Green Star - Performance News & Updates
Beta testing puts Green Star - Performance into practice (February 2013)
Over the past several months, the Green Star Development team has been conducting workshops with building owners and facilities management teams across Australia to ‘beta test’ Green Star – Performance draft credits. We spent five minutes with Paolo Bevilacqua, Sustainability Manager with Green Star – Performance Principal Sponsor Australand, to get the inside scoop on beta testing and find out how the rating tool is performing in practice.
Next phase of development begins for Green Star – Performance (October 2012)
Over the past 12 months, the Green Star – Performance Technical Working Group (TWG) has been working to develop credit criteria for the new rating tool, and the GBCA is now seeking expressions of interest from building management teams for involvement in the BETA testing of draft credits.
Green Star – Performance: fundamental principles, new approach (July 2012)
Set for release as a PILOT in early 2013, Green Star – Performance represents an important step forward not only for the operational performance of our built environment, but for Green Star as a sustainability rating system.
SEED Sponsors Green Star - Performance (July 2012)
Brisbane engineering firm SEED has become the first Bronze Sponsor of Green Star – Performance.
Facilities Management Skills Development Initiative (June 2012)
The GBCA is partnering with the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and other property industry associations to investigate new ideas for education programs targeting the facilities management sector.
Green Star - Performance (March 2012)
The release of our new rating tool for holistic operational performance draws nearer, with draft content for 32 credits in eight environmental categories having been developed.
Green Star - Performance in 2011 (December 2011)
The Green Star – Performance project for existing buildings in operation has been a priority for the GBCA in 2011.
Green Building Voice update (November 2011)
The development of Green Star - Performance continues to proceed at a rapid pace, with a third of the proposed credits already in a draft format.
Ten trends for green building (November 2011)
Chief Executive Romilly Madew counts down the top green building trends. Top of the list is the need to address Australia's existing building challenge.
Green Star - Performance update (October 2011)
We're delighted to announce two new sponsors of the Green Star - Performance rating tool: Sustainability Victoria and Brookfield Multiplex.
From a buzz to a roar (September 2011)
"Remember the buzz in the industry when the first Green Star rating tool for offices was released?" asks Chief Executive, Romilly Madew. "When Green Star - Performance hits the market, the buzz will be replaced with a roar."
Retro-commissioning: Tune-ups for buildings (September 2011)
You wouldn't drive your car for years without replacing spark plugs, filters, fluids and fan belts. Neither should you operate a complex building for years without a tune-up, says Green Star Executive Director, Andrew Aiken.
Performance - taking schools to the top of the class (April 2011)
Green Star - Performance is about more than just offices. It will also assess the operational performance of existing schools, hospitals, shopping centres and more.
NDY supports Green Star - Performance (April 2011)
Leading consulting and engineering firm Norman Disney & Young (NDY) is the first sponsor of Green Star - Performance.
Closing the green building loop (February 2011)
"Is a building still green if it is not managed and maintained to the intended sustainability standards?" asks Green Star Executive Director, Andrew Aitken, in Environment Design Guide.
New Green Star rating tool to assess existing buildings (December 2010)
Green Star will soon address the 95 per cent of the market that isn't brand new, with Green Star - Performance being developed to assess the full range of existing buildings in the market, regardless of building type, reports BPN.
Contact:
Robert Milagre
Acting Manager - Green Star Development
Green Building Council of Australia
Phone: 02 8239 6220
Email: robert.milagre@gbca.org.au
