The toolkit provides information on a range of green building activities, from retrofitting your entire building, replacing plant and equipment, to simply looking for ways to incorporate green practices into ongoing maintenance and management of your building.
Each initiative is summarised with information about potential benefits, risks, the process of implementation, payback periods and approximate costs as well as directions on where you can find more detailed information.
The initiatives are cross-indexed by their environmentally sustainable design (ESD) categories. These categories align with the Green Building Council of Australia’s Green Star categories, allowing you to identify the impact of each improvement.
The toolkit was developed in response to the Building Improvement Partnership Program run by the City of Melbourne in partnership with Sustainability Victoria, Australian Institute of Refrigeration Air Conditioning and Heating, and the Sustainable Melbourne Fund.