Understanding the biggest financial and environmental impacts associated with carbon emissions was the first goal of this office warehouse development in Malaga, Perth. Being both an office and warehouse, the total emissions were dominated by the office operations including lighting, HVAC and work stations. Operational carbon emissions represented 82% of base design total emissions and the remaining 18% were a combination of materials, assembly, transportation and recurring impacts.

Michael Spartalis, Architect and Director of ee’kos Architecture & Urban Places works with a team of collaborative designers who strive to create beautiful buildings inline with their environmental and social ethos. Working as an architect for over 10 years, Michael has seen his fair share of poorly designed, inflexible and inefficient buildings that often only make it to the 20 years out of their 75 year design life.  But through ee’kos, Michael aims to make design decisions that  reduce  the economic and environmental footprint of their projects, contribute to the community and can be adapted to suit new ways of living and working.

• Date: June 2013
• Client: Conspar
• Architect: ee’kos
• Location: Malaga, Perth