Who should attend? CEOs & Senior Managers Sustainability & Environmental Leaders Designers, Architects & Builders Marketing & Development Managers Project & Bid Managers Lecturers & Researchers Estimators & Cost Planners Anyone with responsibility for this area of the business Cost and Duration Half day $400 plus GST Maximum of 35 per workshop What’s included? Work book and accompanying resources Tea/Coffee on arrival Morning or Afternoon tea Locations, Dates and Venues Melbourne 3 April 08 Digital harbour Theatrette 1010 Latrobe St Docklands (ground floor near eatery) 8.30am – 12.30pm Register now! map Sydney 4 April 08 Portside Centre Level 5 Symantec House 207 Kent St (street entrance is L6 take lift down 1 level) 1.00pm – 5.00pm Register now! map Brisbane 7 April 08 Qld Dept of Public Works Training Room 4 80 George St (street level next to the café) 1.00pm – 5.00pm Register now! map		What will you learn? Participants will be assumed to have a basic understanding of sustainable commercial buildings and at the end of the session should take away: an appreciation of the links between sustainability and business strategy an understanding of the concept of intangible value an appreciation of how to influence and communicate the benefits of sustainable commercial buildings to senior management, clients and key decision makers. Course Content This workshop, based on the Your Building (www.yourbuilding.org) business case module, presents the business cases for sustainability – the rationale for why individuals and companies should make decisions in favour of sustainability when owning, developing, designing, building, occupying, or managing commercial buildings. This workshop will: introduce the concept of a business case identify business case drivers and value factors provide case study examples of various business case elements work through, with participants, the creation of a business case familiarise participants with sustainable business case tools, models and concepts. Course Presenters Kendra Wasiluk has over 10 years experience in the commercial building sector in a number of roles including interior designer, project manager, sustainability consultant, research officer and academic. A large portion of her career was spent in the commercial building sector in south western Ontario (Canada) and more recently in Australia. Usha Iyer-Raniga’s primary interest is in sustainability of the built environment, in achieving practical solutions to ensure sustainable outcomes. Her career spans architectural practices in India, Canada and Australia, as well as buildings sustainability teaching and research. More recently, Usha has worked in the public sector on developing and implementing sustainability policy and regulation in the built environment. More details on Construction Innovation's training program: www.construction-innovation.info Back to Workshop Calendar.