A RESIDENTIAL apartment development in Western Australia has been awarded Australia's first ever Green Star residential rating from the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA).
"The Summer" has been awarded a 4 Star Green Star: Multi Unit Residential PILOT certified rating, following its participation as a national pilot project.
The apartments were developed by boutique company Match in partnership with investment giant, Hawaiian.
The property was designed by renowned architect Professor Geoffrey Warn of Donaldson Warn Architects, with environmental design assistance from building services consultants Lincolne Scott.
Located on South Beach Esplanade in South Fremantle, The Summer will incorporate an extensive range of environmental design techniques to effectively reuse around 80 per cent of the site waste, provide over 90 per cent of apartments with dual aspect to allow natural ventilation, introduce moveable screens on balconies to provide solar shading.
The property will include energy efficient appliances, rainwater storage and significantly reduce operating costs by implementing energy conservation principles, rather than those of a conventional base building.
According to GBCA Chief Executive Romilly Madew, residential buildings in Australia are responsible for 13 per cent of the nation's greenhouse gas emissions.
The GBCA's Green Star Executive Director Robin Mellon, said “The Summer” demonstrates that residential developments can go 'above and beyond' minimum requirements and reach best practice outcomes by focusing on good passive design principles such as orientation, shading and natural ventilation.
The Green Star environmental rating system for buildings evaluates the green attributes of building projects based on nine criteria, including energy and water efficiency, indoor environment quality and resource conservation.
"The significance of being awarded this rating is massive. We are literally setting the benchmark for the future Australian standards and environmental achievements in design. The benefits of this project will be far reaching in both the local and national marketplace,” Madew said.
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