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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.
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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.
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GBCA members Phillips Fox have written an explanation of the latest amendments to the NSW EPA Act, focusing on planning agreements.
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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.
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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.
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