Green Speak Wellington

2020 is nearly coming to a close. Together we would like to say thank you to our members and supporters and provide an opportunity to meet, mingle and exchange the latest developments in the city.

The increase in interest in a sustainable approach to green buildings is great to see. We look forward to sharing an update on new announcements from Government, their commitment to greening their portfolio, while also covering other updates from across Aotearoa.

Andrew Eagles, CEO, New Zealand Green Building Council

A round up of the year at the Green Building Council and how Government commitments to reducing carbon in their portfolio will benefit New Zealanders.

Tessa Meyer, KiwiRail Limited - Future Thinker of the Year 2020
Tessa will give an update on the Future Thinker’s 2020 and some reflections on the year it’s been for our green building community.

Karl Wakelin, Stephenson & Turner - Homestar case study
210 Barnard Street, a testament to an exemplary wellington dwelling built on green concepts and family values. Owner, Builder, and Green Star Assessor Karl Wakelin will speak to his experiences in completing a Homestar 9 project, the benefits of living in a high-performance house and the lessons learnt along the way. A case study of what he preaches day-to-day Karl Wakelin, Stephenson & Turner Associate Principal Building Performance Manager, built the house for himself, wife and family. The simple yet elegant high-performing home focuses on the core fundamentals of achieving high levels of performance with a low cost premium - energy needs, comfort, durability and the way ventilation and moisture are dealt with at the forefront of the design. The journey to completion was captured in season three of Grand Designs New Zealand

Agenda

NZGBC FE Points: 1 FE Point
NZRAB Points: 10 CPD Points*

*Please email Isabel at education@nzgbc.org.nz with your NZRAB number after the webinar if you need to your NZRAB points allocated. Please note this is not updated automatically

Speakers

Andrew Eagles

Chief Executive, NZ Green Building Council

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Andrew is a qualified economist with more than fourteen years’ experience in the built environment. Working for consultancies, associations, government and built environment charities, he has a wealth of knowledge in housing, market mechanism, advocacy and the construction supply chain.

Andrew joined the New Zealand Green Building Council in September 2016 as Chief Executive. The NZGBC is the country’s leading not-for-profit for the sustainable built environment. As well as exemplary research, the NZGBC oversees Homestar and Green Star the award winning certifications for New Zealand homes and buildings, and NABERSNZ, the tool for confirming performance of offices in use.

Andrew is sometimes asked to speak on panels. There are many great women speakers in the construction and property sector. Andrew has made a commitment to not speak on all male panels. The NZGBC can assist in connecting you with a diverse range of speakers if that would be of use for your event.

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Tessa Meyer

Future Thinker of the Year 2020

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Sustainable communities champion Tessa Meyer is the current NZGBC Future Thinker of the Year and KiwiRail’s Programme Sustainability Lead for the Interislander Resilient Connection Programme (iReX). Tessa has worked with NZGBC on New Zealand’s first Green Star Communities ratings and Australasia’s first Volume rating during her time with Panuku Development Auckland. She holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Urban Resilience and Renewal. Her research formed part of MBIE’s Resilient Urban Futures Programme and she served as Vice Present of the Student Volunteer Army during her time at the University of Canterbury.

Karl Wakelin

Building Sustainability Manager, S&T

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Karl is an experienced Building Performance specialist. He has broad expertise in building science, Green Star rating systems & built environment sustainability. Karl is responsible for Building Performance at S&T, his role includes building performance analysis, peer reviewing of designs at an early stage, material specification, staff training and adoption of new system or materials that improve the performance of our buildings.

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