Launch Event Presentations
Report | Building Performance Reimagined Project – CIBSE
NZ Launch:
Webinar | Building Performance: Imagination to Reality - Networking Presentations
NSW Launch:
Webinar | Designing Tomorrow: Empowering Building Services Professionals for Resilience and Future Performance – Dr Bree Trevena, Australasia Foresight Leader, ArupWebinar | From Efficiency to Sufficiency: How the Reduction Roadmap changes how we understand building performance – Professor Gerard Reinmuth, Founding Director, TERROIR Webinar | From Data to Destiny: Empowering Building Performance Through Intelligent Integration - Imtee Baksh, Director of Business Development, Optergy
Session 1 | Future-Ready Foundations: Reimagining Building Performance
12pm - 2pm AEST, 29 July 2025
Recording available here
Presentations, recommended resources and references:
Fiona Cousins – Building Performance Reimagined presentation
Ted Talk | Driving climate action through design and hope | Fiona Cousins
YouTube | Urban Green Council, 2023 Conference, NYC Next (Session 3)
Website | Australian Bureau of Statistics “Measuring what matters’ framework and indicators
Alison Scotland – Regional Outlook of Building Performance presentation
Paper | Unlocking the pathway: Why electrification is the key to net zero buildings
Paper | A solid foundation: A common definition for net zero infrastructure and how to get there YouTube | Every Building Counts Paper | Sustainable Development ReportSam Archer – Reimagining Building Performance in New Zealand presentation (TBC)
Session 2 | What does it mean for a building to be truly connected?
12pm - 2pm AEST, 5 August 2025
Recording available here
Presentations, recommended resources and references:
Nathan Semos – Data Ecosystem presentation
Website | VBIS
Website | VBHA Digital Engineering Framework
Rob Brimblecombe – Monash’s journey to the edge of the grid and back presentation
Annie Tennant – Places of Connection, Regeneration and Culture presentation
Session 3 | Emergent Intelligence: Designing for Evolution
12pm - 2pm AEST, 12 August 2025
Recording availabe here
Presentations, recommended resources and references:
Dr Bree Trevena – Circularity: Learning building services and systems presentation
Podcast |
Dikai Liu – Human-Robot Teaming for Building Construction and Maintenance presentation
Dr Stephen White – Findings of IEA Annex 81 ‘Data-Driven Smart Buildings presentation
Session 3 Poll Results
Session 4 | Adaptive by Design: Embracing Variety in the Built Environment
12pm - 2pm AEST, 19 August 2025
Recording availabe here
Presentations, recommended resources and references
Anthony Calderone – OneNZ Stadium: Adaptive by Design (see recording)
Sara Wilkinson – Reimagining Vacant Spaces with the STAR Toolkit presentation
Annie Scott – Owners Perspective, Adaptability In Approach, and Communicate A Narrative (see recording)
Session 5 | Future-Proofing Performance: Designing for the Unknown
12pm - 2pm AEST, 26 August 2025
Recording available here
Presentations, recommended resources and references
Geoff Osborne – 11 Mounts Bay Rd – Electrification of Heating presentation
Guide | CIBSE AM16: Heat Pump Installations for Large Buildings
Guide | CIBSE TM65: Embodied Carbon in Building Services
Guide | CIBSE TM67: Electrification of Buildings
ASHRAE Handbook | HVAC Systems and Equipment (Chapter: Heat Pumps)
ASHRAE Standard | Standard 90.1
GBCA | Green Star Design & As Built Guide (v1.3 & 2023 updates)
NABERS | Energy for Offices – Rules v4.1 & Thermal Services Addendum
Dan Waak – Factory-Ready Futures: Evolving Building Services Design for Prefabrication presentation
Ruth Williams – Building Performance Readiness in Aotearoa New Zealand presentation
Additional Building Performance Resources:
IES Resources
Energy Modelling for Retrofit guide