Project Name: The Drake Offices
Address: 2-4 Drake Street, Freeman’s Bay, Auckland
Points Awarded: 49
Rating Achieved: 4 Green Star NZ – Office Design V1Certified Rating
Building Owner: Morton Property Group
Architect: Leuschke Group Limited
Building Services Engineer: Brown and Thomson
Project Manager: Good Brothers Construction Limited
Main contractor: Good Brothers Construction
GSAP: Jo Woods, eCubed
The key sustainable features of the building are:
50% construction waste by weight recycled
Good levels of fresh air (100% above Building Code requirements)
Reasonable lighting levels and high frequency ballasts used throughout
Good levels of thermal comfort
Low VOC applied coatings
Low formaldehyde wood composite products used throughout
Performance single glazing with sunshading and energy efficient VRV system to minimise energy consumption
High efficiency lighting used with controls zones no greater than 100m2 throughout the office spaces
Sub-metering of all energy loads
The building is in close proximity to good public transport
Cyclist facilities provided for 10% of the building occupants including cycle storage, along with showers and lockers Water
Low water use sanitary fixtures (3 or 4 WELS rated)
Rainwater harvesting for toilet flushing, reducing the load on the stormwater drainage system
No landscaping irrigation requirements
Water metering throughout
No cooling towers Materials
Third-party certified applied coatings
Easily accessible and adequately sized waste recycling storage facilities Land Use & Ecology
An inner city brownfield site was used which was of low ecological value Emissions
Zero ODP refrigerants and insulants were used throughout
Stormwater treatment
No cooling towers used
External lighting designed so that no direct light is seen from the sky and there is no dispersion to neighbouring properties
