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