Site visits

Williamstown High School, Bayview Street Campus

Address: Bayview Street, Williamstown
Access via public transport: 15 min walk from bus stop Williamstown SLSC/Victoria St (corner Esplanade / Victoria St Williamstown) on bus routes 471 and 472
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Williamstown High School was designed as a model for environmental education, both in its built form and in the curriculum offered.

WHS won the Premier’s Sustainability Award, 2008, the National Interior Design Award for Sustainability 2008 and the Best Victorian School Design Award.

Harmony 9 Home

Address: corner of Goodison Court and Stadium Circuit., Waverley Park, Victoria (Melways reference 80 J3)
Access via public transport: Take a train on the Cranbourne line to Huntingdale Station. From here take the Route 900 bus (Caulfield to Stud Park) and alight at the corner of Walk and Waverley Park Drive. Walk down Waverley Park drive to the intersection of Stadium Circuit. Turn left and follow Stadium Circuit to the intersection of Stadium Circuit and Goodison Court. Harmony 9 is located on the corner of Goodison Court and Stadium Circuit.
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Note – This site visit is booked out

Achieving a benchmark 9 Star residential energy rating, the Harmony 9 concept home by Mirvac showcases a wide range of sustainable initiatives including low-e lighting, WELS rated fittings, a recycled water system, renewable energy generation and the highest rated appliances for both water and energy use.

Please note: The tour will start at 8:30am.

University of Melbourne Faculty of Economics and Commerce

Address: 198 Berkeley Street, Carlton
Access via public transport: Take the train to Melbourne Central Station. From Stop 5 La Trobe Street / Elizabeth Street take the Route 19 tram towards North Coburg or take the Route 59 tram towards Airport West. Get off at stop 9 Haymarket Walk/ Elizabeth Street. Continue along Elizabeth Street for about 30 m, turn right into Pelham Street and after 90 m left into Berkeley. The building is located approx. half way between Pelham and Grattan Street.
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More information: University of Melbourne Faculty of Economics and Commerce

The University of Melbourne’s (UoM’s) challenge to METIER3 was to create a unique and sustainable teaching environment for its largest, fastest growing school, the Faculty of Economics and Commerce. The task of catering to the Faculty’s 10,500 staff and students, all within a limited building envelope and footprint of 1800m², was matched by the brief to achieve Australia’s first 5 Star Green Star Education (Pilot) rating.

Collaborating with key client and consultant partners, METIER3’s 16-storey, 25,000m² design not only met the UoM’s accommodation requirements, it also set new benchmarks for environmentally sustainable design in education. The $126m building at 198 Berkeley Street, Carlton, Victoria, is Australia’s largest building to be awarded 5 Star Green Star Education (Pilot) rating by the Green Building Council of Australia.

Outstanding building sustainability achievements include reducing external solar heat transfer by 76.5%, energy use by 58%, CO2 emissions by 74%, and water by 83%. Additionally, the innovative design provides an outstanding level of Indoor Environment Quality, achieving 250% above the Building Code of Australia’s required fresh air rates. This entirely low-VOC building reduces potential ‘sick building syndrome’ and has a recyclable modular fit out to meet future reconfiguration needs without disturbing business objectives.

Melbourne Convention Centre

Address: 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf, 3006
Access via public transport: Trams 96, 109 and 112
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More information:Melbourne Convention Centre

When it comes to convention centres the Melbourne Convention Centre is a convention centre like no other - Australia’s premier convention centre.

Setting new world benchmarks as the first convention centre to be awarded a ‘6 Star Green Star’ environmental rating by the Green Building Council of Australia, the centre is also raising standards to new heights in innovation, technology, imaginative catering and service options.

K2 Apartments

Address: K2 Raleigh Street, Windsor
Access via public transport: Bus/tram services operate along St Kilda Road. Prahran and Windsor railway stations are also within close proximity to the K2 apartments.
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More information:Housing Victoria – K2 Project

This 96 unit housing development sets a new benchmark in ecologically sustainable, medium density public housing. The primary objectives of the project were to minimise greenhouse gas emissions and water consumption and to maximise use of reusable and recycled materials. The K2 Apartments have been designed to combine a healthy building and environment. Social, economic and natural aspects of sustainability have been regarded as equally important. Access to landscape, indoor air quality, natural ventilation and the provision of a variety of communal spaces combine to achieve a socially responsible development.

Please note: Tour starts at 9:00 am

The Gauge

Address: 825 Bourke Street, Docklands
Access via public transport: Take the Route 48 or 70 tram and get off at stop D3-Bourke St/Harbour Esp (Docklands). Continue along Harbour Esplanade for 30 m and then turn right into Bourke St. You will find the building about 210 m down the road.
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Parking: Safeway Car park, Merchant Street, Victoria Harbour, Docklands

“The Gauge” - the first building in Australia to be awarded a 6 Star Green Star - Office As Built v2 Certification rating. The Gauge, has delivered this environmental solution at a highly competitive construction cost.

Winner of the inaugural Built Environment Award at the Victorian Government’s 2009 Premier’s Sustainability Awards, The Gauge was funded and is owned by Lend Lease managed Australian Prime Property Fund (APPF) Commercial, was developed by Lend Lease Development, with project and construction management by Bovis Lend Lease and architecture by Lend Lease design.

The Gauge sits at the centre of Victoria Harbour’s rapid growth and development as Australia’s greenest precinct.

Sustainability Victoria Green Office

Address: Level 28, 50 Lonsdale St, Melboune

Access via public transport: Close to Parliament station; Nicholson St, Spring St and Bourke St trams
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Parking: Not available
More information:Virtual
Fact sheets

Sustainability Victoria's fit-out is a demonstration of best practice in commercial office tenancies. The organisation's early commitment to design and construction of a sustainable tenancy is continuing to deliver ongoing measurable savings and is providing many lessons for other tenants to learn from.

Umow Lai - Victoria's First 6 Star Tenancy

Address: Level 4, 10 Yarra Street, South Yarra
Access via public transport: South Yarra Train Station and Trams 8, 78 and 79
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Parking: Multi-storey car park at 9 Yarra Street, South Yarra

Umow Lai’s tenancy in South Yarra is the first in Victoria, and among the first two in Australia, to achieve a 6 Star Green Star – Office Interiors v1.1 Certified Rating, which represents “World Leader” in environmentally sustainable design and construction.

The tenancy, which has delivered a 13 per cent improvement in productivity, incorporates a number of innovative design features and cutting-edge building services technologies. These technologies include:

• Bio-filtration walls
• Phase change material
• Efficient, low flush taps, showers, toilet pans, urinals to reduce water consumption
• Energy Recovery Ventilators
• Innovative lighting design and control systems

• Openable windows
• Access to large balconies
• Metering system that continuously records and provides feedback
• Careful selection of materials with low VOC and formaldehyde content