Green Star Accredited Building Rating System

Accredited Professionals Consulting and Certification Services

The Green Star Building Rating System has established itself as the leading tool for defining and benchmarking the environmental performance of building (and fit-out) design in Australia. By precisely defining ways that good environmental outcomes can be achieved, more sustainable buildings will be produced. Evidence shows that savings of 30-40% in energy, for example, are achieved from the Green Star building accreditation system. In order to maintain its reputation, compliance with the tool is stringent and rigorously assessed by an independent panel of assessors.
Working with Build Sustainable, clients are able achieve a detailed breakdown of their projects Green Star performance and identify strengths and areas where improvement is required. Our experience in Green Star, combined with our overall experience, can provide cost effective answers quickly.

Overview of Green Star Building Rating System services available:

Green Star addresses Management, Indoor Environmental Quality, Energy, Transport, Water, Materials, Land Use and Ecology and Emissions. Build Sustainable have expertise in all of these areas, and are skilled at assisting design teams in using a holistic approach to creating high performance buildings. The Build Sustainable team of Green Star accredited professionals, engineers and building scientists provide the following technical services:

• Project Start-up - Design workshop facilitation and coordination
• Peer review
• Green Star consultation - research, document preparation, task management
• RFQ, RFP and design competition assistance and coordination (green team building)
• Project-specific educational presentations for the project team or client
• Project goal-setting workshops to identify green opportunities
• Greening of bid documents for contractors
• Case study and education development

Design Workshops and Facilitation

Achieving an environmentally responsible building requires an integrated approach that involves the building owner, design team, construction professionals, financial community, and building officials. Build Sustainable are skilled in facilitating this workshop process by providing a bridge from theoretical concepts to practical guidelines.

Build Sustainable facilitate a collaborative process for design professionals and their clients to establish project goals for sustainable design and provide a preliminary building rating assessment of the project using the Green Star rating system.

Green Star Consulting and Documentation

Build Sustainable provides consulting services to identify and integrate viable sustainable design strategies into new construction or existing facilities. LS also organize the preparation and submittal of Green Star rating documentation to obtain official certification from the Green Building Council of Australia.

Green Star Training

Build Sustainable also provides training services to educate other professionals about sustainable design principles and construction practices embodied in the Green Star buildin rating system.

Green Star Administration

Build Sustainable can provide full Green Star Administration services for your project, from initial planning to final award of a Green Star rating. We can:

• Register your Green Star project with the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA)

• Help your team establish environmental goals and identify Green Star credits to target

• Track the project’s progress toward goals and keep the team on course

• Train your team in how to use Green Star and prepare submittals

• Facilitate integrated design meetings on specific topics such as energy or water efficiency and suggest credit synergies and strategies

• Research specific questions, materials or strategies to determine viable options for Green Star credit compliance

• Manage timelines, gather documentation and review the team’s work for completeness before sending in the final submission to the GBCA

• Train general contractors and sub-contractors on compliance with Green Star credit requirements

• Write and submit any needed Credit Interpretation Requests to the GBCA to answer specific project questions

• Coordinate the team to answer any GBCA audit questions and follow up on credits that are appealed