Energy efficient and intelligentheating, ventilation and coolingsystems.

Other energy-efficient façade elements, including solar shading.

The façade achieves this by minimising air changes and by seasonal manipulation of solar heat gains.

A high performing façade glazing of thermally-broken double glazed units, which minimises the cooling required in summer and heating required in winter.

Key features of sustainable design in the Critical Services Building to target an enhanced Green Star rating include: They replace traditional gas boilers as the buildings source of hot water.Įarly designs for the Critical Services Building achieved a four-star Green Star rating, but now a formal submission has been put to the Green Building Council of Australia for an upgraded five-star accreditation, supporting the ACT’s Climate Change Strategy (2019–2025) and the Government’s target to have a zero-emissions ACT Government health sector by 2040. The heat pumps are one of the fundamental features of the new all-electrical building. The first of 21 massive heat pumps have been delivered to the Critical Services Building site. This amounts to the removal of 760 cars from Canberra’s roads and assists the project in leading the way nationally in environmentally sustainable health infrastructure design. The building’s all-electric status mitigates the release of an estimated 1,886 tonnes of carbon emissions annually.

The Canberra Hospital Expansion project’s new Critical Services Building is showcasing its environmentally sustainable credentials this World Environment Day with the building targeting a five-star Green Star rating.

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