International design practice HASSELL has registered Australia's first Green Star – Interiors project, with its soon-to-open studio in Sydney set to be one of the nation's greenest offices.
The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) launched the new Green Star – Interiors PILOT rating tool in 2012 to assess the interior fitout of any building type, from schools and shops, to offices, bank branches and hotels.
The Green Star – Interiors PILOT rating tool is a ‘next generation' Green Star rating tool which evolved from the Green Star – Office Interiors rating tool.
HASSELL is a founding member of the GBCA, and has sponsored the development of the new rating tool.
GBCA CEO Romilly Madew said the council is excited to be working with HASSELL to test the Green Star – Interiors credits on this flagship project, which will set new best practice
benchmarks for sustainable interiors.
Head of knowledge and sustainability at HASSELL, Brett Pollard, said the tool is a natural extension of the practice's commitment to sustainable design.
The new HASSELL studio in Sydney will be located in a heritage wharf building at Walsh Bay and is the latest in a series of studios HASSELL has designed for itself in repurposed buildings.
The HASSELL Melbourne studio reinvigorated a disused warehouse building, its award-winning Brisbane studio was once a bread factory and the Shanghai studio breathed new life into an old motorcycle factory when it opened in 2010.
The GBCA seeks expressions of interest from projects, particularly in the education, retail and hospitality sectors, to achieve the first certifications in their market segments.
More information is available at: www.gbca.org.au/interiors
