Launched in 2002, the GBCA is a national, not-for-profit organisation that is committed to developing a sustainable property industry for Australia by encouraging the adoption of green building practices.

We understand that to make ESD successful we need to have a holistic approach to coordinating and integrating ESD principles at all stages of the design and building process. We aim to help our clients identify areas for improvement and work with them to facilitate the change.

We encourage a three tier approach to ESD: From a macro level, Director Rainer Strunz is a Greenstar  Accredited Professionals who is committed to utilising the best practice ESD in all our buildings.

The second is from detailed engineering solutions. To ensure delivery of a complete ESD solution, the Mechanical, Electrical and Hydraulic designs must work together.

We work closely with all of the services Greenstar Accredited Professionals to ensure the input and coordination of their ideas.

The third level is through constant review. We propose using an external ESD consultant to constantly review our designs to look for ways of improving the ESD outcome and to determine the pre-assessment rating.

Rainer studied and worked in Germany, where ESD principles are naturally integrated into projects. Rainer has both international and local experience (10 years in Australia) in working on large-scale commercial and residential projects that required significant implementation of ESD principles.