We met with the Development Manager Steven Nicole with Grocon – the largest private Development and Construction Company in Sydney. This site had 4 existing buildings on it that were demolished of which they recycled 95% of the materials and 90% of the construction waste. This new building will be a 50 level high-rise consisting of 58,000 sq. meters of space and 3000 sq. meters of retail. One of the buildings on the site was a registered heritage building; therefor they are building around it and will also make that building a greenstar building after renovation. The newly constructed has a 5 star Green Rating and a 5 star NABERS rating for Design. An interesting characteristic of the building’s design is that is does not cast any shadow on Hyde Park below it. The council did not want the building to hamper any sunlight on the park. Some of the sustainable features of the building will include: pumping outside/fresh air into the building, all light will be on timers, automatic blinds that track sunlight and reduce glare and solar heat, rainwater harvesting, reviewing vertical axis wind turbines-wind farms on the roof, and will be self-generating power with a 1200KW tri-generation plant that will produce enough excess heat to heat the hot water for the building. Total estimated value at completion ~ $800 million.
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