Green Buildings for Australia's Future
Green Star features include:
- Tri-generation power supply
- A grey-water recycling system
- Efficient lighting and controls
- Natural light from three sides
- Parking and charging bays for electric and hybrid cars
- Dedicated cycling facilities
- A 3D Building Information Model with design as-built information about the building architecture, services and fit outs, allowing for efficient operation
Many of our buildings are setting benchmarks for their green design features. The 6 Star Green Star Ark building in Sydney is the centrepiece. The Ark, the first high-rise in NSW to achieve a 6 Star Green Star from the Green Building Council of Australia, opened in April 2010.
This design masterpiece was awarded the 2010 Excellence Award for Development of the Year from the Urban Taskforce of Australia. Another of our green building champions, 400 George Street in Brisbane, won a regional Master Builders Housing and Construction Award. The 34 storey office tower achieved a 5 Star Green Star – Office Design V2 rating.
Also in Queensland, an environmental training package called The Enviro ABCs was developed and distributed to the King George Central, BE R Schools and Lotus Glen projects. The package aims to provide a standard foundation of knowledge to all workers and we will continue to roll out the package across the business.
King George Central, which commenced construction in 2010, will add another 6 Star Green Star Office Design rated building to our green portfolio. It is the first building in Australia to have the National Heart Foundation’s tick of approval, as it will be built using their design guidelines for healthy buildings.
