Image: Perkins + Wills Architects
Energy less than half the energy of typical office building utilising…
- One of the first large-scale applications of under-floor air-conditioning in Australia
- Displacement ventilation
- Solar thermal domestic hot water heating
- External sunshades, high performance glazing and Automated solar reflecting internal blinds
Maintenance of high levels of thermal comfort utilising…
- Individual vent control for individual work stations
- Ducted vacuum system reduces dust particles left in the air
- UFAD allows for good air change effectiveness (CFD modelling)
- Fresh air rates increased by 50%
Potable water saved utilising….
- Blackwater plant processes black and grey water to grade A, used for toilet flushing, surplus distributed to community use
- Rainwater collected for filtering and used in drip irrigation
- No cooling towers
