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SRW wrote:I find the existing façade quite pleasant too, but if the building's being made more energy efficient in the process then the upgrade's not such a bad thing. I just hope the investment here prompts the Stamford next door to keep up with the Joneses, so to speak...

build 'em smarter wrote:all good spiller! I'm not fussed either way to be honest I just like the irony.

mgb wrote:I noticed last week they were trying out a small section of cladding on the side that faces the alley way to see what it looked like. Sorry I didn't get a photo at the time.

It appeared to be the bog standard aluminium cladding used everywhere, which at the time I thought seemed a bit sad given the building itself doesn't look too bad as is.


mgb

There are a number of philosophies that will mitigate building emissions and the approach currently being undertaken at 1 King William Street in Adelaide by the design team, including NDY on behalf of Anvil Capital, demonstrates a proactive example of adaptive re-use for a substantial existing commercial building. This high profile commercial tower was constructed in 1965 and has an NLA in excess of 18,000 sqm. This existing building currently performs as a 2-star NABERS building however the design team including NDY are developing a suite of sustainable strategies that can deliver a 5-Star NABERS, 4.5 Star Green Star performance. The proposals have been developed on the principle of multiple small improvements and can be delivered for significantly less capital cost than demolishing the existing building and constructing a new one on the same site.
The sustainable philosophies proposed for the existing building are integrated to complement the building's operation and energy load-mapping. During the cold winter months the gas-fired micro-turbines will generate heating and domestic hot-water for the building through heat recovery of the waste, flue-gas while the off-grid generated electricity will supply the large air-handling unit base-load at significantly less carbon intensity than drawing an equivalent amount of electricity from the local grid. During the warm summer months the waste heat from the gas-fired micro-turbines will produce cooling via an absorption chiller reducing the electrical cooling demand on the building, the off-grid generated electricity will supply the large air-handling units and roof-mounted photo-voltaics will assist with the building's electrical demand during the period when the electrical (cooling) demand is at its greatest.
New solar shading devices are proposed on the building's north façade and these will reduce the overall heat gain and subsequent peak cooling load during the summer while still allowing the building's tenants an un-obscured view of the sky. Re-sealing the existing single-glazed windows and providing additional insulation to the external façade will improve the buildings thermal heat loss/gain performance and reduce the effect of unwelcome infiltration.