EVENT OVERVIEW
The global discourse on sustainability in real estate is progressing rapidly, with global construction accounts for almost 38% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Companies are under high pressure to establish carbon footprint reduction and elimination process as
well as designing and constructing buildings in an environmentally friendly and energy-efficient way. Meeting the demand for new buildings through green construction will be a great stimulant for low-carbon economic growth and create skilled jobs in
emerging markets for decades to come. New materials are more expensive, and will therefore demand a new pricing model. However, they can significantly reduce embodied carbon—in commercial buildings by as much as 70 percent by 2030 based on McKinsey
report.
The chief executive of the Green Building Council of Australia, Davina Rooney conveyed to accomplish net zero across the entire economy by 2050, Australia’s property sector needs to be net zero by 2030. The current proposal from the Australian Building Codes Board to
upgrade the energy efficiency requirements in new housing as part of the National Construction Code 2022. Further, ASBEC alerted that postponing the “cost-effective” transformation would add $2 billion to household energy bills by 2030 and an extra 9 million tonnes of emissions. Also, Financial Review reported that efficient buildings will be an investment opportunity worth $US24.7 billion by 2030. This is going to happen, companies will move to sustainable construction, late comers will be penalized.
LIST OF SPEAKERS

Dr Kate Ringvall
Technical Director
Circular Economy
GHD, Canberra

Enrico Zara
Associate Principal | Decarbonisation -Australasia Leader
Arup, Sydney

Niki Jackson, PGDip, DFSS
Director
Sustainable Future by Design, Sydney

Kerrie Verbart
Senior Project Manager
Turner & Townsend, Adelaide

Oliver Grimaldi
Associate Director
Cundall, Perth

Mark McKenna
Global Sustainability
Client Solutions Director
Arcadis Australia Pacific, Sydney

David Ritter
Director
Atelier Ten, Melbourne

Alberto Sanchez
Head of Planning (Group Operational Assurance and Performance)
Lendlease, Sydney

Dick Clarke
Director Envirotecture
Director Sustainability
Building Designers Association of
Australia, Sydney

Valentina Petrone
Associate Director - Australia Circular Economy Lead
WSP, Sydney

Alexander Bradatsch
Production Manager
NA Group Pty Ltd, Sydney

Omar Al-Khayat
Innovation, Systems and Technology Lead
Select Plant Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney

Tom Owens
Principal and Managing Director
Gensler, Sydney

Andrew Eagles
CEO
New Zealand Green
Building Council, Auckland

Kate Rowan
Sustainability Advisor
John Holland, Melbourne

Andre Gobett
Head of Recycling Solutions
Boral, Sydney