by jbs031910d3 — March 22, 2010—The Australian Government’s new State of Australian Cities 2010 report will support the property and construction sector’s drive to sustainability, says The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). The national green building group welcomed the report, which Chief Executive Romilly Madew says will be used to help shape the development of the GBCA’s new Green Star—Communities environmental rating tool.
The report finds that Australia’s city dwellers are faced with such significant challenges as population growth and demographic change, transport congestion, living affordability, infrastructure development, productivity growth, climate change and ecological sustainability.
The first stage of the Green Star—Communities project, a framework which establishes an independent, national language of sustainable development, was launched at the Green Cities 2010 conference in February. The second stage of the project, the development of the Green Star—Communities tool, will commence in June 2010.
