60L Green Building

Four principles of sustainable development

No building is of itself 'sustainable'. It takes energy and resources to create a building. Our objective with 60L was to use the least energy and resources we could, and still create an innovative, interesting, healthy and commercially viable workplace. There are four principles of environmentally sustainable development which are recurrent themes in 60L:

1. materials sourcing efficiency - reduce material requirements, reuse existing materials, use recycled materials and ensure that the environmental impact of all new materials is known, understood and minimised wherever practicable;

2. energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions - design, construct and operate to achieve a minimum consumption of energy, make best use of natural lighting and ventilation; use only 'green' power.

3. water and waste water efficiency - reduce the demand for water, gather and filter rainwater on site, use water-efficient appliances and fittings, avoid chemical treatment, deal with as much as possible on site, treat & recycle waste water and sewage for on-site re-use.

4. involve people - develop a building community with a shared intent to reduce the impact of its activity through the implementation of a building-wide Environmental Management Plan; and improve the environmental performance of each tenancy through 'green' leases and monitoring systems that will enable tenants to know their consumption of energy and water in close to real time.

Building design principles

Four principles of sustainable development

1. materials sourcing efficiency - reduce material requirements, reuse existing materials, use recycled materials and ensure that the environmental impact of all new materials is known, understood and minimised wherever practicable;

2. energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions - design, construct and operate to achieve a minimum consumption of energy, make best use of natural lighting and ventilation; use only 'green' power.