Rethink - Building Summit by SBA x Bowens

Be part of the SBA x Bowens Builders Summit: Rethink

This one-day event will bring together leading industry experts to help you on your journey to build high-performing, sustainable, healthy, and energy-efficient homes.

The program blends expert talks, hands-on demonstrations, interactive panels, and open Q&A sessions. You’ll walk away with practical tools and real-world knowledge on:

• Performance construction methods

• Practical demonstrations: window installation, installing building wraps, setting up a ventilated cavity with a cavity closer, and more!

• Low-impact materials

• The future of sustainable building in residential housing

• Good design, thermal modelling, energy production, and appliance selection

Hear from our expert lineup including:

Sarah Lebner, Cooee Architecture

As Director of Cooee Architecture, Sarah focuses on energy-efficient, resilient, low-carbon homes. She’s also the author of 101 Things I Didn’t Learn in Architecture School and was the AIA’s 2020 National Emerging Architect Prize winner.

Ben Walsham, Arkata

With a background in both architecture and construction, he founded Arkata to help architects deliver healthier, more comfortable, and resilient homes, blending design, business, and wellbeing.

Daniel Jakobs, AKA Air Boss Dan
Air Boss will discuss why proper building wraps are the best insurance for a healthy home, protecting the structure, ensuring insulation performs, and reducing the risk of mould.

Dr Cameron Munro, Passive Analytics

A building science consultant with expertise in PassivHaus, Cameron specialises in analytical modelling for thermal and moisture performance.

Joel Seagren, Fantech

As Fantech’s National MVHR Solutions Engineer and a former director of the Australian Passive House Association, Joel brings deep expertise in delivering energy-efficient, healthily ventilated buildings.

Panel Discussions

Low-Impact Materials

Led by Jeremy Spencer, this panel will explore sustainable material choices and why both operational and embodied carbon matter for truly sustainable homes.

Industry Collaboration

Bowens, SBA, Build Insite, Future Builder, and Wunderbuild come together to show how partnerships across the industry can achieve far more than working alone.

Your ticket includes:

• 'Tradie Breaky' on arrival

• Entry to the event and all presentations

• Practical training

• Refreshments throughout the day, lunch, drinks and networking after the event.

Rethink is about sparking new ideas, sharing practical know-how, and giving you the confidence to deliver homes that are healthier, more sustainable, and built to last.