Business View Magazine - June 2015

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40 Business View Australia - June 2015

(GRESB), which now repor ts on

56,000 assets wor th US$2.1 tril -

lion dollars in value, identi f ies

Australia as the global leader.

But sustainable buildings ar-

en’t just for of f ice workers or

for people who can af ford spar-

kling penthouses overlooking

the harbour. We are proud

of the many Green Star proj -

ects that suppor t bet ter envi -

ronmental, economic and so -

cial outcomes for ever yone.

The Common Ground hous-

ing projects in Sydney and

Melbourne demonstrate that

a sustainable building is for

rough sleepers as much as i t

is for investment bankers.

Similarly, green features at the

Lily f ield Housing Redevelop- ment

in Sydney have reduced

residents’ electrici ty bills by 25

per cent while at Monash Uni -

versi ty’s

Briggs Hall and Jacko - mos Halls,

cash- strapped stu-

dents are paying 45 per cent

less for their electrici ty. The

Redfern Housing Redevelop - ment

project, also in Sydney,

gained an ‘Innovation’ point

for speci f ying that a minimum

of 20 construction workers on

the project were indigenous.

This

cre-

ated

jobs, en-

hanced the

‘green collar’

skills of the local com-

muni ty, and spread wide the

message that ever yone de-

serves a sustainable home.

And the Green Star stor y is

about more than just buildings.

If we were to plot the evolution

of the Green Building Council

of Australia over last 12 years,

we’d see theearly emphasis on

the environmental benef i ts of

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