Australian Building Sustainability Association

Australian Building Sustainability Association

The Leader in the Energy Assessor Accreditation Industry since 2006. Providing information, accreditation, support and advocacy for professionals to promote and foster building sustainability in Australia.

In practice, building sustainability means living in harmony with the natural environment, considering the social, environmental and economic aspects of decisions, and reducing our footprint through a less energy, water and material intensive lifestyle. Social sustainability is also important and working towards a healthy and safe community is often interconnected with economic and environmental endeavours.

In recognising the above, the building sector, which comprises consumers, builders, architects, designers, manufacturers, government regulators, marketing agents and developers, continues to meet the challenge of developing sustainability in the built environment.

The built environment has in the past and in some cases continues to:

  • Consume significant amounts of the earth’s resources (especially energy)
  • Generate polluting toxins and waste
  • Create conditions leading to a loss of soils and biodiversity
  • Interfere with life support systems (eg. the water cycle, soil systems and air quality)
  • Exacerbate urban sprawl, traffic pollution, social inequities and alienation

However the building sector is working hard to identify and implement avenues of reform that will reduce its environmental impact and improve social cohesion. If economic and social development is to continue without destroying the environment that sustains us, each member in the building sector must play their part in finding new pathways to sustainable futures.

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Contact Details

Address: PO Box 856, North Sydney NSW 2059

Phone:  0439 954 309

Email: admin@absa.net.au