New Sydney office earns world leadership rating for sustainable design
23 August 2018
Arup: The Green Building Council of Australia has awarded Arup’s fit-out of its new Sydney headquarters the highest star rating for its innovative and sustainable design.
The five-floor tenancy at Barrack Place, 151 Clarence Street, demonstrates world leadership in sustainable design and received a 6 Star Green Star Interiors v1.1 Design Review Certified rating.
The Arup fit-out scored highly across all sustainability categories, including management, indoor environment quality, energy, transport, water, land use and ecology, emissions and innovation, with a perfect score awarded in the materials category.
The Arup team and our design partners at HASSELL have done a great job integrating sustainable principles into the design of our new Sydney office. The achievement of a 6 Star Green Star rating is a clear indication of Arup’s commitment to sustainability. ” - Andrew Pettifer
The building has also achieved Australia’s first ever WELL Core & Shell Precertification at the Gold level by the International WELL Building Institute™ (IWBI™) and will achieve a 5-star NABERS Energy rating.
Arup committed to the office space early in the tower’s design process, which allowed for the fit-out to be integrated into the base build construction, reducing waste and use of materials. Once construction is complete, the whole office’s energy consumption will be offset with 100% green power.
Materials will emit low amounts of organic chemicals, and will be balanced by a clever choice of plants, creating a healthy environment for Arup’s 800 Sydney employees. At the base of the tenancy atrium, Arup’s knowledge centre, Arup University, will feature a large planted tree to increase the quality of indoor air and give staff and visitors an improved connection to nature.
Outdoor air will be supplied through an Arup-designed underfloor displacement ventilation system, providing the highest levels of indoor air quality. Occupants will benefit from the improved air quality and will be able to control the airflow in their immediate environments through in-floor swirl diffusers.
Arup will relocate to levels 2-6 of Barrack Place, Investa’s new 22,000m2 next generation A-grade office tower from mid-October.
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