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 second event in the series as we deep dive into each of the seven categories.
The ‘People’ category encourages solutions that address the social health of the community.
Date - Wednesday 29th May 2024
$0 Member price
$40 Non Member price
$0 Future Thinkers
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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Climate Change and Sustainability Manager - Powerhouse
It is the first dedicated leadership role to embed sustainability into Powerhouse practices. Carmel has developed and now heads the delivery of the first Powerhouse Climate Action Plan, working in collaboration with all areas across the organisation on the plan’s implementation.
With a breadth of experience in the built environment industry, leading projects to achieve resource efficiencies, circular practices and sustainable outcomes, Carmel now also gives focus to climate programming and engagement.
Carmel is a chair of Sydney’s Sustainable Destinations Partnership, leading the cultural institutions, entertainment and accommodation sector to improve environmental performance and to build Sydney’s reputation as a leading sustainable destination.
Director Te Kuaka, Chief Executive Officer - Ngāti Awa Group Holdings
Mr Newson’s most recent role is as a director at Te Kuaka, which provides project management and engineering services across health, commercial and mixed-use construction. Prior to that, he was a Development Manager at Kiwi Property.
For much of his early career, Mr Newson was based in Singapore and then in Malaysia taking on roles with international companies Beca, McConnell Dowell and Ikea Malaysia. He was the Chief Executive and then a Board member for Te Puna Topu o Hokianga Trust and has served as a chairman for the Ritimana Kohanga Reo.
In 2007, he was named Young Engineer of the Year by the Institute of Professional Engineers New Zealand.
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Accessibility Programme Lead at Be. Lab.
Be. Lab supports businesses, design teams and communities across the country to embed accessibility into every part of their organisation or project, so that people with disabilities and access needs can fully participate in all they want to do.
Lauren and the team also work with businesses to understand the social and economic value accessibility brings their organisation. The work is guided by the principle that if you’re not designing accessibility in, you’re designing visitors, customers and profit out.
Lauren has 11 years’ experience as an accessibility consultant and Relationship Manager in the accessibility space. In 2022 she has overseen the redevelopment of Be.’s accessibility tools and services to include latest international best practice, and co-designed a comprehensive partnership engagement model, to support organisations to build their own accessibility roadmap and communicate their commitments and achievements to their stakeholders.
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Australian Sustainability Lead and a Senior Associate with NDY
Tom leads a team of diverse consultants across the Australian region dedicated to delivering excellence in sustainability in the built environment.
As a key member of the Global Sustainability Group, Tom is a highly passionate and motivated sustainability professional with a strong experience leading and delivering world class low carbon, people centric, and resilient sustainable outcomes in the built environment.
Tom is a proud advocate for a more sustainable, liveable, and healthy environment, as an acrtive member of the Green Building Conusil of Australia's Green Star Building Expert Reference Panel, sipporting the developent of the new Green Star Building tool.
