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Accredited Professional - Interiors-Webinar

ZOOM
Date: 23 Oct 2025
Time: 09:00 until 15:00
Members Cost: R3000.00
Non-Members Cost: R4000.00
Students Cost: R2700.00

In response to the COVID-19 situation, GBCSA have migrated their Face-to-Face Workshops to an Zoom online live webinar format to ensure that you can still continue your green building professional development

About the Course

The workshop offers the participant the opportunity to experience a South African Green Star Tool for interiors in action. It forms a key part of 3 part Green Star AP programme for Interiors and provides an overview of the Green Star rating system for Interiors tools for the objective measurement and rating of the environmental performance of the design and construction of interior fit-outs. After attending, participants in this workshop can elect to continue on to the corresponding online AP course and then complete the online exam in order to obtain a GS INT accreditation. It opens with a recap of the tool and its structure, a sharing of basic technical information and highlights relevant local examples of the application of the Green Star to explore each category through a combination presentation by industry expert and video content. Following this, participants will join groups to explore how the tool is applied through a series of scenarios based exercises. This group work with a multidisciplinary team of professionals creates opportunity for deeper learning, engagement and application of the tool in practice. Who Should Attend Interior Designers, Architects, Engineers, Sustainability Consultants, Students and anyone else involved in the design and construction of interior fit-outs.

Individual Membership

Designed for professionals acting in their individual capacity, including single consultant-businesses.

Organisational Membership

Ideal for companies, government departments, and organisations.

  • Total Employees: 1 - 5 Employees
  • Total Employees: 6 - 20 Employees
  • Total Employees: 21 - 50 Employees
  • Total Employees: 51 Plus Employees

Lisa Reynolds

Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director

Lisa Reynolds is the CEO of the Green Building Council South Africa.

Lisa was the driver for the drafting of Energy Efficiency Standards and Regulations for Buildings and has been involved in Energy Efficiency since 2003. She serves on many committees in the SABS and within the energy management professionals’ space. She was President of the SAEEC from 2016 to 2019 and was the previous President of the ESCo (Energy Services Companies) Association. Lisa was instrumental in the formation of SAFEE (Southern African Females in Energy Efficiency) within SAEEC.

She has assisted the South African Government with its Green Building Framework policies, Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives and Energy Efficiency Strategies

Her passion for the “Green space” started with the birth of the Green Building Council in 2007. Lisa served on the Board and the Technical Committee of the GBCSA, as well as on several Technical Working Groups for Rating Tools and Criteria. Lisa. became CEO in June 2020.

Lisa has a BSc, an MBA and a CEM. Lisa’s awards include the 2007 ETA Award for Women, 2008 Individual Energy (SAEE), 2012 SABS Standards Writer Award; the 2014 Women in Energy (SAWIEN); and the 2016 Ian Lane Hall of Fame award.

Lisa is committed to growing the Green Economy within a Green Recovery.

Organisational categories

As an organisational member, you will fall into one of the below categories, and be charged according to specific size indicators. Please reach out to us for any further clarity on which category is best for your organisation

Property Developers

Annual Turnover

Investors, Owners, Property Managers

Total Asset Value

Major Corporate Tenants & Retail

Annual Gross Rentals

Building Contractors

Annual Turnover

Building Product Manufacturers & Distributors

Annual Turnover

Professional Services: Architects, Designers, Engineers, Quantity Surveyors, PM’s, Consultants, Legal

Number of employees

Research, Higher Education, NGO’S & Regulators

NGO or Research/Higher Education/ Regulators

Related Interests: Utilities, Financial, Insurance, etc.

Annual Turnover

Government

Local/ municipal/ provincial/ state 
Contact GBCSA to confirm your category