ACCREDITED HIA GREENSMART PROFESSIONAL
Make the Difference today by building the HIA GreenSmart
Way.
What can the consumer expect from a GreenSmart builder?
Accredited GreenSmart Professionals will focus on three
key elements to make a difference~ energy efficiency,
waste management
and preventing pollution from your site during building.
What are GreenSmart Professionals?
GreenSmart Professionals are: schooled in environmental building
skills; national accredited; and committed to the GreenSmart
Code of Practice.
How a GreenSmart Professional can make a difference?
Ideally it takes many GreenSmart Professionals, working as
a team, to make that difference for you: the land consultant
designs the subdivision to best use the natural features;
the designer continues the good work by designing your
home to be energy efficient for that land; and the builder
is now in a position to build your home and manage the
site environmentally. Any one, or all of these GreenSmart
Professionals can make a profound difference to the livability
of your home and the economy of running it.
The difference GreenSmart Professionals make to energy efficiency
A home designed around energy efficiency principles will:
- Need
minimum heating and cooling;
- Naturally cool in summer and warm in winter;
- Allow you to enjoy the best of natural ventilation;
- Have lower running costs;
- And reduce greenhouse gas emissions into the environment.
The difference GreenSmart Professionals make to waste minimisation
Waste minimisation in the building process will:
- Reduce landfill
and greenhouse gas emissions
- Conserve valuable resources by recycling
- Reduce costs
- Make a cleaner safer site
- And make a cleaner world.
The difference GreenSmart Professionals make to soil
and sediment pollution minimisation
Preventing the loss of soil and sediment and
litter from the site will:
- Protect our waterways by controlling the escape
of pollution from the site, especially
during and after
rain
- Demonstrate a tangible commitment to a cleaner
environment
The benefits to you, the consumer:
The benefits of building the GreenSmart
way to you, the consumer, are that
your home
will be:
- Affordable
- Comfortable
- Efficient
- Quality assured
- Cutting edge.
Feel good about making a contribution "MAKE A DIFFERENCE
TODAY" by building the GreenSmart way.
Further Information see www.greensmart.com.au
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