Presenters
Greg Snelders, Project Specialist - Commercial Buildings
Govind Maksay, Project Specialist - Residential Buildings
Course outline
1) Introduction to STEPS and SDS
- STEPS and SDS objectives
2) Buildings and sustainability policy overview
- Factors impacting sustainability in the built environment
- Climate change and localised impacts
- Energy use, trends and peak load energy demand
- Water availability and consumption
- Storm water, harvesting and environmental impact
- Existing regulatory landscape and future policy directions
- Which Council’s are using STEPS & SDS
3) Introduction to using the STEPS Tool
- Key assessment areas in STEPS: energy, peak demand, water, stormwater, materials
- Understanding Melbourne Water’s STORM tool
- Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) measures
- Applying STEPS to multi residential developments
- Case Study 1: Single residential dwelling
- Case Study 2: Multi-unit residential development
4) Introduction to using the SDS Tool
- What is the SDS non-residential tool?
- Development and management of SDS
- Environmental areas covered by SDS
- How were the scores developed?
- Case Study 3: Commercial building development
Recommended for
Ideal for building design and development industry professionals including architects, building surveyors and builders.
Course Length
Four hours
Cost
$200
