Sustainability
Certified Carbon Neutral by Climate Active
6 Star NABERS Indoor Environment Rating
4 Star NABERS Energy Rating
3.5 Star NABERS Water Rating
100% Electric
Electrification
One of the biggest challenges facing the property sector is decarbonisation.
Decarbonisation is the process of significantly reducing or eliminating carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere.
Every decarbonisation strategy will look different but for our industry to reach zero carbon they should all have one thing in common – electrification.
Natural gas typically represents between 10% and 30% of a building's greenhouse gas emissions.
The most common use of fossil fuels in commercial buildings are gas for space heating, domestic hot water and cooking, and diesel for generators.
In our journey to electrification, we have replaced gas and diesel with technology that uses electricity as a source of energy such as heat pumps and induction cooking.
This enables the building to be powered by renewable electricity.
As of July 2024, 101 Collins Street is 100% electric. There are many benefits to electrification. One of the most impactful however, is its contribution to climate change mitigation. Data from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water shows buildings account for around 19% of total energy use and 18% of direct carbon emissions in Australia.
Electrification
One of the biggest challenges facing the property sector is decarbonisation.
Decarbonisation is the process of significantly reducing or eliminating carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere.
Every decarbonisation strategy will look different but for our industry to reach zero carbon they should all have one thing in common – electrification.
Natural gas typically represents between 10% and 30% of a building's greenhouse gas emissions.
The most common use of fossil fuels in commercial buildings are gas for space heating, domestic hot water and cooking, and diesel for generators.
In our journey to electrification, we have replaced gas and diesel with technology that uses electricity as a source of energy such as heat pumps and induction cooking.
This enables the building to be powered by renewable electricity.
As of July 2024, 101 Collins Street is 100% electric. There are many benefits to electrification. One of the most impactful however, is its contribution to climate change mitigation. Data from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water shows buildings account for around 19% of total energy use and 18% of direct carbon emissions in Australia.
NABERS Ratings
NABERS (National Australian Built Environment Rating System) provides simple, reliable, and comparable sustainability measurement you can trust across building sectors like hotels, shopping centres, apartments, offices, data centres, and more.
A NABERS rating helps you to accurately measure, understand, and communicate the environmental performance of your building while identifying areas for cost savings and future improvements.
A NABERS Energy rating measures the energy efficiency of a building.
A NABERS Indoor Environment rating measures the indoor air quality, lighting quality, temperature and thermal comfort as well as acoustic quality of a building.
A NABERS Water rating measures the amount of water used and recycled within a building.
The NABERS Waste tool measures how well a building manages waste generation, recycling and resource recovery, and supply chain management.
In the first in our series investigating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and the role it plays at 101 Collins, we focus on the ‘E’, shining a light on 101’s environmental practices and how the building is turning net zero ideas into reality.
Read 'The Race to Net Zero' from the 3rd edition of our custom publication One Hundred and One here.
