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The Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has awarded Australia’s first Green Star – Communities rating to Brisbane Airport Corporation (BAC).
The Brisbane Airport site, comprising 2700 hectares of land which will eventually house more than 50 commercial office, mixed use, retail and industrial buildings, has achieved a 4 Star Green Star – Communities rating under the PILOT version of the rating tool. BAC’s Property Master Plan, produced by a consortium led by AECOM, identified key initiatives that enabled the achievement of the Green Star rating. The Brisbane Airport site, in being assessed for its Green Star rating, was assessed against benchmarks for liveability, economic prosperity, environmental sustainability, design excellence, governance and innovation, all features of the original property Master Plan.
GBCA Chief Executive Officer, Romilly Madew said the 4 Star Green Star rating represented ‘best practice’ for a master-planned development in Australia. “This is an enormous achievement not just for BAC, but for the people of Brisbane, who now have independent proof that the airport precinct is being planned and designed to deliver environmental, economic and social sustainability” she said.
AECOM’s Dominic Chidgey said the 4 Star Green Star rating was an endorsement of the Master Plan’s sustainability framework.
“The master plan builds on the airport’s current infrastructure, identifying opportunities to embed key sustainability initiatives and create sustainable precincts for new development,” he said.
“It provides an integrated framework for the delivery of sustainable infrastructure and environmental initiatives to generate green energy, and manage waste and water demand across the site.”
Green Star – Communities is one of the world’s first independent, transparent, national schemes designed to assess and certify the sustainability of large-scale master planned development projects.
Source: AECOM