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98 Business View Australia - September 2015

have been incorporated into the

construction to make the building

eco-friendly and give it a design

that reduces its carbon footprint.

Appropriate sun shading and

management of solar thermal loads

has been provided for.

The design allows natural daylight

ingress to the inner part of each

floor plate via skylights and central

voids. The building is naturally

ventilated and its design allows

effective cooling and air change.

John Holland received the Master

Builders Association, Tasmania

Award for ‘Commercial Building

$20 - $50 million’ category for this

project.

University of Newcastle

Student Accommodation,

Newcastle

Another contract for which John

Holland has earned accolades for

the implementation of eco-friendly

concepts in its planning, design and

construction, is the

University of

Newcastle student accommodation

project

. Four eight-storey towers

were erected, with a total of 335

apartments accommodating 778

beds.

Each building was provided with

a ground floor common area, a

combination of apartments including

six, five, two and one bedroom

configurations as well as studios

and a multi-use common room on

each floor.

The buildings have been built to

a 4-Star Green Star Design rating,

which includes the installation of

a cross-ventilation system and

features the largest hydronic heating

system installation in Australia.

Project Manager, Glen O’Connor

says, “Natural energy is used to heat

and cool the apartments through a

cross-ventilation system with hollow

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