In Marlon Kobacker's most recent publication, "Removing the Capital Cost Barrier to Sustainable Building Design", the sustainability expert details specific techniques to remove capital cost barriers preventing projects from reaching the low-carbon performance aspirations of the 2015 Paris Agreement.While detailing how capital costs effectively create an obstacle to the implementation of low-carbon initiatives, Mr. Kobacker discusses the implications of failing to implement them on an industry-wide scale. The internationally renowned sustainability expert then outlines specific techniques to reduce and even eliminate capital costs typically associated with green building techniques, including a revolutionary finance approach that utilises operational cost savings to offset finance payments, creating a cash flow positive solution to achieving ultra low-carbon performance.
About the Author: Marlon Kobacker has consistently emphasized the importance of utilizing an innovative and forward-looking approach to design and development in his role as a sustainability advisor, taking every opportunity to share his unique strategic vision with peers in the industry through speaking engagements, consulting work and the publication of scholarly articles and books on a wide range of subjects relevant to his field. Marlon's expertise in both sustainable design and clean energy finance is held in high regard, which has enabled him to share his vision for the future of sustainable design and development as a presenter at 10 international conferences held all over the world. A 13-year veteran of the profession who holds accreditations from the Green Building Council of Australia, the United States Green Building Council and the Infrastructure Sustainability Council of Australia, Marlon is currently leading the sustainability advisory business at Clean Energy Corporation Australia, a company committed to promoting green values by developing highly efficient energy solutions while providing access to superior solar technology. Specializing in stimulating continued business development through the use of sustainability analytics, strategy, design and development, Marlon has been quite successful in educating others on the widespread and wholly positive effect possible through an overarching plan in which the environmental impact of business activities is minimized while utility bills and other costs are reduced. Marlon began his professional career as a sustainability advisor after completing an exceptional academic career in which his future as an industry pioneer was heavily foreshadowed. Earning his undergraduate degree while studying photovoltaic engineering, solar energy and computing, Marlon broke new ground by being the very first student to graduate from the world's first undergraduate photovoltaic engineering program. After completing his undergraduate work, Marlon remained at his alma mater, the University of New South Wales, to enroll in the graduate program in which he would earn a Master of the Built Environment in Sustainable Design.