Norman Disney & Young won a sustainability award on the weekend for an outstanding retrofit project on a 30-year-old building in Brisbane's CBD.
Located at 215 Adelaide Street, Brisbane, the commercial building won the Thinc Award for Best Sustainable Development (Existing Buildings) at the 2013 national Property Council of Australia Awards.
Held in Sydney on Saturday night (May 18), the awards celebrated innovation and leading practice within Australia's property development and investment industries.
215 Adelaide Street was among 107 finalists across 16 categories nationwide. In 2008 Norman Disney & Young recommended a plan to improve tenant services and slash energy consumption; a plan that would lift the energy rating from 2.5 to 4.5 Stars.
Following a comprehensive $5.4 million building services upgrade, this target was achieved in December 2011 on time, under budget and without disruption to tenant business.
In December 2012 the building achieved a 5 Star NABERS Energy Rating and its first 4.5 Star NABERS Water Rating.
NDY director Andrew Gentner said the company's Environmental team has been intimately involved with this project for over five years through project inception, design, construction and finally fine tuning.
Gentner thanked the design team, facilities managers Jones Lang Lasalle, building owners past and present, John Outhwaite & Associates, the managing contractor Built and the subcontractors for being part of the building’s refurbishment journey.
Key building statistics include:
Energy savings kWh: ~3,000,000kWh pa or 35 per cent
Energy savings kWh: ~5,000,000kWh pa or 46 per cent
Carbon Emissions reductions: ~4,500,000kgCO2(e) pa or 46 per cent
Operational cost saving: ~$460,000 pa (and increasing with every electricity price increase)
Peak Demand reduction: ~1.223MW or 46 per cent
NABERS Energy Ratings: 5 Star Energy
NABERS Water Ratings: 4.5 Star Water
NDY is a leading firm of consulting engineers with a global presence. Established in 1959, NDY remains a private company and has more than 600 staff.
