Green Star case studies

A heritage building and a high-performance asset is no easy alignment. But the 6 Star Green Star rated refurbishment of Auckland’s Chief Post Office Building showcases a stunning synergy of two orbits. Outdated, half falling-down ceiling grids, accumulated layers of adaptation, lost architectural...

A Lower Hutt aquatic centre is the first of its kind in Aotearoa to achieve a 5 Star Green Star rating. The flagship Te Ngaengae Pool + Fitness is a story of sustainability and citizenship.

Once a large-format furniture showroom now an industrial centrepiece. 6 Star Green Star rated Thermosash HQ is a milestone model of building reuse.

The need for seismic strengthening at Pōneke Wellington’s central library has resulted in bold and beautiful building reuse. A 5 Star Green Star design rating has been instrumental in the journey.

School buildings are not often the domain of boundary-pushing design solutions. But 4 Star Green Star rated Marian College in Ōtautahi Christchurch showcases breathtaking building reuse. Essentials

A new residential college at the University of Otago exemplifies world-leading high-density green living for students. This exceptional facility has achieved a 6 Star Green Star Design & As Built rating. Essentials

Maersk’s Ruakura cold store sets a new precedent for high-performing industrial modernism in Aotearoa.

Caring for the whenua and the natural world is pivotal to the new Te Papa Biodiversity Research Centre in Upper Hutt. As part of that kaitiakitanga the project is embedded with 5 Star Green Star sustainability standards.

From aging commercial tower to trailblazing 6 Star Green Star mixed-use hotel and office building. The Deloitte Centre sits at the summit of sustainability.

When sustainable design sits at the heart of a public spaces project great things happen.

Once a CBD fuel station now a mega-sustainable landmark.

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Tonkin + Taylor has been awarded a 6 Star Green Star Interiors rating for its stunning Pōneke Wellington workspace. Success follows success, with the consultancy already achieving a 6 Star rating for its Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland office.

Mānawa Bay Premium Outlet Centre was developed embracing Auckland Airport's desire for meaningful sustainability.

A statement building integrates world-leading sustainability across every square metre.

A 5 Green Star design rated warehouse and office building is making waves. It signals a new orbit for industrial facilities in Aotearoa.

Essentials Name: NZI Building / 1 Fanshawe St

From defunct to dynamic - 8 Willis Street is a world-class act in regeneration. It is Wellington’s first 6 Green Star built rated commercial building. Essentials Name: 8 Willis What: redeveloped 12 level building; 13,300 square metres; existing 1980s building 7 level structure retained; five new...

The largest mass timber office building in Aotearoa tells a new story about sustainability and construction. The industry-leading project has been awarded 6 Green Stars. Essentials

44 Bowen Street has achieved 5 Green Star status. It marks the end of a green journey at Bowen Campus – a revitalised, resilient, energy-smart business precinct. Essentials Name: 44 Bowen Street

How do you transform a tired 25-year-old office building into a high performance, post-pandemic workplace? 6 Green Star rated 105 Carlton Gore Road has the answer. Essentials Name: Stantec Building 105 Carlton Gore Road What: refurbished five-storey commercial building (circa 2000); lettable space...

Tākina is the first convention centre in Aotearoa to achieve both design and built 5 star Green Star ratings. It is a transformational green addition to Wellington’s cityscape. Essentials Name: Tākina Wellington Convention & Exhibition Centre

Ōtau Ridge is the first retirement village in Aotearoa registered to Green Star Communities. The trailblazing registration signposts a project poised to deliver big social and environmental outcomes. Essentials Name: Ōtau Ridge

An innovative store fitout at Country Road Newmarket has earned a 5 Green Star interiors rating. Environmentally positive, ergonomic and elegant – it’s an enhancing experience for staff and shoppers. Essentials Name: Country Road Newmarket What: Country Road’s flagship store in Aotearoa; 800 square...

Tāwharau Lane, a multi-warehouse project in Highbrook Business Park, is an exceptional example of sustainability and resource efficiency, and the country's first industrial buildings to receive the highest 6-star Green Star rating, irrespective of tool version. Essentials Name: Tāwharau Lane

From surface car park to 6 Green Star show-stopper. 3 Te Kehu Way speaks of outstanding sustainability and global-leading greenness. Essentials

Tauranga’s Bayfair Shopping Centre has been long been a centre point for dining and shopping in the region. Dexus manages the centre, and has embedded sustainability into their approach, resulting in a 4 Green Star Performance rating for Bayfair. Project Essentials What: Bayfair Shopping Centre

6 Green Star rated 136 Fanshawe Street is a new paradigm of world-leading sustainability. It showcases what a smart green commercial building contributes to a city. Essentials Name: Te Aukati

Woolworths New Zealand wants its impact on the planet to be positive. A dynamic new 4 Green Star rated supermarket in Ōtautahi Christchurch showcases its sustainable mindset. Essentials Name: Woolworths Belfast.

Tāmaki Makaurau’s downtown Britomart precinct is quickly becoming home to an array of leading green buildings. The latest addition is the newly refurbished 5 Green Star Hayman Kronfeld building, a beautiful and sustainable amalgamation of two heritage-listed former warehouses. Essentials Name:...

The fitout at Foodstuffs North Island Landing Drive has achieved world-leading 6 Green Star Interiors rating. The multi-functional workplace is a low carbon, healthy and highly positive environment.

40 Bowen Street is the definition of a new age energy-smart office building.

Generator’s fitout at 40 Bowen Street showcases what the best green workspaces can be. Awarded a 5 Green Star interiors rating, this dynamic work zone reflects Generator’s commitment to sustainability, care for the environment and ESG metrics.

Sustainability is a central theme in Aotearoa’s new future focused Archives building in Wellington.

The New Zealand Blood Service building at Highbrook Business Park is the first 6 Green Star Design certified industrial building in Aotearoa.

When retirement homes are built to Green Star, we see better outcomes for the well-being of residents and the environment. Metlifecare has set a new sustainability benchmark for retirement homes in Aotearoa, with their commitment to building six Green Star aged residential care facilities in the...

Morton Property Group originally purchased the two heritage buildings at 228 Queen Street and 3 Lorne Street, back in 1996. Both assets were in poor condition and the company substantially refurbished them at that time. Morton Property portfolio manager, Sam Winstone, says over the years long-term...

Typifying 1970s institutional architecture the Buddle Building has been lifted from its past into a future where green, clean and occupancy well-being are centre stage.

A seismic upgrade has transformed this 1980s Wellington office block into an efficient, more sustainable showpiece

The country’s tallest commercial structure - the dynamic 5 Green Star rated PwC Tower – has transformed Auckland’s skyline.

Sustainability was front of mind when Metlifecare drew up plans for a dynamic care home at its Gulf Rise retirement village.

The post-quake rebuild of St Patrick’s Catholic Church has been awarded a 4 Green Star rating for its eco-smart design.

In 2021, the health sector was identified as the largest emitter of carbon emissions in the public sector.

When a staff survey showed a Green Star-rated office space was top of the wish list for Tonkin + Taylor’s Auckland team, it listened, acted and delivered a world-leading outcome.

An energy-smart office building, state-of-the-art truck maintenance workshops, best practice operations and an innovative staff hub cultivating team culture - Waste Management’s 5 Green Star rated headquarters delivers excellence every step of the way

One of the best ways our sector can reduce our emissions is to reuse and optimise buildings we already have. The transformation of the University of Auckland’s Building 201 is a shining example of this approach.

Known as Foodstuffs Landing Drive, the striking 9000 square metre building is immersed in its local landscape - a more giant wedge of sculpture than a northern hub for New Zealand’s largest grocery co-operative.

Photography by Mike Rolfe A Marlborough winery shows how to go green with its revamped 1980s winery building. The state-of-the-art winemaking and visitors facility at Cloudy Bay Vineyards has been awarded a 5 Green Star built rating

5 Green Star research winery signposts sustainability for New Zealand wine industry

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare’s ingenuity in the global marketplace is mirrored in new building

Countdown leads change with a dynamic green distribution centre

From petrol station to leading sustainable Green Star building 155-163 Fanshawe Street has been transformed into one of Aotearoa's stand out green building success stories

A window to the future – 5 Green Star rating showcases sustainable industrial design Essentials Name: Profile Group Hautapu Facility

The Newmarket commercial office has been transformed into a leading Green Star building

Foodstuffs North Island (FSNI) Head Office is located at The Landings, Mangere, Auckland. The proposed development consists of a new three-storey office building. The building is designed with a central atrium to increase daylight penetration which separates the east and west areas of the floor...

New four-level office building with one level of underground car parking. The building facades generally consist of a double-glazed curtain walling system with insulated glazed spandrel panels between floors. The building structure is reinforced concrete frames that support gravity and seismic...

New Zealand Green Investment Finance walks the talk with a 4 Green Star office fit out

The revival of this post-war modernist building has been recognised with a 4 Green Star rating

The Air New Zealand Logistics Building uses natural light, ventilation and rainwater harvesting as part of its successful 5 Green Star Industrial Design rating.

Transformational refurbishment awarded 5 Green Star rating

A new chapter : New Zealand’s first green library

Images: Hero image Simon Devitt; Abstract image Jason Mann

Te Manawa is the anchoring civic component for the new Westgate Town Centre development. The brief was to set a benchmark for civic buildings, establish a sense of place and to provide a core community destination within the wider retail masterplan. The building had a sustainable brief with a core...

A new five storey mixed-use building for the previous BNZ tower site at 2 Cathedral Square.

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Project Summary 55 Corinthian Drive is a 4-level office building located in Albany, Auckland. It has been certified as 5 Star building under Green Star Office Version 3 Design Rating. The ground level has a mixture of office and retail space, and an atrium. The building has great end of trip...

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St Mary’s Catholic Church is a new build church to replace the original church that was destroyed following the Christchurch earthquakes in 2010/11. The construction consists of steel portal frame with concrete wall panels, concrete floor, and a lightweight roof. The new church is located...

The building is designed in line with the Wynyard Quarter Sustainability Framework. In 2019, Mason Bros. was awarded both a 6 Green Star rating and a 5 Star NABERSNZ rating, New Zealand's first to achieve the highest possible rating for environmental impact from the New Zealand Green Building...

BNZ continue to show leadership by consistently using Green Star – Interiors to prove the performance of their buildings, including 80 Queen Street, BNZ Harbour Quays and now BNZ Centre Christchurch achieves a 5 Star Green Star Office Interiors v2009 Certification. This also shows that people...

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5 Star treatment: The Hotel Britomart is officially Aotearoa’s first Green Star hotel Essentials What: The Hotel Britomart

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In redeveloping 21 Queen Street, ANZO was seeking a well-managed project with a lower environmental impact than a new construction. The project team, through careful strategic procedural planning of the works, ensured that the environmental impact of the redevelopment was minimised through the...

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Sylvia Park is a re-generation of a brownfield site into a town centre incorporating retail, commercial offices, residential accommodation, community and education facilities. OSP2 is the first of four commercial buildings to be located along the Mt Wellington Highway frontage of Sylvia Park which...

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This new 2 level office building achieved a 4 Green Star Office Design v2009 rating in 2015. It now achieves a 4 Green Star Office Built rating. The redevelopment of this existing building at 79 Carton Gore Road kept and refurbished the structural skeleton of the existing building while upgrading...

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Ngai Tahu Property's Pita Te Hori Centre – comprising the Iwikau and Te Uruti buildings - is a shining example of honouring and celebrating our heritage while embracing innovation and a sustainable future.

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The development was designed in 2006 before the Green Star rating system was available within New Zealand. Samson Corporations brief to the design team was to reduce OPEX costs, reduce tenant operating costs and minimise the impact of the development on the environment.

We’ve chosen the name Kakariki House, which translates from Maori to Green House, to signify our commitment and passion to making this a reality”. Construction of Kakariki House began in 2007. The WISE Group decided to recycle as much of the existing structure and materials as possible. Even now,...

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