Insights and observations from our practice and elsewhere
Building of the Month : March 2017
MarketPlace Leichhardt One of the buildings in the Buildings Alive program that showed outstanding results during March was the MarketPlace Leichhardt shopping centre in Sydney. Most large shopping centres are major energy and water consumers...
Building of the Month : February 2017
One of the buildings from the Buildings Alive program which showed notable results during March 2017 was 60 Carrington Street in Sydney. The facilities management team made use of the Buildings Alive Rapid Efficiency Feedback (REF) messages to...
Environmental Intelligence for Health and Well-being
A Master Class at Green Cities in Sydney from Aclima and featuring Buildings Alive Chris Pyke, Chief Strategy Officer of Aclima (a market leading Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ) sensor company) will lead a Master Class on IEQ sensing at the Green Cities conference in...
Science-based building energy performance targets – a game changer!
Buildings Alive has built its optimization program around helping building owners and operators answer questions about their buildings’ electricity, gas and water use, and the indoor environment quality provided. The first question we tackle is...
Buildings cutting peak demand by $12,000pa
As much of Australia sweats through its hottest summer ever, peak electricity demand is in the news. Blackouts have been recorded due to network capacity constraints, aluminium smelters have been ordered to close, and anyone fortunate enough to have air conditioning...
Building of the Month : January 2017
85 Epping Road, Macquarie Park In the month of January 2017, one of the buildings from the Buildings Alive program which showed outstanding results was 85 Epping Road in Macquarie Park. Rather than its electricity results, in this month's...
Building of the Month : December 2016
130 Pitt St, Sydney In the month of December 2016, one of the buildings from the Buildings Alive program which showed notable results was 130 Pitt St in Sydney. Take a look at its results, and the strategies used to achieve them! Building Bio...
Building of the Month : November 2016
30 Little Cribb St, Milton (CDOP5) In the month of November 2016, one of the buildings from the Buildings Alive program which showed outstanding results was 30 Little Cribb St in Milton (Brisbane). Take a look at its results, and the strategies used to achieve them!...
Building of the Month : October 2016
150 Lonsdale St, Melbourne In the month of October 2016, one of the buildings from the Buildings Alive program which showed outstanding results was 150 Lonsdale Street in Melbourne. Take a look at its results, and the strategies used to achieve them! Building Bio...
Berkeley campus results confirm savings
Results of US beta test of Buildings Alive: In the U.S. like in Australia, empowering building operators leads to energy savings! At Buildings Alive we focus on providing building operators the right information at the right time to help them do their jobs. Our...
A building’s energy rating says little about its potential to improve
It’s risky to base decisions about building operations on ‘conventional wisdom’. And in this day and age, it’s not necessary either. Here’s a logical argument. FACT: NABERS Energy rates how intensively a building uses energy, and buildings with...
Peak demand management for the hottest year on record
We’re on a record-breaking temperature trend this year: 2015 is to become the warmest year in recorded history. Global temperatures have risen for the first time to 1°C above the pre-industrial era. And Sydney’s summer has come quickly with...