Lightsview Retirement Village Clubhouse
The Lightsview retirement village is a new independent living development by Stockland, forming part of Lightsview in South Australia, one of Adelaide’s newest suburbs, located just 11 kilometres from the city centre. This new suburb features 15 hectares of public reserves and green spaces interlinked with walking trails, gardens and recreation areas.
The village clubhouse is a single storey community facility comprising: multi-function activity hall; management and sales office; resident-run café, kitchen and bar; consulting, hair and beauty rooms; gym; lounge area with fireplace and a barbeque area. Stockland’s sustainable design principals guided the design of the development which was validated using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
eTool conducted an EN15978 compliant whole-of-building whole-of-life LCA of the building compared to a Building Code of Australia Compliant ‘Business as Usual (BAU)’ reference case.
- Date: May 2016
- ESD/Sustainability: Stockland (in-house)
- Building Services: Lucid Consulting Engineering
- Architect: Studio Nine Architects
Results Summary
For this study whole-of-building whole-of-life Global Warming was modeled. The result is 44kg CO2-eq/m2 Gross Floor Area/year, which represents a 38% reduction in whole-of-life impacts compared with a BAU reference.
Over the life span, it is expected this building will emit 574 tCO2e less than the BAU case whilst providing the same functionality.
This is equivalent to:
- 3,443 Trees planted
- 151 Cars taken off the road for a year
- 17,000,000 Balloons of CO2 gas removed from the atmosphere
In the operational stage of the building, and thanks to reduced energy demand in lighting, natural ventilation and installation of a 5 kW Solar PV system, the building will be responsible for 28kg CO2-eq/m2 Gross Floor Area/year, representing a 49% reduction compared to BAU.
The results have been driven by life cycle benefit’s of the various features considered and finally introduced to the building to reduce whole-of-life impacts, as modeled by eTool.
Project features
The simple yet effective strategies featured in the building which contribute to the reduced whole-of-life impact include: lightweight construction, Solar PV electricity generation, efficient lighting zoning, reduced use of carpet, timber framing in place of steel or concrete and operable upper level windows which provide natural ventilation.
This assessment was conducted by Stockland and certified by eTool.
