Education 2009 Green Star Rating Tool

Green Star – Education 2009 Design and Built rating tool evaluates the environmental initiatives and/or the potential environmental impact of new or refurbished whole schools, school buildings, tertiary buildings and childcare centres, including their fitout. This differs from other Green Star rating tools, which have been designed to address base building and fitouts separately. This is as a result of education buildings generally being owner occupied, so the tool can aid with the design of a building envelope through to the interior fitout. The tool is capable of rating individual buildings through to whole new school campuses.

Users of this tool include primarily the Ministry of Education, Principals, Boards of Trustees and their consultants, with the tool able to rate schools (from Primary through to High Schools), childcare facilities, Universities and other tertiary education facilities. This tool enables these parties to minimise the environmental impacts of their developments and to capitalise on, and receive recognition for, their design initiatives.

Eligibility

Singular Building Certified Ratings

To be eligible to apply for certification under the Green Star – Education 2009 tool the building must meet the following criteria:

1.  At least 80% of the building’s Gross Floor Area (GFA) must be intended for education purposes.
2. The building shall be located within a school (primary, intermediate or secondary), tertiary education facility (e.g. university, wananga, polytechnic, vocational college) or childcare facility.
3. The Green Star - Education 2009 rating tool assesses buildings in their entirety. The tool is not suitable for the assessment of building components.
4. The building must be visually identifiable from surrounding buildings in order to differentiate buildings that are Green Star certified from those that are not.
5. The following four conditional requirements must be achieved:
   • ENE-1 Energy
   • IEQ-1 Base Ventilation Rates
   • ECO-1 Ecological Value of the Site
   • MAN-B- Learning Resources
6. If the project is a refurbishment, major works must occur to over 50% of the total building.
7. If the building is going for a certified Built rating, a certificate of practical completion must be attained prior assessment.
8. The building must achieve a minimum Green Star – Education 2009 score of 45 in self-assessment.

Multiple Building Rating - New School Campuses

To be eligible to apply for certification under the Green Star – Education 2009 tool the school campus must meet the following criteria:

1. The Multiple Building Rating must include all buildings within the campus with 80% or more of the building’s Gross Floor Area (GFA) intended for education purposes.
2. All buildings included in the Multiple Building Rating must meet the following conditional requirements:
   • The simulated actual building total energy (kWh/m2/year) must be less than the simulated total energy (kWh/m2/year) of the reference building model. Please refer to the Education Energy Calculation Guide in the downloads menu for further information.
   • The building must meet the New Zealand Building Code base ventilation rates.
   • ECO-1- New-build projects may not be built on land of high ecological value.
   • A minimum of three Learning Resources must be provided within the campus with a minimum of one Learning Resource per building (please refer to the MAN-B Learning Resources Credit).
3. The school campus must achieve a minimum Green Star – Multiple Building Education 2009 score of 45 in self-assessment.

Technical Manuals

A Technical Manual for the Green Star Education 2009 rating tool is available in either hard or soft copy.