facilitated by: Nadia Barbov, Technical Specialist, Green Building Council of Australia
This webinar features industry case studies and discusses how the National Construction Code 2019 will support improved energy efficiency in buildings and air tightness.
Through insights from projects the presenters will discuss integrated design and digital tools, thermal bridging, construction techniques and air tightness testing.
After the presentations, the panel session will provide an opportunity to highlight some of the ongoing challenges the industry is facing as well as the positive changes currently happening.
Key topics to be covered includes:
- How air tightness can be achieved and how to meet the NCC 2019 requirements
- An example of a passive house in Queensland
- A case study of an airtight building
- What are the roles of the architect, consultant, mechanical engineer and builder?
Waste separation practices and data collection techniques are developing to provide solutions that improve our waste management and recovery rates.
Join the Insights into operational waste management webinar to hear how the NABERS Waste rating is raising industry standards and pushing for best practices. We examine NABERS Waste developments and illustrate its application with a leading case study, and deep dive into how waste contractors can provide quality data.
The presentations is followed by a panel and Q&A session to respond to technical questions.
Key learnings:
- How is NABERS Waste evolving and getting ready to expand to a range of sectors?
- How can we achieve successful waste separation and manage the separated waste streams?
- The role of industry metrics and why data quality is key.
- Opportunities for circularity and improved waste recovery
Speakers:
- Sara Rathborne, Sector Lead, NABERS
- Wayne Beard, Senior Facilities Manager, Knight Frank
- Jim McBurney, General Manager, ORG
- Sarah Smith, Consultant, Foresight Environmental
- Paul Cross, Project Manager, Sydney Waste Services (SWS)
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 each belong in an effective commissioning process?
In this webinar, we will highlight the earlier stages of the timeline where the biggest gains are made and give you ways to focus your efforts for the greatest return.
Key areas to be covered:
- Commissioning process: how to improve outcomes
- How to interpret and use the Green Star credits for air tightness
- Guide specification for air tightness: a standardised approach to tendering
Join Sean Maxwell, Technical Manager, Pro Clima and President, AIVAA (Air Infiltration and Ventilation Association of Australia), to learn how to specify for airtight buildings and how to leverage the air tightness credits in Green Star.
Launching in October 2023, the Responsible Products Calculator and Database is an online tool for project teams to determine compliance with the Responsible Products credits (Responsible Structure, Envelope, Systems and Finishes) under Buildings v1.
Behind the calculator is a database, containing a list of products compliant with Product Certification Initiatives.
Products in this database have been awarded a Responsible Products Value (RPV) based on the initiatives they hold.
The challenge is clear – World-leading fitouts must be designed and built to be as close to fully circular as possible. As our built environment continues to grow, so does the need for healthy, resilient and positive fitouts inside our buildings for the benefit of the environment and the wellbeing of people. Now is the time to redefine what world class sustainability means for building fitouts.
Green Star Interiors was successful in opening up the market, with fitouts of all types having achieved a rating thanks to partners like Commonwealth Bank and Country Road Group. We have learned a lot, and we are ready to take it to the next level.
Around ~10% of global energy consumption comes from fitouts; they are key determinants of our health and wellbeing; and most importantly, 30% of all commercial building waste is fitout churn. We can do better.
Green Star Fitouts will be the next generation of Green Star – Interiors, and will be a simplified framework which will help applicants navigate how to create a sustainable fitout and get it certified through Green Star.
In this webinar, we take you through the proposed vision for the Green Star Fitouts tool.
We are currently in our Scoping Consultation phase in the development process of the new Green Star Fitouts tool. In this phase, we release a paper and survey to explain our proposed vision for the tool, and ask for your feedback, to ensure that we provide you with a tool which continues to be valuable to industry, and helps to drive sustainable fitouts across Australia.