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Zara D’Cotta is a trailblazing Building Biology New Build Consultant and keynote speaker dedicated to revolutionising the building industry. Her personal journey through cancer and environmental illness ignited a passion environmental health.

Zara's expertise in healthy building materials and healthy home design position her uniquely at the forefront of an emerging global movement.

As founder of The Healthy Home, Zara’s Healthy Building Materials Mastermind has become a vehicle for empowerment and change among Australia’s leading building industry professionals.


Zara has delivered presentations for the Association of Professional Builders, Australian Institute of Architects, Building Designers Association of Australia, Dent Global, Surfers for Climate, National Breast Cancer Foundation, Accenture Digital, and shared the stage with ASX, Women’s Agenda and Spotify.

She has been featured in Domain and Herald Sun, and interviewed on Undercover Architect, Professional Builder’s Secrets, Level Up with Duayne, The Project, TEN News, and Today.

Zara’s compelling message resonates deeply: every home should be a haven, designed with health and our environment in mind.

For an enlightening perspective that intertwines health, environmental responsibility, and the future of building, Zara D’Cotta is your speaker of choice.

Speaking topiCS

What is a healthy home:
What does it mean to create a home that supports human wellbeing, as well as our planet?

What makes a building material healthy? 9 criteria every home designer and builder ought to consider when assessing the health and environmental impacts of building materials.

Beyond sustainability and energy efficiency: what else needs to be considered to ensure human health isn’t the forgotten cousin in new home build.

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“Zara speaks candidly and honestly while sharing her experiences and learnings with her audience and connects with them easily. She is passionate, inspiring and thought provoking. ”
— Rebecca Smith |
Senior Manager, Accenture Digital, Sydney.

  • “She connected with them before, during and after her presentation. Zara is professional and a pure delight to work with. Thank you Zara for being vulnerable and real.” – Lisa Jenkins, co-founder, Lumi.

  • – Moana Wood, General Manager, Fundraising & Development, National Breast Cancer Foundation.

  • Zara has this way of immediately connecting with her audience and drawing them in with her candor and authenticity. Zara talks about things with such passion and realism that it’s easily relatable to the audience and you walk away feeling inspired, and empowered to change something in your current situation.”

    Steph Webster – (former) Group Account Director, Reactive & Director of Miss Collective, Melbourne.

  • ”Zara’s personal connection to the subject matter meant that our audience had more buy-in to the information she shared, which I know will have a more lasting impact.

    People were engaged in animated discussion immediately after Zara spoke and were seeking her out to hear more – this demonstrated how strong the connection was between Zara and our audience. I have taken away all three key pieces of Zara’s advice. It was easy for people to hear and understand Zara’s message without it being overwhelming.

    “Zara is incredibly easy to work with. Her warmth, kindness, integrity and compassion came through in all our interactions. I felt an instant connection and trust that our event was going to be really successful and easy. Zara did a fabulous job and the whole experience was just a pleasure to be involved in.”

    Nicole Begley, Parents & Friends Association, St Catherine’s School, Melbourne.

“Zara’s presentation was eye opening and showed me how much I really know on this crucial topic.”
— Steve, Building Designer.