1. GREEN MEETINGS & FACILITIES GEOFF DONAGHY Managing Director Cairns Convention Centre

2.  Where have we come from?  Where are we now?  Where are we going next? GREEN MEETINGS & FACILITIES

3. IN THE BEGINNING  Range of venue types -Convention Centres -Converted/adapted building -Hotel facilities  Very “clean” industry  Minimal community concern

8. PAST 2 – 3 DECADES  Large purpose built venues  Sustainability concerns  Tourism industry impacts  Air and water quality  Biodiversity  Habitat destruction  Social impacts

9. DESIGN INNOVATION  Green Building  Standards and Ratings OPERATIONAL BENCHMARKS  Waste  Energy  Accreditation programs-venues -events

10. THE NEW AGE – THE NEW PARADIGM  Climate change  Global warming  Rising sea levels  Extreme weather events  Highly visible  Highly publicised

14. GREENHOUSE GASES  Necessary and Natural  Carbon Dioxide  Methane  Nitrous Oxide  Water Vapour  Carbon Monoxide  Fluorocarbons (CFCs)

15. CARBON DIOXIDE  Industry  Deforestation  Started to increase from 1800  Rapid escalation from mid 1900s  By 2010-4% lower than 2006 -39% more than 1990  Sustainable levels 3.5t per person

16. GLOBAL ACTION  First Earth Summit -Rio de Janeiro - 1997 -150 countries -Framework Convention on Climate Change  Kyoto Protocol -2005 International Agreement -162 Industrialised countries -Carbon Emission Targets -Carbon Credit Trading -Carbon Sinks

17. CARBON FOOTPRINT MEASURABILITY  Global  Continent  Country  Corporation  Household  Individual  Convention Centres -direct -indirect

18.  Large Buildings  Large Gatherings  Large Airline Movements  Large Consumers-Energy -Other Resources -Hotel Rooms -Other Services  Large Targets CONVENTION CENTRES

19. CLIENT EXPECTATION & DEMANDS 2006 IMEX Buyers Survey 67%Taking environmental results into account 58%Selected hotels on environmental programs 80%Environment will become bigger issue 50%Delegates will become concerned

21. THE FUTURE  Convention industry culpability  Client demands  Community expectation  Individual venue action  AIPC Leadership Role -forum for information and innovation -public and media debate

22. Thank You May all your convention centres be carbon compliant!