Property & Development NSW has become the first Government Agency in Australia to achieve a Five-Star Green Star rating across its commercial office portfolio.
Minister for Water, Property and Housing, Melinda Pavey said Property & Development NSW, part of the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, managed the State’s property portfolio and worked closely with its Government Agency tenants to deliver quality, efficient and sustainable workplaces.
Mrs Pavey said the Agency was leading the way on sustainability with its portfolio of 22 State-owned commercial office buildings also ranked first in Australia for water efficiency and eighth for energy efficiency, according to the NABERS Sustainability Portfolio Index.
“NSW Government has outperformed every other local, State and Federal Government office portfolio in Australia in terms of overall building sustainability,” Mrs Pavey said.
“The Agency’s 22-owned office buildings in metropolitan and regional NSW also attained Climate Active carbon neutral building certification for offsetting greenhouse gas emissions through efficiency measures, emission reduction projects and residual carbon offsets,” she said.
Mrs Pavey said the energy and water productivity gains were achieved through the introduction of measures such as LED lighting; converting gas to electric heating; water-efficient fittings and fixture upgrades; rooftop solar systems and smart meters; and data analytics that enabled building operation optimisation.
“The portfolio ratings improvements have reduced annual carbon emissions by 1,178 tonnes, reduced annual energy consumption by 37 per cent and annual water consumption by 13.1 per cent,” she said.
“This is equivalent to offsetting energy emissions from 210 average homes and saves over six million litres of water annually,” Mrs Pavey said.
