Upcoming events
Green Speak Waikato
- Rabobank, Hamilton
- 5:00 pm
- Wednesday, 06 Jul
Green Speak Waikato is returning with its first face to face networking evening of the year. Join us for a kōrero on the value of waste and simple things we can all do to start reducing it.
Leading the shift towards a circular economy
- 12:00 pm
- Wednesday, 20 Jul
Join Mikayla Plaw, Profile Group and Samantha Walmsley-Bartlett, Circularity’s Environmental Strategist to hear about Profile Group’s journey in using the CTI tool, rethinking their entire supply chain and operations and how they are designing out waste and pollution.
Building to higher standards now
- 12:00 pm
- Wednesday, 27 Jul
Join us for our second webinar on how to get on board with the much needed and popular changes to the H1 insulation improvements, and help play a part in delivering warm, less polluting homes for Kiwi families.
Homestar Designer
- Karstens, Auckland
- 9:15 am
- Wednesday, 03 Aug
Are you a Homestar Practitioner and want to move on to the next Level of your Accreditation? This is the right course for you if you want to use the v5 Certified Tool for design purposes.
Prerequisite required.
NABERSNZ Accredited Assessor
- Karstens, Auckland
- 9:00 am
- Tuesday, 20 Sep
This 2 day in-person course offers attendees a detailed understanding of the NABERSNZ tool and its associated rules.
NABERSNZ Practitioner
- Karstens, Auckland
- 9:00 am
- Tuesday, 20 Sep
This in-person course is a practical introduction and will provide an understanding of the NABERSNZ tool requirements.
Housing Summit 2022
- Aotea Centre, Auckland
- 7:45 am
- Tuesday, 27 Sep
The Housing Summit is the New Zealand Green Building Council’s biennial event that brings together our sector to make our homes and communities better for healthier, happier New Zealanders.
Housing Summit - virtual
- Virual,
- 8:00 am
- Tuesday, 27 Sep
Join the summit virtually and watch all the presentations live.
Introduction to HomeFit
- 9:00 am
- Sunday, 01 Jun
HomeFit is a no-nonsense, straightforward way to check if a home is warm, safe and dry, and it works in two easy ways. Find out more in this video.
Ecolabels and their role in Green Buildings
- 9:00 am
- Monday, 09 Dec
Products and Materials Webinar | Listen to Brad Crowley, NZGBC and Francesca Lipscombe, General Manager at The New Zealand Ecolabelling Trust as she discussed ecolabels and their role in Green Buildings.
Kāinga Ora, urban development and social housing
- 9:00 am
- Saturday, 01 Jan
Andrew McKenzie, CEO of Kāinga Ora joined us following the budget on 14 May to outline the forward programme for urban development and social housing.
Using sustainable products in Green Star and Homestar projects
- 9:00 am
- Saturday, 01 Jan
Brad Crowley and Danidu Wijekoon from the NZGBC and Alex Reiche from Building Excellence Group started our new PluggedIn webinar series related to products and materials, discussing what can be used in Green star and Homestar projects.
Insights and lessons learned to date – One year after the release of Design & As Built
- 9:00 am
- Sunday, 01 May
This webinar discussed some insights and lessons learned, potential pitfalls to avoid and some tips for your next submission from a GSAP who has spent some time using the new tool.
Building a better, healthier, greener Aotearoa post COVID-19
- 9:00 am
- Saturday, 14 May
Listen into this Green Building Council-hosted panel discussion, diving in to the big topics of our economic recovery, the opportunities to leap forward to a zero carbon Aotearoa with healthier homes and buildings for New Zealanders, and the possibilities to create thousands of new green collar jobs.
The future of urban development and transport
- 9:00 am
- Friday, 10 Jun
Listen to one of Aotearoa’s most well-known politicians, Phil Twyford, a webinar on the future of urban development and transport.
MBIE - Building for Climate Change
- 9:00 am
- Thursday, 14 Jul
Hear from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment about their ‘once in a generation’reform programme to reduce emissions in the building and construction sector.
Building Healthy
- 9:00 am
- Wednesday, 10 Aug
Listen into this webinar about the 5 Key Factors & the Methods to Achieve High Performance Construction.
Cycle friendly design - safety, parking and end-of-trip facilities
- 9:00 am
- Wednesday, 30 Nov
Find out how to encourage and recognise buildings that facilitate the use of bicycles by occupants and visitors in this video presentation.
Building Life Cycle Assessment
- 12:00 am
- Saturday, 31 Dec
This video covers what building LCA is, research BRANZ and industry partners have done to make LCA easier for designers, and a description of how LCA has been applied.
Hutt City Council ground thermal piles for ground source heating & cooling
- 12:00 am
- Saturday, 31 Dec
This online video discusses work on the recently refurbished Hutt City Council building.
Designing out construction waste
- 12:00 am
- Saturday, 31 Dec
John Jamison from Inside Out presents the outcomes and experience gained from the Designing Out Construction Waste study (DoW)
Blower door testing
- 1:00 am
- Saturday, 31 Dec
This video by Alexander & Co demonstrates how blower door testing is done and how it has been adopted in New Zealand.
Good practice stormwater management
- 9:00 am
- Saturday, 31 Dec
Holmes Consulting Group shared their knowledge on good stromwater design practice and how to achieve them in Green Star and Homestar.
Green Star case study: Mason Bros. building
- 9:00 am
- Saturday, 31 Dec
Warner Brunton from Mott MacDonald presented this case study on the 6 Star Green Star rating on the Mason Bros building in Wynyard Quarter, Auckland.
Understanding sustainability & offsite construction opportunities
- 9:00 am
- Saturday, 31 Dec
An introduction to the potential benefits of prefabrication of houses in NZ.
Super-walls and panel systems
- 9:00 am
- Saturday, 31 Dec
Bob Burnett and Dan Saunders will tell you in this video how to design and build good walls and panel systems for low impact, healthy, Homestar homes.
Disruption and digital transformation
- 9:00 am
- Saturday, 31 Dec
Daiman Otto will be discussed disruption and digital transformation – changing the game to building in Aoteaora.
Utilise sustainable procurement
- 9:00 am
- Saturday, 31 Dec
Auckland Council discuss how to utilise sustainable procurement through facilities maintenance contracts using their recent crematoria case study.
Communicating sustainability in the built environment
- 12:00 pm
- Saturday, 31 Dec
Discussion around the future of sustainability and the role we can play as professionals to ensure a healthier planet.