Green Cities 2018

Green Cities Conference is one of the leading built environment sustainable event co-hosted by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) and the Property Council of Australia. With 12 years of existence, this conference has provided an ideal platform through which industry leaders, experts, and professionals share key ideas thus enlivening sustainability initiative. Melbourne is yet again set to host this year’s event.
One most notable key presentation by Kent Larson, a director and principal research scientist at MIT on the ‘Cities of Tomorrow’ will seek to explore our roles and contributions in energizing our cities into clean sustainable urban centers able to provide for the needs of our present generation without compromising the future generation’s capability to also provide for their needs. Kent Larson will present work on anything raging from the concepts of electric cars all the way to Tardis-like apartment developments. Other key speakers in attendance include Lend Lease, the head of Sustainability Pascal Mittermaier, Adam Beck, the US Eco District program director, the CEO AECOM Buildings and Places, and the Swedish GBC and WSP sustainable cities director Arm-Kristin Karlson.
The newly introduced concept on, “Putting a Price Tag on Performance” will make debut during this conference. Leaders from Singapore, UK and South Africa green building councils, WGBC included will have the session to explore how to measure the previously unmeasurable concepts such as staff performance, health and satisfaction in the quest to extend the business case for green building. The case on regeneration on the other hand will unearth great opportunities for furnishing and modernizing existing buildings.

By attending Green Cities Conference, participants will be awarded Green star CPD points by the Green Building Council of Australia. Attending day 1 and 2 earns each participant 6 and 5 sustainable development points. In addition to this, taking part in Site Tours, Half Day Masterclasses and Full Day Masterclasses qualifies one for 1 Green Star point per tour, 3 Green star points per a half masterclass and 6 green star points per a full master class. What is the essence of all this? Joining the CPD program enables one to get recognition as a sustainability specialist with knowledge on green star rating system and green building principles. One also obtains access to a define support network system contrived to help you enhance your sustainability career. Most importantly also, getting involved in CPD program allows one to attend any ongoing sustainable development training session tailored for both green star associates and GSAPs.
Apart from the powerful panels and interactive keynote presentations from award winning world class speakers, this event will also involve site tours around some Melbourne’s unique green star projects. The Sundown Soiree visit will offer participants an opportunity to interact and share their experiences on this exciting and ever evolving industry.
Website: https://www.greencities.org.au/