by Jbs071410 c3 — July 21, 2010—The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA), committed to continuous improvement of the Green Star environmental rating tools for buildings, has developed two revised credits after significant research and industry consultation:
These revised credits have been included in the Green Star — Industrial v1 tool, which was released in May 2010.
GBCA is now seeking feedback from industry to determine whether these credits should be integrated into other Green Star tools. It is proposed that the revised credits are included in the following existing tools:
- Green Star – Office v3
- Green Star – Office Interiors v1.1
- Green Star – Retail Centre v1
- Green Star – Multi Unit Residential v1
- Green Star – Healthcare v1
- Green Star – Education v1
Current projects registered under the above tools would be able to use the old or the revised credits. Any project registered after the revised credits are released would be required to use the revised credits.
GBCA proposes that the revised credits not be integrated into the Green Star Office v2 rating tool, as all office projects must now register under the Green Star Office v3 rating tool.
Comments should be sent to greenstar@gbca.org.au. The stakeholder comment period is open until July 31, 2010.
