News
13.08.08
Vim Sustainability are thrilled to announce their appointment as ESD Consultants on Australia's first ever ZED group of developemnts. ZED stands for Zero Emissions Development and this is a standard of sustainable design that has never been attempted before here in Australia .There are only a handful of ZED developments anywhere in the world and there has never before been a ZED attempted in any sort of healthcare scenario. Healthcare has a much more intense load profile than a residential or commercial project therefore the challenges facing the design teams on these exciting new projects will be profound and innovative.
06.08.08
John Brodie has founded the Australian Association of Sustainable Healthcare(AASH). After raising the idea while he was chairing the first Green Hospitals Conference in Brisbane in June this year John has moved the concept forward with some interested parties and has had the name registered and a committee formed.
The aim of the Association is to promote the benefits of sustainability and maximised patient health outcomes across all genres of the Healthcare industry. A cutting edge conference on the overall issues of sustainability and the healthcare industry will be held in Hobart mid next year .Please stay tuned here for further information as it arrives.
6.05.08
John Brodie has been confirmed as a speaker at the National Retirement Villages Association (RVA) in Perth during November. John will be talking about 'The Costs of Not Building Sustainably'.This will be an exciting conference to speak at as John will be the first proponent of sustainability speaking at this conference for this raopid growth industry.This follows on from John's successful presentation at the New Zealand National Retirement Villages conference held in June at Coolum, in Queensland.John received a warm and interested response from the attendees at that meeting.He has been invited back to New Zealand next year to speak on more sustainability issues at the next NZ RVA National Conference
27.04.08
John Brodie has been confirmed as a presenter at the national conference of the Australian Institute of Project Managers in Canberra during September. John will be talking about 'Sustainability -The Do's and Don't's.'
This presentation is based on John's experience as a sustainability consultant in the built environment and as a design and construction manager. This is the second consecutive year that John has been asked to present at this important conference where project managers from all areas of commerce and industry spend three days discussing the issues they face in the year ahead.
11.02.08
New Zealand has finally started to embrace the sustainability outcomes required to help mitigate our climate change bound future!
The New Zealand Retirement Villages Association has approached John about talking to their members about sustainability at their upcoming national conference over the first week of June 2008.Once the details are approved they will be found first here on this web site.
10.02.08
Baptcare are a large Australian Aged care provider and have approached John about presenting on sustainability at their next annual conference to be held in Melbourne during early May.The specific topic hasn't been confirmed but Baptcare are keen to assist their members to understand and embrace sustainability in their facilites.To aid them in their requirements they approached John and asked him to suggest some topics on the subject that would be relevant and add value to the conference.Once the details have been clarified the topic of the presentation will be detailed in this news section.
18.01.08
John Brodie was today confirmed as a presenter at the Tri-State conference on Aged and Community care held in Albury NSW over the 25th-26th of February 2008.
Johns presentation will be Titled 'The Do's and Don't's of Sustainability'.
This presentation is based on the years of experience John has had in assisting clients and their design or build teams understand and implement sustainable practice into their design and build projects.John uses his recent experience as winner of the 2006 Master Builders Merit Award for Energy Efficiency to framework his presentation so that the attendees can leave with a succinct list of tips imperative for a successful sustainable project outcome.
28.07.07
Vim Sustainability has provided all of the sustainability produce for the new 'About the House' Web Site which is found on the Fairfax Web site. A broad range of videos detailing assorted components of sustainable building design have been completed and some of those are now on the Fairfax site. In addition many of the vignettes have been recorded on CDs for the investment and real estate industries as well.
John Brodie stars in the videos while also writing them and performing them.Nick Ahern is the producer.Turn to the 'About the House' web site for further details.
28.07.07
Vim Sustainability Consulting have been commissioned by VIC URBAN ,the Victorian Government development organisation, to provide sustainability consulting advice on their exciting new Eco Industrial park in Eastern Melbourne.This industrial park will aim to achieve worldwide recognition as a leader in industrial sustainable design, build and operations.
Vim Sustainability will provide a sustainable design framework for the warehouses and offices as well as assisting in costing their proposals.In addition Vim Sustainability will undertake detailed building thermal analysis using the latest thermal analysing software to ensure that their recommendations will provide measurable sustainable benchmarks. These benchmarks and Vim's overall sustainable design parameters will then provide the framework for all future designs in the park.
20.02.07
INsite Magazine has asked John Brodie to write an article on sustainability and Education for the next edition.
The magazine has a wide circulation throughout Australia and New Zealand.
The article will examine the benefits to students, teachers and operators of a sustainable approach to Education facilities.
12.02.07
John Brodie confirmed as workshop convener at the 'Urban Water Policy' National Conference being held in Brisbane during June, 2007.
John was invited to present on this important topic and has formulated the workshop topic that will investigate historical, cultural and innovative water use concepts and solutions that may have been lost, overlooked or simply ignored in the scramble for a solution to our water crisis.
John is encouraging the attendees to 'think outside the drip' at this workshop.
This conference includes keynote speakers from Australia and around the world who are at the forefront of water technology, management and philosophy.
For more information click here: www.iqpc.com/au/uwp
21.12.06
John has been asked to present on sustainability and the Built Environment again at the Aged and Community Services Association (ACSA) statewide conference in Sydney in June 2007.
John presented at two of the ACSA conferences last year and has a whole new range of subjects to introduce to the attendees this year.This year he will look at the 'costs of building sustainably' as well as reviewing basic sustainable design concepts.
14.12.06
ACCV ask John Brodie to present on sustainability and the Built Environment in Melbourne in March for their 2007 Property operations conference.
6.12.06
John Brodie invited to be guest lecturer on sustainability at University of Technology (UTS) beginning March 2007.
John was invited by the course Director of the ‘School of the Built Environment’ (UTS) to lecture to the students on sustainability and its relevance to the Built Environment.
5.12.06
John Brodie presented at the ACCV (Aged and Community Care, Victoria) conference today. His presentation was titled ‘Sustainability. How much does it cost?’
His presentation was interesting and thought provoking, showing how sustainability is a cost effective investment for any business. He has been invited return in 2007 to go into more detail on the sustainable design and build aspects of a facility.
2.12.06
John Brodie’s presentation on Sustainability at the ACAA National Congress becomes the topic of an article in ‘Insight’.
24.11.06
John Brodie asked to provide an article on sustainability for the Hotel and Motel Accommodation Australia newsletter.
22.11.06
John Brodie’s article on sustainability and the relationship with Information Technology (IT) was published in the Aged Care Directory today. This is a nationwide publication catering specifically for the Aged Care industry.
19.11.06
John Brodie speaks on sustainability at the ACAA (Aged Care Association Australia) National Congress in Perth. John delivered his sustainable presentation to over 400 delegates at the biggest Aged Care Congress in Australia and New Zealand. His informative presentation was warmly received and generated a lot of interest.
5.11.06
Vim Consulting’s recent project wins Master Builders ‘Merit’ award for ‘Energy Efficiency’.
The Willowood Nursing Home in Sydney, one of Vim Consulting’s most recent sustainable projects, won the Master Builders Merit award for ‘Energy Efficiency’ this week. The award was presented at the Black tie dinner event held last Saturday night at the Sydney Convention Centre in Darling Harbour.
This project has provide the benchmark over sustainability in Aged Care in NSW and the client is very pleased at the energy efficient outcomes the design has provided.
3 .11.06
John Brodie speaks on sustainability at ACCV Aged Care conference in Melbourne.
John Brodie has been asked to return to Melbourne and deliver another presentation on sustainability at the Aged Care conference being held by ACCV on December the 5th at the Caulfield Raceway.
John’s last presentation in Melbourne for ACCV (Retirement Villages) in August was a great success and provided many thought provoking concepts on the benefits of sustainable practice for all attendees.
15.10.06
John Brodie’s most recent article on sustainability for the ‘National Health Journal’ was published today. This articles examines the benefits of sustainability to any sort of Health facility.
5.10.06
John Brodie presents on sustainability at the Aged Care Services (Retirement Villages) in Brighton Le Sands in Sydney.
27 .08.06
John Brodie speaks on sustainability at the ACCV (Retirement Villages) conference at Caulfield Race course in Melbourne.
25 .07.06
John Brodie speaks on sustainability at the ACS (Aged Care) conference in Sydney.
28 06.06
John Brodie speaks on sustainability at the ACAA (NSW) Conference in Sydney.
