Common Energy Use

Multi-residential apartment buildings have high demand for electricity due to common lighting, car park lighting, car park ventilation and lifts. Electricity costs can have a significant impact on occupants’ strata fees if an intelligent design is not implemented. The apartments incorporate motion sensors with automatic timers to prevent unnecessary electricity consumption when car park is not in use.

Car park ventialtion can also contribute significantly towards a buildings energy consumption due to the electricity consumption of the intake and extract fans. The car park at the Bottleyard will be predominatly naturally ventilated cutting down on fan runtimes.

Renewable Energy

The 4 storey development meets the golden ratio in terms of roof space available per apartment. An extensive 260kW solar PV system will comfortably fit on the flat roof that offsets a large proportion of the apartments and common electricity use. Developments built to 5 plus storeys tend to have proportionally less roof space available for PV per apartment and hence have a smaller practical opportunity to off-set their electricity consumption.  That said, there are obvious indirect carbon savings to building higher density such as ease of transport.

Continuous Engagement

eTool have continued to engage with Handle property group by running a sustainability workshop for the sales and marketing teams. This ensures everyone has a good understanding of the sustainability features involved and is able to communicate them clearly to potential buyers. This is viewed as a crucial step in gaining marketing advantage and spreading the sustainability message across the industry.