Appendix A: Invitation and Outline for First NZGBC Workshops

New Zealand Green Building Council

Workshops: Industry consultation for the adoption of a sustainable building assessment scheme

Auckland 4 April 1 – 4.30pm

Venue: Town Hall

Wellington 5 April 1 – 4.30pm

Venue: Thinktankz

Christchurch 6 April 1 – 4.30pm

Venue: Environment Canterbury

Facilitator: Susan St Lawerance

The aim of the workshops is to consult as widely as possible on the different options for New Zealand in the adoption of a sustainable building assessment scheme. We would like to get as much input into the decision-making process as possible. The workshops need to encourage conversation and debate about: what is assessed in rating systems; what is not assessed; what is needed in a rating system for New Zealand; how we can design a system that will have a high level of market acceptance and use.

The workshops need to be pitched at a level that people do not require expertise in assessment systems but understand the need for standards to improve areas of sustainability to improve the performance and reduce the impact of buildings in New Zealand.

Agenda:

12.30pm Doors open, name badges, welcome

1.00pm Facilitator welcomes people and outlines the agenda

Welcome from Jane (5 minutes)

1.10pm Facilitator introduces Michael Field (in Wellington & Christchurch Jane will do this)

Process of the project

Technical info

1.25pm Facilitator outlines workshop process

1.30pm Table discussions – A3 sheets of paper with one topic heading on each sheet:

energy efficiency
environmental quality within the building
transport
water efficiency
land use and ecology
emissions, effluent and pollution
quality, service and risk
flexibility and adaptability.

On each sheet it will have all of the topics that are measured from all 6–8 of the rating tools that we are looking at. These topic such as Thermal comfort, or VOC minimization will then be ranked in order of importance from 1–10 (1 being highest importance and 10 being lowest importance), with each table needing to reach an agreement on the priority ranking. Topics that are considered to be not included need to be noted on each sheet as well.

These additional topics must also receive a ranking from 1 to 10. This will demonstrate where the topic should sit, in comparison to the other issues already ranked.

Note: The sheets will be collected at the end of each time period, to encourage participants to move onto the next topic.

2.30pm Table change. Groups changed to mix people up

3.00pm Working afternoon tea.

3.30pm Change groups again

4.15pm Facilitator wraps up

4.30pm Thank you, and close

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