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Launching into Green Star Buildings

Nature - In Person

After over 18months, the consultation process tailoring the new framework “Green Star Buildings” for the New Zealand market is almost complete. Join us for the fourth event in the series as we deep dive into each of the seven categories. 

The ‘Nature’ category addresses how Green Star aims to significantly drive uptake of biodiversity issues in the built environment, it encourages active connections between people and nature, and rewards creating biodiverse green spaces in cities.  

Date - Wednesday 24th July 2024

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$30 Non Member price
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24/07/24
4.00pm - 6.00pm

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This event will be held at;

Aon Centre, Level 1, NDY

29 Customs Street West

Auckland

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What you need to know

The ‘Nature’ category addresses how Green Star aims to significantly drive uptake of biodiversity issues in the built environment, it encourages active connections between people and nature, and rewards creating biodiverse green spaces in cities.  

This event is suitable for architects, landscape architects, ecologists, climate change advisors, community engagement experts, sustainability consultants, and engineers with expertise on energy, water, and communications infrastructure issues. 

What we’ll cover:  

  • Insight on the development and consultation process so far including the approach to governance by the Green Star Advisory Committee 
  • The role of the Expert Reference Panels specific to this category 
  • Deep dive into the Nature category and the credits within 
  • Broad outline of Green Star Buildings NZ  
  • Launch calendar and transitioning from Design & As Built NZ v1.1 to Green Star Buildings NZ 

You’ll hear from: 

  • Brad Crowley, New Zealand Green Building Council
  • Joe Quad, New Zealand Green Building Council
  • Tom Slade, Goodman
  • Mark Delaney, Viridis Limited
  • Plus more to be announced

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Speaker details

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Brad Crowley

Senior Manager - Buildings & Communities - NZGBC

Brad is the Manager of the Green Star rating tool where he assists the Green Star team and identifies new opportunities to use the quiver of Green Star tools (Design and As-Built, Performance, Interior, Communities) to make buildings better.

While getting his Geography Master’s degree back in the late 1990s Brad first heard about Sustainability and Green Buildings. Ever since he has been advocating for green buildings and sustainability including starting up his own business creating and installing rainwater catchment systems in Portland, Oregon.  Brad has a positive outlook on seeing what he and NZGBC can do to encourage healthier and more environmentally friendly buildings and communities in Aotearoa.

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Joe Quad

Manager - Buildings & Communities - NZGBC

With a background in mechanical engineering and sustainability consulting, Joe is a key part of the Green Star team. He helps projects achieve their sustainability targets and develops new standards to continually challenge the construction industry to strive for more environmentally friendly buildings.

After completing his degree in Building Engineering in Montreal, he spent almost a decade working in the consulting roles on a wide range of projects across New Zealand, Canada and the US. Initially focusing on mechanical engineering, his passion for the environment quickly drew him into the world of sustainable building design.

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Mark Delaney

Director - Viridis Limited

Mark is an ecologist with more than 15 years’ experience. Mark has a proven track record of developing and conducting ecological monitoring programmes which meet specific objectives within defined timeframes. His work involves biological sample collection and processing, stream ecological valuations (SEV) assessments, native freshwater fish surveys, and writing freshwater and terrestrial assessment of effects reports.

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Keen to be a sponsor of Green Star Buildings? Contact us to find out more about our available sponsorship opportunities.

Frequently Asked Questions

Please visit the Green Buildings page on our website - https://nzgbc.org.nz/introduction-to-green-star 

If you are unable to attend the event, you will be able to view it on our growing library of on-demand videos. For more information please visit https://nzgbc.org.nz/explore-on-demand-videos.

We invite all of our members, and non-members who are currently involved with, or hope to be involved with Green Star projects in the future to this series of events.

This includes; 

Architects, Contractors, Developers, Ecologists, Engineers, current and future GSAPs, Landscape Architects, Manufacturers and Suppliers of building materials, Project Managers, Quantity Surveyors, Social Procurement Specialists, Urban Planners. 

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