Industrial buildings worth billions could become stranded assets, warns new report
Monday 10 August 2020
Billions of dollars of industrial buildings face becoming ‘stranded assets’ warns a new report by the Australian and New Zealand Green Building Councils today.
Government investing $500m into upgrading, renewing state homes: NZGBC Response
Thursday 30 July 2020
Upgrading our old housing stock is a must and something the entire country deserves, the New Zealand Green Building Council says.
Government unveils plans for a once in a generation green building reform | Green Building Council response
Friday 3 July 2020
The Government’s plans to transform the building sector to slash emissions is a huge step towards tackling climate change, the New Zealand Green Building Council says.
Energy use in one million square metres of office space measured and rated.
Monday 22 June 2020
Since it launched in New Zealand seven years ago, NABERSNZ has measured and rated how energy is used in 72 buildings and 14 office tenancies with a combined office floorspace of an entire square kilometre.
Budget boost for warmer homes will bring healthy, safe places for New Zealanders but leaves thousands in the cold.
Thursday 14 May 2020
The COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund will see $56 million injected into the Warmer Kiwi Homes, further lowering the barrier for our most vulnerable to live in warmer, drier, healthier homes. However, it still leaves hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders in the cold, the Green Building Council warned today.
Tessa Meyer named NZGBC Future Thinker of the Year
Friday 17 April 2020
Tessa Meyer, corporate responsibility advisor at Auckland Council’s development arm Panuku Development Auckland, has been crowned the 2020 Future Thinker of the Year.
