On demand Video - PluggedIn Webinar | RPV Ready: Tools & Tips for Specifiers, Manufacturers and Suppliers

What you need to know

Products have an increasingly important role to play in projects achieving highest possible ratings under Homestar and Green Star.

Join us for an opportunity to build your understanding of the materials-related credits through the specification of products that have lower environmental impact, are transparent, respect human rights, and reduce carbon content. Such products are an active part of the soutions for a better future with a more healthy, resilient, positive and circular built environment.

This webinar will help manufacturers and suppliers understand how to navigate the Responsible Product Framework and how to potentially differentiate by improving their Responsible Products Value (RPV) scores. It will cover how to use the Responsible Products Database, the role of ecolabels—particularly Type 1 ecolabels—and introduce Eco Choice Aotearoa’s evolving standards. Attendees will also learn how these standards align with the Responsible Products Framework, including updates around social responsibility and climate action, and hear practical guidance from EnviroSpec on how to get product compliance information in front of specifiers.

Who should attend this webinar

This webinar is suited to manufacturers and suppliers.

Pricing (excl. GST)

This is a free members webinar.

$0 Member price
$40 Non Member price
$0 Future Thinkers

CPD Points

Continuous professional development points available;

Homestar, Green Star & NABERSNZ

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Alex Reiche hs

Alex Reiche

Founder - EnviroSpec

Alex is an Environmental Scientist and expert in the field of sustainable product assessment frameworks. His involvement with the NZGBC spans back to the beginning back in 2006.

EnviroSpec operates at the interface between Product Suppliers, Specifiers and the Green Building Assessment tools, acting as an independent third party verifier for product performance claims and communicating product compliance results via the EnviroSpec.nz website.

Through his involvement with the Building Excellence Group, Alex is also an active assessor for Green Star and Homestar projects across New Zealand.

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Dr. Andrea Edwards

Head of Standards - Eco Choice Aotearoa (ECA)

Dr. Andrea Edwards brings a deep passion for environmental justice to her role as Head of Standards for Eco Choice Aotearoa (ECA). There, she guides the technical integrity and ongoing development of the organisation's 24 product standards to ensure that the products licenced by ECA meet global environmental best practices.

Before joining ECA in 2024, Andrea began her career as a budding environmental scientist, focusing on environmental inequality and its impact on vulnerable communities.

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Brad Crowley

Industry Relationship Manager - NZGBC

Brad is the Industry Development Manager at the New Zealand Green Building Council (NZGBC), where he advocates for embedding sustainability into the built environment. He has overseen the transformation of the Green Star rating tools, driving greater industry participation and integrating best practices in carbon reduction, waste minimisation, and cultural engagement.

Brad has led the development of embodied carbon and operational waste calculators, and worked closely with the Māori Technical Working Group to incorporate indigenous values into green building standards.

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Every month we hold our increasingly popular webinar series, which has previously covered issues including construction waste, te reo Māori in the built environment, eco labels, social procurement, wellbeing and healthy buildings, climate change, and much more. We also run regular webinars examining specific products and materials, and their relationship with green building certifications.

Demand for these webinars is increasing as our members ask for a range of themes and topic to build market readiness for the increased focus on carbon and the changes coming through certifications.

If you are unable to attend one of our regular webinars, 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.

If you have a great idea for a PluggedIn Webinar, we would love to hear from you. Please get in touch with us at events@nzgbc.org.nz.