Green Star legacy resources
Green Star NZ for office buildings was first launched in 2007. Since then there have been a raft of additional building types added and revisions to the tool developed in collaboration with the industry.
Below you'll find technical resources for projects still registered under previous versions of Green Star.
New projects must register with the latest Green Star versions Green Star Design & As Built v1.1, and Green Star Interiors v1.1
Green Star Design & As Built NZ v1.0
Key resources
- Green Star certification agreement
Submission pointers and guidance
- Guidance - Submitting for Design Review
- FAQs
Credit 12 - Visual comfort
- Daylight and views hand calculation guide
Credit 15 & 16 - Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Peak Electricity Demand Reduction
- Shared services and low-carbon energy supply assessment guide
Credit 17 - Sustainable Transport
- Public transport calculator guide
- 17A - Performance Pathway calculator guide
- 17B - Sustainable Transport healthcare prescriptive pathway template
- 17.4 - Active Transport facilities
Credit 18 - Potable water
- 18A Performance pathway calculator healthcare
Credit 19
Credit 21 - Sustainable products
Credit 23 - Ecological value
Cretit 25 - Stormwater
Credit 28 - Refrigerant impacts
Green Star recognises innovation and efforts to carve out new ways of building sustainably. Often these sit outside the current benchmarks laid out in the tool, however points are awarded under a separate 'Innovation' credit. This recognises new initiates with a significant sustainability benefit.
Each project can submit up to 10 innovations to be considered for approval, for a maximum of 10 points towards a Green Star rating.
If you have an idea for an innovation in your project, we encourage you to talk to us as early in the process as possible.
How to claim Innovations
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After reviewing the section for Innovation in the Green Star Submission Guidelines (Available to members and Green Star professionals below), your Green Star Accredited Professional will then need to register a project’s interest in targeting an Innovation with the NZGBC.
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You will then need to submit a completed Innovation submission using the template below. This outlines the initiative, its sustainability benefits and relevance in New Zealand.
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Documentation will then need to be submitted for assessment after registration but before Round Two).
Project teams can provide partial documents or full documents in a 'Pre-Round One' or 'Pre-Round Two' review for each proposed innovation. If the innovation is granted conditionally pending further documentation, all the remaining documents need to be provided in either Round One or Round Two assessment. Innovations can't be targeted after Round Two.
Innovation Challenges
In addition to innovations claimed by projects, both Green Star and Homestar have published a list of innovation challenges. These recognise initiatives that don’t currently fit in to the main framework of these tools but that we believe are important to encourage and recognise. They cover environmental, social and economic sustainability initiatives. While some challenges only apply to some tools, others across all our tools. Several current innovation challenges were originally published by the Green Building Council of Australia for Green Star projects there, but have been adapted for Green Star and Homestar projects in New Zealand.
Table of Innovation Challenges
You are welcome to submit a new challenge relating to sustainability issues you would like to address
Submission Template
The submission template is developed to assist your project with an innovation submission – these will be submitted to us by your Green Star Accredited Professional (GSAP)
Example submissions
These submissions, from NZGBC’s own office fit-out, will give you an idea of what NZGBC expects.
Exceeding IEQ-C credit template and submission documents
Disclosure template
- Download
NZGBC Members and Green Star Accredited Professionals can access the Submission Guidelines for free.
For Non-members the Submission Guidelines for any NZGBC tool costs $600+ GST.
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Green Star Interiors NZ v1.0
Key resources
- Green Star certification agreement
Submission pointers and guidance
- Guidance - Submitting for Design Review
- FAQs
Credit 11 - Visual comfort
- Daylight and views hand calculation guide
Credit 16 - Energy consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Shared services and low-carbon energy supply assessment guide
- UPDATED CREDIT - Credit 16. Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Reference Fitout Pathway)
Credit 17 - Sustainable Transport
- Public transport calculator guide
- 17A - Performance Pathway calculator guide
Credit 18 - Potable water
Credit 21 - Sustainable products
Credit 26 - Refrigerant impacts
Green Star recognises innovation and efforts to carve out new ways of building sustainably. Often these sit outside the current benchmarks laid out in the tool, however points are awarded under a separate 'Innovation' credit. This recognises new initiates with a significant sustainability benefit.
Each project can submit up to 10 innovations to be considered for approval, for a maximum of 10 points towards a Green Star rating.
If you have an idea for an innovation in your project, we encourage you to talk to us as early in the process as possible.
How to claim Innovations
-
After reviewing the section for Innovation in the Green Star Submission Guidelines (Available to members and Green Star professionals below), your Green Star Accredited Professional will then need to register a project’s interest in targeting an Innovation with the NZGBC.
-
You will then need to submit a completed Innovation submission using the template below. This outlines the initiative, its sustainability benefits and relevance in New Zealand.
-
Documentation will then need to be submitted for assessment after registration but before Round Two).
Project teams can provide partial documents or full documents in a 'Pre-Round One' or 'Pre-Round Two' review for each proposed innovation. If the innovation is granted conditionally pending further documentation, all the remaining documents need to be provided in either Round One or Round Two assessment. Innovations can't be targeted after Round Two.
Innovation Challenges
In addition to innovations claimed by projects, both Green Star and Homestar have published a list of innovation challenges. These recognise initiatives that don’t currently fit in to the main framework of these tools but that we believe are important to encourage and recognise. They cover environmental, social and economic sustainability initiatives. While some challenges only apply to some tools, others across all our tools. Several current innovation challenges were originally published by the Green Building Council of Australia for Green Star projects there, but have been adapted for Green Star and Homestar projects in New Zealand.
Table of Innovation Challenges
You are welcome to submit a new challenge relating to sustainability issues you would like to address
Submission Template
The submission template is developed to assist your project with an innovation submission – these will be submitted to us by your Green Star Accredited Professional (GSAP)
Example submissions
These submissions, from NZGBC’s own office fit-out, will give you an idea of what NZGBC expects.
Exceeding IEQ-C credit template and submission documents
Financial Transparency Disclosure Template
- Download
NZGBC Members and Green Star Accredited Professionals can access the Submission Guidelines for free.
For Non-members the Submission Guidelines for any NZGBC tool costs $600+ GST.
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Green Star v3 and v2009
Please note, these resources are only available to NZGBC members and Green Star Accredited Professionals. If you require access, please get in touch
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Design & As Built NZ v1.1
Explore the latest version of Green Star Design & As Built, including how to register your project
Interiors NZ v1.1
Explore the latest version of Green Star Interiors, including how to register your project