My name’s Katherine. I’m the facilities
manager for building 125, commonly known as
WEBs. I’m currently standing on the level
two terrace, which is planted with beautiful,
hard to grow, really rare succulents from
the System Garden.
The building is used for teaching for three
different faculties. So we have a range of
wet labs, dry labs and collaborative learning
spaces.
An important sustainability feature of the
building is the solar panel system on the
roof which contributes 33% of the energy for
the building which offsets the lifts, the
mechanical air ventilation systems, the fans
and all of the fume hoods in the wet labs.
There’s a 50-kilolitre rainwater tank located
in the basement of the building. This provides
water for reuse into the landscape irrigation
and flushes all toilets throughout the building.
The building is targeting a six-star Green
Star rating which is an internationally recognised
substantiality rating system.
