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Welcome
As this month's edition of the Green Building Voice finds its way to you, I will be in San Francisco representing Australia at the World Green Building Council Congress '05. The United Nations invited the WorldGBC to hold its Congress as part of World Environment Day 2005, which highlights green building under the theme "Green Cities - Where the Future Lives". I will provide details of Congress initiatives in July's Green Building Voice.
This month's Voice contains a summary of our most recent education initiatives; nearly 1,000 people have attended our Green Star Accredited Professional Course.
Please note that we strongly recommend that, as a discipline, you download the relevant Green Star rating tool each time you use it in order to capture any administrative alterations made to the tools.
We welcome our newest members: Rentokil Tropical Plants, B.I.C Services, Hastie Group Ltd, Living Fabrics Pty Ltd, Whittaker Hadenham Openshaw, Victorian Government Property Group and Envinnov.
Maria
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News
The World Green Building Council is an official partner of the 2005 United Nations World Environment Day.
The UN invited the WorldGBC to hold its annual international congress in San Francisco as part of World Environment Day 2005, which highlighted green building under the theme "Green Cities - Where the Future Lives".
This partnership recognises the value of Green Building Councils in assisting countries to adopt more sustainable building practices and promote 'green cities'.
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The WorldGBC's Congress '05 attracted a record number of delegates, with 12 countries represented.
The annual international congress is an opportunity for WorldGBC members, and countries interested in establishing a not-for-profit Green Building Council, to share successful Green Building Council models, rating tools and participate in a formal forum to guide the growth of the WorldGBC.
Representatives from countries that have already formed a Green Building Council present on their progress and the challenges ahead, including Australia, Canada, India, Mexico, Taiwan and the United States.
Invited guests from Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand and Russia report on the status of the formation of a Green Building Council in their country.
Sponsors of the WorldGBC Congress '05 include Carrier Corporation, Turner Construction and Port of San Francisco.
Australia has played a strong role in the development of the WorldGBC. GBCA Founder and Board member Che Wall is the current Chair, and the GBCA also hosts the WorldGBC's Global Communications and Sponsorship Manager, Suzie Guthridge, two days per week.
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Keep Australia Beautiful has expanded its Clean Site program. In SA for the last five years, it is now licensed to WA, VIC, NSW and QLD. The program is run in conjunction with the Master Builders Association and provides builders, contractors and handymen with environmental guidelines focusing on erosion and sediment control, waste management and resource recovery.
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Green Building Council members ANU and Origin Energy have won a Banksia Award for their project: SLIVER Cells - a Breakthrough in Solar Technology.
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Green Star
The GBCA is looking for a suitably qualified Green Star Technical Manager to join its team.
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Our next two Green Star courses will be held in July, on Friday the 8th (Melbourne) and Wednesday the 20th (Adelaide). Are you a Green Star Accredited Professional yet?
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Since our first Green Star course, which was held in Sydney in October 2003, we have held 26 courses, 10 of which have been over-subscribed. Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.
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