The residential sector accounts for 57% of Australia’s built environment emissions. Our home influences almost every aspect of our lives. Most Australians rely on the regulation to ensure that housing is affordable, high quality, and liveable. But regulation isn’t delivering, we must do better. The Green Building Council of Australia through its future homes program is working to deliver great homes that provide benefits for everyone. Join us for this free webinar to get an overview of the GBCA’s Strategy for Homes. You will learn about the framework of the New Homes Standard and the Best Practice Existing Homes Guideline and how these will help delivery and verify homes that are net zero carbon, quality homes that are healthy, efficient and comfortable and are climate resilient. The webinar is suitable for volume home builders, designers, sustainability consultants and product suppliers. Learning outcomes Overview of the Future Homes Program; Outline the reasons for addressing the residential homes sector; Summary of the framework for the New Homes Standard and the Best Practice Guidelines for Existing Homes. Presented by Elham Monavari, Senior Manager – Strategic Projects, GBCA
Green Star – Design & As Built and Green Star – Interiors have been released in response to the updates in Section J NCC 2019. This version of Section J is the biggest upgrade that has been seen since its introduction over a decade ago. Buildings under NCC 2019 are estimated to be 20-40% more energy efficient than those built to NCC 2016.
During this webinar find out about the revised Greenhouse Gas Emissions pathway, updates to the calculator guide, and how you can use the Green Star modelling protocol for Section J certification.
Key topics covered:
- What is the NCC?
- What is Section J and why does it matter to Green Star?
- What is changing in Section J NCC 2019?
- What is changing in Design & As Built and Interiors v1.3, and why?
- What is the transition phase for Section J NCC 2019?
- What version of Design & As Built or Interiors do I register to?
- How does a project know which version of Section J they are certifying to?
- What if the project is already registered to an earlier version of Design & As Built?
- What is JV2? Do projects need to be using NCC 2019 to use JV2?
- Do projects need to be using v1.3 to use JV2?
- How can I tell where the changes are?
As our climate challenge continues to accelerate, what does this mean for the built environment and how our homes and communities are insured? We are delighted to come together with the Insurance Council of Australia and examine both our risks and opportunities.
Join our esteemed panel of thought leaders as we consider a range of issues including examining what economic incentives and mortgages will exist for resilient homes, the impacts on the buildings supply change, how premiums are likely to increase for exposed homes and what this means for wider industry and communities. Hear also about our Future Homes Program and particularly how we aim to create more resilient homes.
Speakers include:
- Chair Tom Davies, Special Risks Climate Change, Insurance Council of Australia
- Andrew Hall, CEO, Insurance Council of Australia
- Davina Rooney, CEO, GBCA
- Ben Cantwell, National General Manager, Development – Communities – Built Form, Stockland
- Euan Robertson, General Manager of Government & Industry Affairs, Commonwealth Bank
While each organisation may be at different points of their reporting journey, now is the ideal time to consider future climate related disclosures. With TCFD gaining steam, it is not a question of whether to implement, but how.
Key learning themes include:
- how TCFD challenges traditional ways of doing business
- experience applying TCFD recommendations and climate scenario
- analysis at real estate companies
- how to talk to your board about the TCFD
- understand investor expectation on climate related disclosure
- examining fiduciary responsibilities
Speakers:
- Alex Gold, Senior Manager Group Reporting, Dexus
- Sarah Barker, Head of Climate Risk Governance, Minter Ellison
- Sharanjit Paddam, Head of ESG Risk, QBE Insurance Group
Part of the Responsible & Resilient stream from TRANSFORM Online. As climate challenges become more urgent, how can we shape a resilient and insurable built environment for our future?
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.
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