We met with Steven Nicole today from Grocon to learn about one of their current developments in Sydney. The 242 Pitt – 161 Castlereagh project is a 50 level high-rise in the earthwork and foundation phase of construction. The building has 75% of the office space is pre-leased. ANZ will be occupying levels 4-14 and 16-25.
Freehills will be occupying levels 26-37.
The sustainable attributes are the following:
Outside air is introduced into the building at 150% of the ventilation required under the applicable Australian standard, improving occupant amenity and productivity
High efficiency chillers are used, supported by a 1200k trigeneration plant with the excess heat used for heating water within the building.
Lighting is configured with time schedules to reduce power consumption when lighting is not required.
Automatic blinds for daylight glare control and solar reduction are linked to the BMS with external sun sensors.
Rainwater is harvested and test water from the buildings fire sprinkler system is collected for re-use.
Grocon is currently reviewing the vertical axis wind turbine technology with a view of potentially introducing a wind farm within the roof.
95% of the waste produced through demolition was recycled and 90% of the construction waste is targeted to be recycled.
I would like to see more projects like this one get built in the U.S.
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