Auckland Airport, Housing NZ, Tamaki Regeneration Company, Watercare and RCP are the latest organisations to join the New Zealand Green Building Council
The country’s largest and busiest airport is interested in providing quality buildings that are fit for the future and meet the needs of all the people that use those facilities, says Auckland Airport Chief Executive Adrian Littlewood.
“It is particularly important that these buildings minimise their impact on our environment and maximise the opportunity for new and innovative ways to address the use of energy and resources,” he adds.
Housing New Zealand owns or manages around 64,000 properties across New Zealand, houses around 182,000 people and is “driving hard” at providing warmer, healthier homes for New Zealanders, says CEO Andrew McKenzie.
“This aligns with the NZGBC vision of better quality homes.”
The demand for sustainable, well-performing buildings and homes has become mainstream,” NZGBC CEO Andrew Eagles believes.
“These organisations are further proof of the New Zealand property sector’s increased uptake and buy-in of green initiatives and we’re excited to have them on board.”
NZGBC Homestar registrations have grown 10 fold in the last 18 months, while uptake of Green Star is strong with 134 certifications to date covering over 838,743sqm of floor space.
NABERSNZ, the tool to evaluate the energy efficiency of commercial offices, has doubled over the last year alone.
The NZGBC was established by the property and construction sector as a not-for-profit industry organisation to improve and verify the quality of buildings and homes in New Zealand by developing standards of best practice with the sector and providing world-leading events, insight and networks.
Established in July 2005 and a member of the World Green Building Council since 2006, NZGBC’s membership has grown from 30 to 500 organisations.
