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The Green Building Council of Australia has certified more than 600 buildings around Australia, among them the 6 Green Star certification of Trevor Pearcey House in Canberra, the refurbished facility of Australian Ethical Investment Ltd. [5] The total cost of the renovation was $1.7 million, and produced an estimated 75% reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, 75% reduction in water usage, and ...
In 2010, the largest Australian green roof project was announced. The Victorian Desalination Project [67] will have a "living tapestry" of 98,000 Australian indigenous plants over a roof area spanning more than 26,000 m 2 (280,000 square feet). The roof will form part of the desalination plant's sophisticated roof system, designed to blend the ...
The interior of the 60L Green Building in Melbourne, Victoria. There are several sustainable buildings in Australia, deemed so on the basis of the impact to the environment, the utilisation of renewable, recycled building materials, and non renewable resources, as opposed to other structures built in accordance with principles that disregard the extent and span of a structures and the ...
Green roof costs vary widely depending on the type of green roof, the size and scale of the project, and where you live. HomeAdvisor estimates a green roof costs from $12,000 to $40,000, or $10 to ...
The solar reflectance of green roofs varies depending on the plant types (generally 0.3–0.5). [32] Green roofs may not reflect as much as a cool roof but do have other benefits such as evapotranspiration which cools the plants and the immediate area around the plants, aiding in lowering rooftop temperatures but increasing humidity, naturally.
One Central Park is a mixed-use dual high-rise building located in the Sydney suburb of Chippendale in New South Wales, Australia. [1] Developed as a joint venture between Frasers Property and Sekisui House, it was constructed by Besix Watpac [2] as the first stage of the Central Park urban renewal project.
Green Star: Green Star is an Australian sustainability rating system for buildings and communities, developed by the Green Building Council of Australia. It evaluates the environmental attributes of buildings across categories such as energy efficiency, indoor environmental quality, transport, and innovation.
Other programs that were closely tied in with the Energy Efficient Homes Package were the Green Loans Scheme (changed to the Green Loans Program and then the Green Start program, and later abolished), [4] Living Greener, National Solar Schools, and the National Rainwater and Greywater Initiative (administered by the Department of Sustainability ...