Call for greener best practice

摘要

Greener built environments are being held back by a lack of communication between multiple performance codes and criteria, according a leading advocate in the industry. Former director of the Green Building Council of Australia Maria Atkinson said the creation of greener built environments is no more expensive in terms of capital costs and that insufficient expertise is no longer an obstacle, Sourceable reported. "We can't say that we lack the consulting, engineering and architectural capability for green building in Australia," she said.