Information about Green Star Accredited Professional Course

The Course

The Green Star Accredited Professional course is GBCA's core course. The course is run over one full day in capital cities throughout Australia. This course focuses particularly on the content and application of Green Star rating tools and will also provide an introduction to the GBCA and an overview of the impact of buildings on the environment. The format consists of lectures, Q&A, case study and workshop. This course will increase your ability to apply Green Star tools to your projects and provide an opportunity to network with like minded individuals in the property industry. Once you have completed this course you are encouraged to sit the Green Star Accredited Professional exam. Once you have passed the exam you will become a Green Star accredited Professional.

Who attends

Course participants come from an increasingly diverse range of professions - academics, architects, contractors/builders, cost planners, engineers, facilities managers, general managers, interior designers, landscape architects, marketing managers, policy advisers, product manufacturers, project managers, quantity surveyors and lawyers.

Why attend

While people's reasons for attending vary, most come in order to develop their understanding of how they can effectively implement Green Star on their projects. Green Star Accredited Professionals are highly sought-after for their knowledge of Green Star. If a project team engages an Accredited Professional, the project has the opportunity to claim two points towards its Green Star rating. The GBCA promotes Green Star Accredited Professionals to the industry through a directory on this website.

Bookings

Bookings can be made on-line at www.gbca.org.au.

The cost is $550 per person for GBCA Members and $800 per person for Non GBCA Members. The course fee includes tuition, training notes, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.

The Technical Manuals can be bought separately. Technical Manuals can be bought online at www.gbca.org.au/shop/ If you book for a course now, you will avail a $100 discount on your purchase of a Technical Manual. This offer is only valid up until one month after your course date.

Please note: for public Green Star Accredited Professional courses, we accept a maximum of 5 registrations per organisation per course.NB All courses have a CBD location. Duration of course is 1 day 9am to 5pm.

The Green Star Accredited Professional Course is also offered an inhouse training for GBCA Members organisations.

For further information, please email education@gbca.org.au.

Payments & Refunds Policy (for GBCA Courses)

1. Payments must be made at least 2 weeks prior to course date
2. Reservations are only finalised on receipt of full payment
3. Notification of cancellations and transfers must be made in writing not less than 10 working days prior to course.
4. Refund cheques take up to 4 weeks to process and will be forwarded to participants by mail.
5. The full fee is payable for non-attendance. If you are unable to attend you may send a substitute.
6. The Green Building Council of Australia reserves the right to cancel any course that does not have the required enrolment numbers.
7. The cost of this course does not include the cost of the exam.