To deliver consistent environmental performance from the building, the MCEC has created the appropriately named M-Green Team. This dedicated team is responsible for implementing new strategies to benchmark and progress MCEC’s environmental performance. The team also raises awareness among clients and meeting planners about running sustainable events, by providing a whole host of green information and a green event checklist on how to incorporate green solutions into their MCEC-based events.
Banksia Environmental Foundation spokesperson, Owen Probert, says the MCEC team went out of its way to make the Banksia Awards in 2010 an environmental success. “The MCEC was extremely helpful in the sustainable planning of the Awards. Its willingness to measure the waste arising from the night was particularly impressive as was the option of purchasing 100 per cent green energy for the entire building for the event.”
MCEC Front of House Manager and M-Green Team Chairperson, David Howie, says that their job is made easier as “the 6 Star Green Star rating raises community interest and leads to users actively requesting details of the ‘green’ architectural features with the emphasis on keeping events as ‘green’ as possible.”