NZGBC Future Thinker of the Year 2021

New Zealand Green Building Council's award for the next generation of green building leaders, hosted at AUT

At a glance

Location: WG Building, AUT City Campus, Auckland
Host: New Zealand Green Building Council, hosted by AUT's School of Future Environments
Award: Future Thinker of the Year, recognising a student or recent graduate leading change in green building in Aotearoa
Edition: Third year of the programme
Winner: Meredith Dale, The Urban Advisory
Finalists: Negin Imani (Biomimicry New Zealand), Sophia Olo-Whaanga (Dempsey Wood Civil), Madison Fleming (Jasmax)

The story

Amplifying new voices

In April 2021, AUT's School of Future Environments hosted the New Zealand Green Building Council's Future Thinker of the Year awards, which recognise a student or recent graduate with the passion, knowledge and leadership to drive change in green building in Aotearoa.

Part of a longer thread

The evening continued the School's partnership with the Green Building Council that began with the World Green Building Week evening of 2019, and it reflects the student-led, practice-facing research culture Amir and his colleagues have built at AUT. In 2022, a doctoral researcher from the team was shortlisted for the same award.

Selected highlights · 2016 to 2027

Amir has convened, chaired and spoken every year for more than a decade, in New Zealand and abroad. This line shows a selection.