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Green Star NZ Accredited Professionals Exam

In order to become a Green Star NZ Accredited Professional, you must pass an online exam on completion of your training. This examination costs $175 plus gst per person.
 


IMPORTANT UPDATE

Accredited Profession Exam Update

The Green Star NZ Accredited Professional exam is administered by Thomson Prometric.  It has recently been revised so that anyone who completed Green Star training using either Office Version 1 or Office 2009 Technical Manuals can sit the exam.


How to get accredited

The first step to accreditation is to attend both levels of a Green Star NZ Accredited Professional Course.

View the Course dates & locations for course dates and register online here .

Once you have attended the course, you will need to sit the Green Star NZ Accredited Professional exam. The exam is managed by Thomson Prometric. Click here for the Thomson Prometric website.

A person cannot become a Green Star NZ Accredited Professional without completing both the Green Star NZ Accredited Professional training and the Green Star NZ Accredited Professional exam. Upon completing the Green Star NZ Level 2 AP course, NZGBC will provide you with the information you will need in order to book for your exam.


Previous Green Star Training

If you have previously completed the equivalent to Level 1 and 2 Green Star New Zealand training in either Australia and/or South Africa and can provide us with evidence of this then you are only required to do Level 2 of the Green Star New Zealand training before sitting the Green Star Accredited Professional exam.


Exam Cost

The examination cost is $175 + tax and is payable to Thomson Prometric. Please note that the cost of the exam is not covered by the course costs.


Passing the Exam

Immediately after you sit the exam, you will receive a candidate score card indicating whether you have passed the exam. The pass mark required is 75%. Your details will be forwarded to the NZGBC.

Please give 6 to 8 weeks for new Accredited Professionals' details to be uploaded onto our list of Green Star Accredited Professionals.

You will also get a certificate and Green Star Accredited Professional logo, together with guidelines on how to use logo.


The exam

100 Multiple Choice questions under four sections relating to Green Star NZ:

  • Section 1: Principles and Framework
  • Section 2: Processes
  • Section 3: Definitions and Terminology 
  • Section 4: Categories & Credits

Closed book-You cannot take anything into the exam room.

You will need to study!

Two sample questions are provided below.

There are no 'past papers' available.

Sample Questions

 

At what phase of a project is there the greatest potential for 'greening' a building ?

  • a. site selection
  • b. construction
  • c. commissioning
  • d. concept Design

Management credits aim to do all of the following except:

  • a. prescribe housekeeping technologies
  • b. reduce greenhouse emissions through commissioning
  • c. reduce environmental impact during construction
  • d. encourage operational environmental principles during design.

Good luck!