Project Summary:
Located in Quay Street between Britomart and the Vector Arena, Quay Park One was the first 5 Green Star building to be completed in Auckland.
The building was originally designed to achieve a 4 Green Star rating based on the Australian Green Star system. During construction, the New Zealand Green Star tool was launched and the Bank of New Zealand came on board as tenants and expressed a desire to occupy a 5 Green Star building. Rising to the challenge, Mansons, Beca and the rest of the team undertook the difficult task of upgrading the specification of the building during construction to achieve a 5 Green Star rating.
Project Name: Quay Park One
Address: 30 Mahuhu Crescent, Auckland 1010
Points Awarded: 63 points
Rating Achieved: 5 Green Star Office Built v1 (also received a Design rating)
Building Owner: Mansons TCLM Ltd.
Architect: JCY Architects
Building Services Engineer: BWP and Beca
Main Contractor: Mansons TCLM Ltd.
GSAP: Tony Sullivan
Building Tenant: Bank of New Zealand
The key sustainable features of the building are:
- Over 50% of the construction waste was recycled
- Services commissioned to best industry practice and periodically re-checked
- The air conditioning system features enhanced levels of fresh air (over 50% above code) as well as CO2 level monitoring and control
- Energy efficient air conditioning and lighting provided
- Extensive metering of electricity consumption provided
- Cycle racks, showers, changing and lockers provided for cyclists / foot commuters
- Dedicated car parks provided for small vehicles
- Low water usage fittings used throughout e.g WELS 4 Star WCs & 6 Star taps
- Waterless urinals used
- Extensive metering of water consumption via BMS
- A rainwater recovery system is provided for toilet flushing
- 90% of the steel used had a recycled content of greater than 50%