AUSTRALIA GREEN BUILDING ORGANISATIONS

Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA)

Australia is a great place for green buildings as it is so sunny! Water saving is also important, a lot of the country even round the coast is arid. I am thinking of Melbourne in particular.

Sydney, Perth, Brisbane all have gone green. There is a famous building in Melbourne called Council House 1 - which has active and passive ventilation instead of air conditioning.

The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has developed a green building standard known as Green Star, a voluntary environmental rating system for buildings launched in 2003.

www.gbcaus.org

Green Star

http://www.gbcaus.org/gbca.asp?sectionid=12&docid=1434

Clean Up Your Business Guide

'How to improve your business' performance and avoid generating waste or polluting your office environment in the future.

These initiatives can deliver considerable green benefits, most notably reduced costs, water and energy savings and healthier workplaces.'

www.gbcaus.org/gbca.asp?sectionid=15&docid=1417