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CASE STUDY
Lower energy living at The Hyde
The Hyde, NSW
Overlooking Hyde Park in Sydney, The
Hyde is a 34 level tower, comprising
131 apartments. Built on the site of
Stockland’s former Sydney offices, the
redevelopment project was initiated in
2004, and completed in July 2010.
The project incorporates a number of
significant sustainability features. The
Hyde is the first residential development
in the Sydney CBD to supply power
through on-site co-generation. The
65kW co-generation plant supplies
gas-fired electricity to common area lighting
and other base building power needs,
with the waste heat used to supply central
domestic hot water and warm the residents’
swimming pool.
In addition, over 96 per cent of material
from the demolished previous structure
was diverted from landfill and recycled. An
acoustically rated natural ventilation system,
‘aeromat’ has been installed enabling
natural ventilation to all apartments, while
limiting noise from adjacent city streets.
The Hyde was one of the first apartment
projects to comply with BASIX. In 2006 the
New South Wales government introduced
energy and water consumption targets for
all new dwellings through the mandated
BASIX tool, requiring an energy reduction
of 22 per cent and water reduction of
40 per cent as compared to the average
New South Wales dwelling.
The project was also required to conform
to the City’s then new Design Excellence
program, which involved a design
competition to select the project architect
and design concept. These requirements,
while informing a high quality design
outcome, added considerable complexities
to the project, including adding time to
the overall project program and increased
project costs.
Commercial Property materials use
The use of recycled and sustainable
materials in our Commercial Property assets
is an issue which we need to resolve as
a priority. We apply the standards of the
Green Building Council of Australia’s Green
Star environmental rating tool, which has a
category which focuses on materials use
and the lifecycle of materials. Green Star is
currently the primary vehicle for us to exercise
our commitment to materials selection
in developments in particular in the core
categories of timber, concrete, steel and PVC.
The issue of how we engage with our supply
chain on materials selection issues is not fully
addressed through our commitment to Green
Star. This is because Green Star is projectspecific
and we address materials selection
issues separately for each project, as this can
sometimes be influenced by project location.
For example the availability of recycled
supplementary materials to reduce the
cement content of concrete may not be readily
available in locations away from capital cities.
We are developing a policy for materials
selection and our supply chain which
will ensure all of our suppliers have been
screened and know what is expected of
them. This will be a key part of our Partner/
Contractor strategy going forward and will
require significant input from our supplier
partners, industry bodies and broader
stakeholder groups. It is anticipated that
the policy will be finalised in FY11 and we
will report on progress in next year’s report.
Civil construction and landscaping waste in FY10
Residential and Retirement Living
waste management
We have collected waste data from
contractor activities for the first time
this year. The total waste from our
Residential and Retirement Living projects
was 112,844 tonnes. Approximately
97 per cent of the total (109,887 tonnes)
was diverted from landfill. Our civil and
landscape contractors regularly recycle
materials on site:
• Topsoil is often stockpiled for later
use in parks and gardens and
crushed rock is used for drainage
and fill material,
• Vegetation which is removed
is mulched for use in erosion
control during civil works, and to
stabilise soil and aid in landscaping
water management,
• Metals such as iron, aluminium
and steel are set aside and sent to
waste transfer stations and metal
recycling depots.
The remaining 3 per cent of waste was
sent to landfill, primarily because it
contained non-recyclable or hazardous
materials. Our waste data this year has
been collected through monthly reports
provided by our civil and landscape
contractors. We understand this data
is estimated by our contractors where
specific data is not available. We will be
looking to improve the accuracy of this
data over the next 12 months.
Tonnes
Total waste 112,884
Waste diverted from landfill 109,887
Waste sent to landfill 2,957
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Stockland Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Report June 2010
Boundary: All Residential and Retirement Living waste data was provided by contractors
operating on Stockland sites during the reporting period. Data is estimated by contractors
or obtained from waste receipts and invoices. Data is manually collected from monthly
Health, Safety and Environment reports submitted to Stockland by our contractors.