Event Format
The series will be run virtually as 5 weekly sessions 12pm - 2pm AEST, Tuesday 30 Aug 2022 - Tuesday 27 Sept 2022.
Each session will include 2 presentations followed by a panel discussion. See below for the themes that will be explored in each session.
SESSION 1 | End of Life
Tuesday 30th August 2022, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM AEST
Beginning with the end in mind:
• What does the lifespan of a building mean and what happens at the end –how we plan for it.
• Are systems destined to be replaced during the lifespan of a building – how we plan for this
• Design for disassembly, recovery, reuse of systems and components
• The documentation of buildings to assist in not just operation but refurbishment and end of life
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
Chair: Ian Van Eerden, Principal Sustainability Consultant - Northrop Consulting Engineers | CIBSE NSW Chair
Taryn Cornell, Senior Manager Green Star Strategy and Development - GBCA
Presentation Summary: Standardising sustainability through Green Star
The new Green Star Buildings rating tool aims to drive opportunities for supply chain transformation by creating a drive for low carbon products and having a new definition of responsible products. Hear how this applies to building services.
Carlos Flores, Director - NABERS
Presentation Summary: NABERS Embodied Carbon tool development & how to engage with it in the industry
NABERS is expanding into this space following industry engagement and direction from their steering committee. Their aim is to create a consistent framework for a comparable metric in this space and the first step is establishing standards to the quantification and assessment of embodied Carbon. We as an industry need to come together to create this with the NABERS and Green Star team, the first step has been TM65, MECLA is building on this and then NABERS and Green Star can use these systems to benchmark and compare buildings.
Matthew Sykes, Associate Principal - Integral Group
Presentation Summary: TM65 - Embodied Carbon of Building Services: A calculation Methodology. How to use it in Australia and New Zealand
The embodied carbon impacts of Building Services equipment are somewhat of a grey area due to a complex supply chain and a lack of data in the sector. CIBSE TM 65 provides a methodology to collect data from Building Services equipment suppliers so that designers can better understand the carbon impact of engineering decisions and make embodied carbon reduction a key design driver. In this session Matt Sykes of Integral Group will provide an overview of TM 65 and how to use it in Australian and New Zealand.
Panellist: Grace Foo, Managing Principal Consultant - DeltaQ
Panel Discussion: Embodied Carbon - Invest now or save for the future
How do we better quantify and reduce the lifecycle impacts of our buildings and designs? Do we invest now or save for the future? – our industry has focussed in on building structure when it comes to embodied carbon, but what about refrigerants? Ductwork? IT and all of the systems that we design… We often don’t know even know the impacts of Building Services so identifying first steps and recording data is a vital first to quantifying and solving this issue. But how do we do this?
2:00PM AEST
Virtual lounge and networking rooms open
SESSION 2 | Dealing with the past
Tuesday 6th September 2022, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM AEST
• Reflection on existing building stock and potential for upgrade to meet modern standards
• How do we assess existing buildings – reflect on the fundamentals of a good building
• Which buildings have the potential for upgrade?
• How do we upgrade existing buildings?
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
Chair: Phil Senn, Senior Manager Climate Change, Woolworths Group | CIBSE ANZ Vice Chair
Erik Moore, Sustainability | ESG - AMP Capital
Presentation Summary: tbc
Walter van der Linde, Mechanical Engineer - Aurecon
Presentation Summary: Most of the buildings that are going to be around in 2050 currently exist. There is a clear need to reduce demolition and additional embodied carbon on existing buildings and re-use what we can. There is huge potential in the sustainable refurbishment of existing buildings.
From a mechanical engineers perspective, Walter will touch on the impact of the existing building envelope. His presentation will discuss barriers and opportunities to re-life existing buildings in order to avoid the embodied carbon of demolition and new construction and to improve the sustainability, comfort and health of existing buildings. He will elaborate on projects such as 500 Bourke St Redevelopment in Melbourne and Monash University Smart Manufacturing hub.
Panel Discussion: Dealing with the past as we transition into future
Panellist: Rebecca Fitzgerald, Sustainability Professional - Investa Property Group
2:00PM AEST
Virtual lounge and networking rooms open
SESSION 3 | Current design practice
Tuesday 13th September 2022, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM AEST
• Engineering good and better buildings
• Where do we pitch the level of good and better buildings?
• Current guidance: Green Buildings (Green Star and NABERS)
• How is this practically implemented
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
Chair: Andrew Pettifer, Built Environment Sector Lead - Australia, Mott MacDonald
Jamie Wallis, Senior Manager - Market Engagement - Green Building Council of Australia
Presentation Summary: Standardising sustainability through Green Star
Creating clear expectations for new buildings was a key driver in the development of Green Star Buildings. The introduction of Minimum Expectations to Green Star allows a standardised approach to embedding sustainability. This presentation will cover what they are, how they came about, and what this means for industry.
- Magali Wardle, Head of Market Development - NABERS
Presentation Summary: NABERS – Transforming the market by working across the market
- What is NABERS
- How NABERS has increased uptake over time – through voluntary uptake, government procurement policy and mandatory disclosure
- How ongoing NABERS ratings leads to improved outcomes
- New initiatives that are also looking to transform the market – continual updates to the underlying emissions factors, expanding into new sectors, the new Renewable Energy Indicator and flexible demand research with the GBCA, recent embodied carbon research, Climate Active Carbon Neutral certification
Panel discussion: Benchmarking for all, how rating systems can inform good design and operation
Panellist: Malin Lindblad, Sustainable Buildings and Precinct Leader in Victoria - Mott MacDonald
Lisa Hinde, Head of Sustainability - Colliers
2:00PM AEST
Virtual lounge and networking rooms open
SESSION 4 | Modern Construction
Tuesday 20th September 2022, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM AEST
This session will examine how buildings can better perform through tools and techniques for modern construction. This includes consideration of things like timber construction, modular construction, standards like PassiveHouse and a review of modern construction technologies.
• Can we define good and better construction
• Building Design and Construction Quality (Building Commissioner, certification and standards etc)
• Are modern methods of construction helping the integration, efficiency and flexibility of building services?
• Air Tightness as a demonstration for good buildings and a target for better buildings
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
Chair: Taryn Cornell, Senior Manager, Green Star Strategy and Development - GBCA
Quentin Jackson, Principal & Sustainability Leader - Aurecon
Presentation Summary: Climate appropriate architecture for the climate emergency.
- Build tight ventilate right – lightly as I’ll let Jessica cover this one!
- Design for low embodied carbon construction
- Mass timber construction, Modular construction, use of robots etc
Sean Maxwell, ANZ Scheme Manager - ATTMA
Presentation Summary: Airtightness = Building science 101
Every functional building enclosure needs its main control layers – water, air, heat, and vapour – properly designed and constructed. Testing a building for its overall airtightness is a simple and holistic first step in enclosure commissioning. Still, so many other factors relate to airtightness – moisture, sound, fire, comfort, air quality – that it should be considered essential to every project. But is it possible to build too airtight? Let’s discuss.
Panel Discussion: Modern Construction - Delivering what you promised
Panellist: Shaun Burgess, Senior Electrical & VT Engineer - Northrop Consulting Engineers
2:00PM AEST
Virtual lounge and networking rooms open
SESSION 5 | In use
Tuesday 27th September 2022, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM AEST
• Tracking and analysing the operation of the buildings and their ability to adapt over time.
• Comfort and Occupant Wellbeing – Simulation, analysis, systems, code and standards
• Resilient Buildings climate change and risk adaptation – how buildings respond over their lifespan
• Can we track good system integration – What can post-occupancy assessments show?
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
Chair: Mark Crawford, Commissioning Manager, MCL | CIBSE ANZ Chair
Roderic Bunn, Building Performance Analyst & Soft landings Consultant - WME Boom Collective
Presentation Summary: UK trends in improving building performance to achieve net-zero carbon.
Net-zero new build and retrofit will demand greater performance from most aspects of design and construction, from greater attention to products and system procurement to institutional and professional requirements and guidance. This paper will explore how the UK is approaching the next-zero imperative through a greater focus on client requirements, design responses, delivery systems, roles and responsibilities, and performance certification. The talk will also cover methods of accurate reporting and visualisation of outturn performance to ensure energy and carbon ambitions are not lost or compromised during project delivery.
Noni Nuriani, Principal Consultant - Kani Quest
Presentation Summary: Minimising Energy Performance Gap (EPG) to deliver in-use performance.
To achieve Australia’s emission reduction target, new buildings and refurbishment must be designed to achieve high energy efficiency levels in operation. A gap between design stage energy performance and actual performance in operation means additional unexpected greenhouse gas emissions will be released to the atmosphere. In-use performance issues causing the Energy Performance Gap (EPG)
will be discussed, and how these issues relate back to practices and processes occurred within the building’s delivery stages.
How challenges in minimising EPG in premium office buildings varies to challenges in mid and low-tier office buildings, and the rest of the commercial building sectors, will also be discussed.
The on-going research on EPG will also be shared, inviting the industry to participate and work together to improve industry’s capability in delivering operational performance.
Panelist: Bill Grover, Senior Mechanical Engineer - Cundall
2:00PM AEST
Virtual lounge and networking rooms open
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