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Jolly excited by this. The NZGBC have released a free practical guide on building healthy lower carbon homes. It has great case studies and detailed steps on ✅moisture control - meaning less mould ✅controlling overheating - stopping dangerous temperatures & sweating at night ✅getting decent air quality ✅measuring embodied carbon - how to calculate quickly & easily But wait there is more... we now have three different data sources from those building homes and from models showing costs are in the range of 0-1.5% uplift over building to the building code. 🔪 🔪 Here are the steak knives.... Sustainable finance is coming to the fore with banks offering significantly lower development finance and some offering 1% off mortgage rates for home owners So the pathway to healthy homes for NZ has just become a lot easier. Let's get into it. By building efficient fossil fuel free homes, buildings & communities we can help solve this energy crisis. Let’s get into it. #health #carbon #runningcosts #wellbeing #energycrisis #airquality #

📣 Not to be missed. Sustainable finance – the catalytic effect If we are to build the transition to 2030 access to capital through sustainable finance is critical to our success, and it’s a fast-moving space. The sustainable finance revolution demands asset owners and entities deliver high quality, verified outcomes against a large number of criteria set by financial institutions, disclosure requirements, and multiple international frameworks. More broadly, there are also moves to explore opportunities to harmonise approaches to sustainable finance, starting with Australia and New Zealand’s sustainable finance taxonomies.   Join four of our leaders who are at the cutting edge to better understand global developments in sustainable finance for property and construction, progress on the development of the taxonomy for Aotearoa, and the demands on delivering high quality, verified outcomes against the myriad of criteria set by international frameworks. Our expert panel will share their insights into global developments, local impacts and exploring the catalytic effect of sustainable finance in building the transition toward our 2030 and 2050 targets. Daniel Street from DLA Piper will facilitate the discussion, joined by Jo Kelly from the @the centre for sustainable finance, Rachel Brown from DLA Piper, Dean Spicer, CFA from ANZ. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eeHGJme7 📅 Monday 16 September 🕐 4pm-6pm 📍DLA Piper, Level 15, 15 Customs Street, Auckland Thank you to our World Green Building Week sponsor Resene, and venue sponsor DLA Piper

Ka rawe Precinct! Congratulations on going "boots-n-all" on the revitalisation of one of your greatest assets. Refreshing to see the focus on ESG through the new website including the relationship with sustainable finance and reporting frameworks. Creating lasting legacies for life, vibrancy and connection. Terrific leadership by Scott Pritchard, Nicola McArthur, Richard Hilder, Lisa Hinde, Alain McKinney and all involved.

Join us at WARREN AND MAHONEY's office in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland September 19th to delve into the Responsible category of Green Star Buildings NZ. The ‘Responsible’ category outlines credits relevant to decisions made about the design, construction, and procurement practices on a building project. It recognises activities that ensure the building is designed, procured, built, and handed over in a responsible manner. You'll hear from a stellar lineup of speakers; our own Joe Quad, Justin Peberdy of NDY, Hilary West-Reeve of Phoenix Recycling Group, Katherine Featherstone of Green Building Council of Australia, Harriet Smith of Green Building Council of Australia, Ferran de Miguel Mercader of Fletcher Building and Duncan Munro of Eke Panuku Development Auckland. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gMKKjG9v 📅 Thursday 19th September 🕐 4pm-6pm 📍Warren and Mahoney, 139 Pakenham Street West, Auckland Thank you to our event sponsor Inzide .

So appreciate Daniel Street's post highlighting "the most successful policy interventions have been in the building sector, followed by transport, industry, and electricity." We concur. 💡 In this consutlation on ERP2, Government has commented that they're open to working with our sector to explore opportunities. 🛠 Add your voice. If you need food for thought, take a look at our response on our website or get in touch. 📞

A huge congratulations to Kiwi Property and all involved in the brilliant 6 Star Green Star Design & As Built rating for 3 Te Kehu Way! Another exciting development, and great to celebrate the achievement with Minister Chris Penk MP

Have you had your say on the Second Emissions Reduction Plan? It's not too late to get your submissions in before they close 25 August! Speaking at our recent Green Property Summit, the Minister of Climate Change Hon. Simon Watts encouraged our sector to get involved and present our vision to support climate action. The built environment presents huge opportunities to slash emissions quickly, and cost-effectively. With the draft ERP2 containing just a line or two about buildings, there's a large gap to fill. Suffice to say, our response is a whole new chapter in itself.   Our key recommendations include: ✅ Improving the Building Code to deliver lower-carbon homes and buildings ✅ Phasing out fossil gas in homes and buildings, including ending new residential gas connections from 2026. ✅ Requiring energy labels on homes and buildings ✅ Correcting the ERP modelling to align with MBIE’s production forecasts. ✅ Removing the reliance on carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) ✅ Strengthening ETS pricing ✅ Expanding the Warmer Kiwi Homes programme to subsidise electrification of home heating and cooking from 2027, converting 25,000 homes a year. ✅ Implementing a concerted programme, building on the successful replacement of coal boilers in schools and hospitals, to subsidise 10% of commercial buildings per year from 2026 to electrify space and water heating. ✅ Incentivising improved home insulation and home solar generation. The recommendations aim to reduce emissions, reduce ongoing costs for families and Kiwi businesses. Many of our recommendations and policies were laid out in our recent report ‘Closing the gap: Hidden emissions and untapped potential of buildings to reduce costs and deliver for carbon budgets’ -https://bitly.cx/VV9nG Read our full submission, and feel free to use it for your own - https://lnkd.in/gQV9xDMc

We’d like to extend a huge congratulations to some of our Green Star champions! Last Wednesday we had the chance to celebrate some of our long term supporters who joined us at Green Property Summit 2024. We’re incredibly fortunate to have the support of some brilliant professionals championing green building and helping transform our built environment here in Aotearoa. Ka rawe to: 💚 Alec Couchman, Director at Brewer Davidson 💚 David Fullbrook, Consultant at eCubed Building Workshop   💚 Ella Osborne, Associate ESD Engineer at Beca  💚 Ethan Duff, Associate Building Scientist at Beca  💚 Fiona Caulfield, Green Star Consultant, Lead LBC Materials Researcher at Tricia Love Consultants Ltd  💚 Graham Gilleberg, Principal Sustainability Consultant at WSP in New Zealand 💚 Jason Quinn, Director at Sustainable Engineering Ltd.  💚 Jo Woods, Director of Sustainability at Revolve Energy  💚 Manoj Kumar A P Senior Project Manager at RDT Pacific   💚 Patrick Arnold, Director at 335_NZ 💚 Dr Paul Jurasovich (PhD), Carbon Research Lead, Associate Principal at Jasmax  💚 Scott Smith, Techincal Director – Buildings Sustainability at Beca  💚 Scott Waller, Director at Powell Fenwick

We've got a jam-packed calendar of opportunities to network, learn, and get inspired! Check out our upcoming events and training courses: 💚 Green Star for Contractors, Tuesday 27th August, 1.30pm-3.30pm, online: https://lnkd.in/g3dDNrhN 💚 Homestar Assessor, Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th September, 9am-1pm both days, online: 💚 Embodied Carbon Masterclass, Friday 13th September, 1pm-5pm, Te-Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington: 

Green Star Buildings NZ is here! We now enter a transition period from Green Star Design & As Built NZ v1.1 to the latest version - Green Star Buildings NZ. Five key features: 💚 Delivers a new definition of a sustainable building 💚 Is Net Zero Ready 💚 Responds to sustainability megatrends 💚 Creates clear expectations for new buildings 💚 Delivers opportunities for supply chain transformation More to come over the coming weeks but if you can’t wait, join us for the next information session on the Healthy category on Thursday 22nd August, or contact Brad Crowley from our team to find out more. Launching into Green Star Buildings Healthy event: https://lnkd.in/gMyYdE5C #betterplacesproven Green Building Council of Australia ┃ Andrew E. Sam Archer ┃ Joe Quad ┃ Bhumika Mistry ┃ Josefin Bloom