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Welcome
This month we've introduced a new addition to our
newsletter - Quarterly Achievement Updates - a quick
and easy way for you to stay up-to-date and informed
about the Council's activities.
The Green Star Accredited Professional course
remains popular and this month we celebrate our
1000th course participant.
The Council is hosting events around Australia in
the next six months. We are particularly excited
about this months Melbourne Forum, our 3rd birthday
celebration 'Greens on the Greens' and the 'Business
of Sustainability' conference and trade fair - both
in November. See 'Events' for more details.
The Council welcomes its newest members: Conybeare
Morrison, CRONEPARTNERS, FDC Building Services Pty
Ltd, Mastercare Property Services (NSW) Pty. Ltd,
QED Environmental Services, Tropical Plant Rentals,
Irwinconsult, Desert Ecosystems Pty Ltd.
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News
Read about what's been keeping us busy in recent
months - an update on our achievements in technical
development, education and membership activities. In
May we added to our suite of Green Star - Office
tools with the release of Green Star - Office
Design. In August we're looking forward to training
our thousandth participant at our thirtieth Green
Star Accredited Professional training course. And
we're seeing some encouraging trends in the
government uptake of Green Star.
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The Green Building Council of Australia will play
host to Joe Van Belleghem, a founder of Canada Green
Building Council and a partner in Windmill
Developments, a triple bottom line development
company that focuses solely on green building
developments. The Green Building Council has invited
Joe to be a keynote for the Business of
Sustainability Conference in Adelaide on the 30
November 2005. Joe is currently working on one of
the world's greenest developments in Canada -
Dockside Green, a million sq. ft. mixed use
brownfield sustainable community redevelopment with
LEED platinum commitments.
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The NSW Department of Environment and Conservation
(DEC) has initiated a property sector pilot of
Australia's first integrated sustainability project
for business. To pilot the project, DEC has selected
six leading businesses from the property sector for
the six month programme, including GBCA members AMP
Capital Investors, Colonial First State Property,
ING Real Estate and Stockland. Source: Meg Webster,
Marketing Executive, Energetics.
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On August 3, 2005 3CBDs partners joined the Lord
Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, Mayor Genia McCaffery
from North Sydney and Councillor Anita Brown from
Parramatta to report on the progress of their
greenhouse plans.
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The Green Building Council has welcomed major
commitments to its Green Star environmental rating
system for buildings by the South Australian,
Victorian and Queensland Governments.
Read More »
Victorians are urged to visit one of Australia's
leading resources on water conservation ideas and
solutions, savewater.com.au for practical
information on the water saving elements of the new
5 Star standard for new houses and apartments.
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All new homes in Queensland will use less water and
energy from next year, saving homeowners money and
reducing their impact on the environment. Under
changes to building regulations all new home plans
approved from March 1, 2006 must include:
* greenhouse efficient hot water systems (ie solar,
gas or electric heat pump water heaters);
* energy-efficient lighting (ie fluorescent or
compact fluorescent lights to be used to illuminate
at least 40% of internal floor space);
* AAA-rated shower roses in reticulated town water
areas (AAA shower roses use a maximum of 9 litres of
water per minute compared to 15 to 25 litres for
standard shower roses);
* dual-flush toilets (6 litre full flush/3 litre
half flush); and
* water pressure-limiting devices to restrict
maximum water pressure to no more than 500
kilopascals), (only required in areas with high
water pressure).
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Eco-Buy is Victoria's local government green
purchasing program. It works with Victorian councils
to increase their purchasing of recycled, greenhouse
friendly and environmentally preferred products.
Membership is free.
Read More »
GBCA members Phillips Fox have written an
explanation of the latest amendments to the NSW EPA
Act, focusing on planning agreements.
Read More »
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Green Star
The Council is looking towards the production of
three new Green Star tools - Green Star - Health,
Green Star - Education and Green Star - Retail.
Positions are still available on each of the
technical working groups for suitably qualified
professionals keen to be involved in the tools'
creation. If you'd like to be involved, please
complete an Expression of Interest form downloadable
from out website.
Read More »
Develop your understanding of Green Star and learn
to apply Green Star - Office Design on your
projects. Attend the Green Star Accredited
Professional course at Canberra's scenic Boat House
by the Lake.
Read More »
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