Ed. Square Town Centre, a $1.5 billion shopping centre opens on Friday 29 April, with the Frasers Property Australia development that will accommodate for the rising population of south-west Sydney.
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Residents of Green Square in Sydney now have a new recreational destination with the recent opening of the Gunyama Park Aquatic & Recreation Centre in the Epsom Park precinct.
The latest addition to the City of Sydney’s recreational assets, the 7,475-square-metre facility is the result of a design collaboration between Andrew Burges Architects, international practice Grimshaw and landscape architects Taylor Cullity Lethlean. The design team was chosen from an international pool of over 150 entries in 2014.
Consisting of an impressive aquatic centre comprising four pools and extensive fitness and wellness facilities, the $106.5-million Gunyama Park Aquatic & Recreation Centre was conceptualised to provide a much needed social recreation space to the growing population of Green Square, which is nearly 40,000 today but is expected to cross 60,000 as the precinct reaches its full development potential.
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GBCA) announces the launch of the first phase of Green Star Online, a new platform that allows projects to easily apply for a Green Star rating. Green Star Online streamlines the application process and improves customer experience for project managers and GBCA members (19 January 2021). More.
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La Trobe sports stadium scores top sustainability ratings
The sports stadium built as part of La Trobe University s Sports Park development, has been awarded Australia s first ‘6 Star Green Star Design and As Built v1.2 certified rating for a sports building by the Green Building Council Australia (20 January 2021). More.
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The sports stadium built as part of La Trobe University’s Sports Park development, has been awarded Australia’s first ‘6 Star Green Star Design and As Built v1.2 certified rating’ for a sports building by the Green Building Council Australia (GBCA).
Designed by Warren & Mahoney Architects and built by ADCO, the sports stadium was completed in January 2020. The sports facility also includes an indoor stadium with six multipurpose highball courts, a teaching and research building with world-class sport science and analytics research laboratories, and office space for commercial tenants.
Among the many environmental features integrated into the stadium were 1,104 high specification (470W) solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on the roof amounting to 519 kW, and capable of generating about 724,000 kWh/year. The PV system generates enough renewable energy to meet the entire stadium’s electrical demand as well as the rest of the campus for net posi