Rainwater Collection
Worm Farming / Composting
The use of mulch to minimize water consumption
Back in Auckland we had the opportunity to tour the Britomart project being developed by Cooper properties. This is a 460,000 sf office building that is 100% leased to Westpac Bank, Ernst & Young and Southcross, a Medical company. This project will incorporate Hanging Gardens and direct access to mass / rail transit. The tenant improvements were coordinated with the master architect to ensure that the Green Stars anticipated in the design were carried through into the final construction. The stairs pictured below were not a part of the initial design as the top floor of the building was designed to be residential, but were added later and will reduce the energy consumption to operate the elevators by encourgin tenants to travel between floors on foot. Also an enclosed crosswalk was installed between Westpac's old building and their new space which will reduce energy loss in the building from tenants traveling between the two buildings as well.
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