Dr Gerard Healey awarded Green Star Champion

Manager of Sustainable Campus Design Dr Gerard Healey will today be announced as an inaugural Green Star Champion by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA).

The GBCA has today announced the inaugural Green Star Champions of 2020, in which the University of Melbourne’s Dr Gerard Healey has been recognised.

The award recognises the vision, passion and commitment of leaders across the building industry who work to deliver a more sustainable built environment through the GBCA’s Green Star certification program.

Dr Healey has worked as a contact on future and past Green Start building projects including Arts West, New Student Precinct and the new Fishermans Bend Campus Stage 1, as well as an assessor and member of GBCA governance committees. He has worked to deliver the University’s target for all new buildings to be 6 Star Green Star ‘Design and As-built’ rated by 2020, as outlined in the Sustainability Plan 2017–2020.

On receiving the award, Dr Healey said it is a great honour which gives him reassurance that his efforts have been making a difference.

“My hope for the future is that sustainable and high performance buildings are the norm and we look back and wonder how on earth we ever lived in the buildings that we have today,” Dr Healey said.

The Green Star Champions of 2020 will be announced as part of the GBCA’s annual Green Building Day conference, which is being held online this year.

We congratulate Dr Healey for his award and thank him for his tireless work towards a low emissions future for our university community.

Watch the video below to hear from Dr Healey and the other award recipients about what it means to be recognised, and what their hopes are for the future of Australia's built environment.

For the full media release and list of award winners, visit Green Building Council Australia.