Industry Partners
The following organisations embody the spirit of ecospecifier's aims and goals, and we are proud to be associated with them. Please visit and support these organisations.
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AUSTRALIAN GREEN DEVELOPMENT FORUM The Australian Green Development Forum is a balanced, non-profit coalition of members from development industries, government organisations and community groups. It is endorsed by industry and environmental bodies, and is aligned to community sectors that also have an interest in fostering sustainable development. The purpose of the AGDF is to promote the understanding and accelerate the adoption of sustainable practices, guidelines, policies and technologies in the building and development industry throughout Australia, through the application of voluntary industry guidelines, commercial partnerships, information, research and collaboration. |
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BUILDING DESIGNERS ASSOCIATION OF QUEENSLAND
The Building Designers' Association of Qld Inc (BDAQ) represents an active group of building designers who are keen to uphold their responsibilities to the consumer and to the profession, promoting the dignity and reputation of the profession with perseverance, tact and impartiality whilst attaining the highest standards for the |
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SUSTAINABLE HOMES PROGRAM The Sustainable Homes program is an Australian first involving the Queensland Government, local councils and industry across the State working together to build a series of houses throughout Queensland that demonstrates the social, environmental and economic components of sustainable housing. This state-wide program is overseeing the construction of up to 20 sustainable display homes in key growth areas. These homes will showcase the triple bottom line of sustainability to the market by using best practice design principles, building technologies, materials and products to local trades and consumers with local government and industry support. A communications program has been developed to promote the program and projects to target audiences, including trades and consumers. The recognition and use of more sustainable building products and services is gaining momentum in Queensland due to a range of drivers. It is envisaged that this program will enhance interest in sustainable housing, as well as create wider exposure given its mainstream focus. As a non-profit initiative of local councils to participate in the program, with endorsement of the Sustainable Homes State Steering Committee, each display house will be open to the public for a minimum of six months. This open house period will provide a significant marketing opportunity to directly promote more sustainable products and materials to visitors. |
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GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY ECOCENTRE The Griffith University EcoCentre hosts the Ecospecifier Head Office and is nestled within the Toohey Forest on the Nathan campus of the university. Visitors to the EcoCentre enjoy the tranquillity and beauty of the forest with access to state of the art teaching, exhibition and conference facilities. The construction and operation of the EcoCentre follow strict 'eco-design' principles, and feature solar energy, ambient ventilation and lighting, rammed earth walls for temperature regulation, rainwater collection for 'greywater' use, and wet composting toilets. All reflect domestic scale environmental technologies that can be used in the family home. |
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CERES COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT PARK CERES Community Environment Park is a community environment project located beside the Merri Creek in Brunswick Victoria. CERES aims to foster awareness and action on environmental and social issues affecting urban areas. The site has displays and functional demonstrations on a range of environmental issues to show just what can be achieved at household, community and global levels. |
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BUILDING DESIGNERS ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA The Building Designers Association of Victoria (BDAV) represents an active group of building designers who are keen to uphold their responsibilities to the consumer andto the profession, promoting the dignity and reputation of the profession withperseverance, tact and impartiality whilst attaining the highest standards for the community. |
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BUILDING DESIGNERS ASSOCIATION OF NSW The Building Designers Association (BDANSW) of NSW is a dynamic organisation whose members have proven technical and design competencies. They design residential, multi-residential, commercial and industrial buildings providing clients with the expertise in design and documentation to meet all the stringent requirements of local government building approval. BDA of NSW has long held the view that a commitment to ESD is an integral part of their role as designers and creators of the built environment, members are bound by a Code of Ethics and encouraged to operate at the highest professional level at all times. |
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GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL CHOICE AUSTRALIA Good Environmental Choice Australia Ltd (GECA) delivers Australia's national life cycle based ecolabelling program with a commitment to credible product environmental information for sustainable consumption. The organisation is an independent non-profit public company and has it's head office in Canberra, Australia. A key element of our work is the management of the Good Environmental Choice ecolabelling certification scheme established under the guidance of the ISO 14020 series of international standards for a range of consumer and building products on the Australian market. Manufacturers & Suppliers of GEC certified products are eligible to receive a 20% discount listing any new ecospecifier product listings of their GEC certified products. |
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THE GREEN DIRECTORY Listing a wide range of eco friendly products and services, The Green Directory is a leading resource for sustainable products and services. http://www.thegreendirectory.com.au
Building Material & Technology Products listed on The Green Directory are eligible to receive a 10% discount on any new ecospecifier product listing*. Any ecospecifer-listed products are also eligible to receive a 10% discount on paid listing options in The Green Directory.
To receive information on listings or to get a free listing on The Green Directory visit: |
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KEEP AUSTRALIA BEAUTIFUL QUEENSLAND Keep Australia Beautiful Queensland was established in 1971 as an independent, not-for-profit organisation. We are Queensland's longest standing community-based, environmental organisation. Keep Australia Beautiful's programs motivate people to enhance the quality of their local environment through personal initiative and community action. Through interaction with local governments, businesses, schools, community groups and committed individuals, Keep Australia Beautiful encourages a statewide network of grassroots volunteers who work to deliver a cleaner, greener environment. |
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BUY RECYCLED BUSINESS ALLIANCE The BRBA is an alliance of businesses that are committed to the purchase and use of recycled content products (RCPs) & materials, through the development of a sustainable marketplace. They believe that driving demand for RCPs through "buying recycled" is central to creating a successful Australian recycling market and will strongly contribute to corporate sustainability. They deliver a range of programs, activities and services designed to help their members increase their RCP take-up and secure a range of business benefits; and work closely with Australian business, government and the community at large to promote initiatives and public policy frameworks which promote and support the "buy recycled" concept and through that expand the understanding of sustainability in the community. |
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ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION The ATA (Alternative Technology Association) is Australia’s leading not-for-profit organisation, promoting sustainable technology and practice. The ATA provides services to members who are actively walking the talk in their own homes by using good building design, conserving water and using renewable energy. ATA advocates in government and industry arenas for easy access to these technologies as well as continual improvement of the technology, information and products needed to change the way we live.
With branches and members around Australia and New Zealand, ATA provides practical information and expertise, based on our members’ hands-on experience. ATA also offers advice on conserving energy, building with natural materials, reusing, reducing the use of and recycling natural resources. |
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AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND SOLAR ENERGY SOCIETY ANZSES is an affiliate Section of ISES, the International Solar Energy Society. By “solar energy” they mean all the renewable energy sources that originate from the sun: solar radiation (photovoltaic and solar thermal), wind (wind energy), biomass and biogas, tidal and hydroelectricity. ANZSES aims to promote such things as scientific, social & economic development through the environmentally sound utilisation of solar energy and other renewable energies; investigation into the operation and development of solar energy applications and other potential renewable energy applications; the development of viable renewable energy industries in Australia and New Zealand; and the generation and dissemination of information on current and future renewable energy developments to members and potential members. |
