Dunnair Australia has been chosen as preferred supplier to what’s been described as Darwin’s most advanced development complex ever.
"Spirit on The Avenue" is the next stage of a fully master planned, mixed use precinct including residential apartments, strata titled commercial tenancies, cafes, alfresco dining and retail opportunities including restaurants and a child care centre.
The Avenue will be identified by its twin 12-storey towers of one, two and three bedroom apartments. It has already become the Northern Territory’s first "EnviroDevelopment" accredited project, awarded by the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA).
Dunnair has secured the use of both Dunnair & Gree chilled water Fan Coil Unit products to be used throughout the towers and facilities.
Dunnair’s NT and SA state manager, Matthew Berry, said many of the units are already installed.
“Dunnair is very proud to be part of this iconic project,” he said.
“The equation holds true – great quality plus a highly competitive price equals great value and that, in addition to our level of backup, is what we believe won us this very large contract.”
Stage two of the development, which includes over 850 undercover car places and 200 secure bicycle storage spaces, was completed earlier this year with stage three opening in 2016.
Some of the green features of the development include centralised chilled water air conditioning systems with centrifugal compressors.
The cooling towers are located away from the apartments and the coefficient of performance (COP) will be between eight and 12 depending on loading. All usage is metered allowing for user-pay arrangements.
Air conditioning represents up to 75 per cent of the energy consumed in standard high rise apartments in Darwin. In almost all cases, the compressors are mounted on balconies in poorly ventilated areas ensuring that much of the heat expelled is returned into the living space through adjacent glass.
Not only has this problem been avoided with this project, the water cooled, chilled water system will also be used to harness the waste heat to create hot water.
Large heat exchangers are being fitted to the air conditioning chillers and fully insulated storage tanks are being located in the plant rooms to enable the capture of the waste heat.