“The biggest achievement of the Energy Efficiency Council is in creating this community, together.” Luke Menzel reflecting on the top ten wins of the Energy Efficiency Council over the past decade. #happybirthdayEEC #makingenergywork

Thanks CityofAdelaide for the kind acknowledgment at this morning’s Towards a Low Carbon Business Forum. Great to see council supporting leadership through the Sustainability Incentives Scheme and through Green Star. Green Building Council of Australia

It’s out! 75 recommendations across federal, state and local government: #EveryBuildingCounts takes the best of overseas and national policy to deliver a plan for emissions reductions for every building type everybuildingcounts.com.au Green Building Council of Australia Property Council of Australia ASBEC Energy Efficiency Council

Dale O’Toole of The GPT Group deep-dives on demand management and its role in GPT’s energy master plan, this morning at Green Building Council of Australia’s #PathwaystoCarbonPositive seminar. Thanks to Jacobs for hosting!

Great gathering today for our Council meeting. Very grateful to be hosted at Parliament House in Canberra by the Office of Minister @AlanTudgeMP! And proud to share the #EveryBuildingCounts #emissions reduction toolkit for the #builtenvironment.

Merry Christmas from Australia! Here’s to a cracking year in driving the sustainability agenda in the built environment... and another big year in 2020.

Watching the livestream, I'm awed by the amount of effort that clearly went into moving #gbcatransform to a virtual format - amazing work Green Building Council of Australia! #resilienceinaction

The latest data around Green Star is out! We hope this report will help you to demonstrate the value of sustainability by showing the business case of Green Star gbca-web.s3.amazonaws.com/media/document… #gbcatransform

Green Star buildings consume 66% less electricity and 51% less water than the average Australian building, which translates into financial savings. Read more in our latest update on the data behind Green Star projects: new.gbca.org.au/news/gbca-medi… #gbcatransform

Thanks Damon Gameau 🌎 for the message of positivity: let's provide practical, systemic solutions-based messaging to counter the feeling of helplessness in the face of shocks and stresses. #gbcatransform

Buildings are nimble relative to other sectors when it comes to transitioning to net zero. We can get there faster, and we should. Carlos Flores (he/him) #gbcatransform

Even as we're focused on the economic consequences of this pandemic, our planet will keep running. Our intelligence as a species will be measured by our ability to deal with multiple challenges. An important reminder from Bob Carr during difficult times. #GBCATRANSFORM

On climate change: Despite the policy deadlock in Australia, the decisions made in our boardrooms reflect a personal, and sincere conviction from our business leaders that we must act for the next generation. - Bob Carr #gbcatransform

There is a sense of industry solidarity at this year's #gbcatransform that has been great to see, thanks Green Building Council of Australia events team for your collective perseverence!!

After nearly 2yrs work by my team @ClimateWorksAus w CSIRO, CEFC, @DELWP_Vic, Queensland Environment, Climate-KIC Australia & others, latest technology pathways to #netzeroemissions report is online: finds it can still be done & is aligned to #stimulus goals too climateworksaustralia.org/news/how-austr…

Have you seen the new brands for GBCA and Green Star? They pay homage to all we've achieved over the past 18 years, while supporting our vision to build a more sustainable future. Learn about the brands that will take us forward on our new look website - gbca.org.au

We’ve been hard at work on a new rating system that will shake up how we do sustainability in the built environment... finally we can share it with you! See how here: new.gbca.org.au/rate/rating-sy…

#GSBuildings Our new tool - launched today! - will help Australia's built environment move the needle on climate change and meet our obligations under the Paris Agreement. We have lifted the bar across our ratings, to enable users to certify buildings as #carbonneutral.

Buildings that we're designing and developing today will be in operation by 2030...change needs to start now. -Green Building Council of Australia's Jorge Chapa on Green Star Buildings new.gbca.org.au/rate/rating-sy…

Big shoutout to Property Council of Australia, Green Building Council of Australia, ASBEC, @beyondzeronews, Climate Council, Ai Group and many other orgs that have been out explaining the strong case for energy efficiency as economic stimulus over the last six months. Good to be starting up the jobs machine!