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Launching into Green Star Buildings

Positive - 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 final event in the series as we deep dive into each of the seven categories. 

The ‘Positive’ category addresses credits encouraging a positive contribution to key environmental issues of carbon, water, and the impact of materials.  

Date - Thursday 14th November 2024

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$0 Member price
$30 Non Member price
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Join us on;

14/11/24
4.00pm to 6.00pm

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This event will be held at;

NDY, Level 1, Aon Centre

29 Customs Street West

Auckland

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What you need to know

The ‘Positive’ category addresses credits encouraging a positive contribution to key environmental issues of carbon, water, and the impact of materials.  

This event is suitable for architects, designers, sustainability consultants, builders, procurement personnel, product suppliers and manufacturers. 

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 Positive 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:

  • Joe Quad, New Zealand Green Building Council 
  • Jarrod O'Sullivan, NDY
  • Scott Smith, Beca
  • Emily Newmarch, Warren and Mahoney

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Speaker details

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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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Jarrod O'Sullivan

NZ Hydraulic Lead - NDY

Jarrod is the New Zealand Hydraulic lead at NDY. Jarrod has worked on various projects across the commercial office, retail, hotel, education and aged care facilities sector including being the lead hydraulic engineer on the 3 Te Kehu Way project, which New Zealand's first 6-Star Green Star Design & As Built rating.

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Scott Smith

Technical Director - Sustainable Buildings - Beca

Scott Smith is a leader in sustainable design in NZ with almost 20 years of experience in the development of sustainability frameworks, assessment of building performance, design of high performing buildings, and establishment of modelling protocols.  

Scott provides research and advice to Government, regulators, building sector clients, and the NZGBC. He is heavily involved in the ongoing development of Green Star, providing analysis to support performance settings for energy and carbon emissions.

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Emily Newmarch

Carbon and Sustainability Lead - Warren and Mahoney

 

Thank you to our partners

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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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