As part of Priority One’s Environmental Sustainability strategy, a key theme and focus area is energy. Our energy system is a critical part of our region's infrastructure with energy demands across our region expected to increase, it is critical that we understand our future needs well. Over the past year, Priority One has engaged in…

Sustainable Design — Designing Out Waste Date: Thursday 12 September 2024 Time: 3:30pm - 5:30pm Venue: Classic Flyers, Boeing Room, 9 Jean Batten Drive, Tauranga Register your interest here Sustainable design plays a crucial role in eliminating construction waste at the front end of the construction process. Efficient planning, material selection and designing for deconstruction are some examples…

Climate Transition Planning Workshop Following on from the ‘Optimising Decarbonisation Commercials’ workshop with Aurecon and Priority One in June, we are going to be running a Climate Transition Planning Workshop in September as part of the Climate Action Festival. Climate transition planning is moving up the priority list for businesses across Aotearoa, but transition planning…

Tauranga is the fifth largest and one of the fastest-growing cities in New Zealand. The city’s future prosperity relies on progressive, quick decisions to prioritise infrastructure needs which support building a thriving and sustainable future. Join Tauranga’s newly appointed Mayor, Mahé Drysdale for a conversation with key infrastructure leaders. We will discuss the opportunities and…

The Design and Innovation Meetup is back for September 2024, with an awesome session (if we do say so ourselves) We are super-pleased to have the team from Ngāpeke Permaculture, and Ralf Schlothauer, talking about their work at the interface of design, community development and Kaitiakitanga. Ngāpeke Permaculture is a social enterprise that applies iwi indigenous…