Eco Factor: Green architecture generates solar electricity and recycled black water.
Designed by Wood Bagot and NH Architecture, the Melbourne Convention Center has finally opened its doors with a six-star Green Star Environmental Rating. The center, which is being touted as one of the greenest in the world, sits next to the city’s Yarra River and holds a strip of retail shops, cafes and restaurants on a long promenade.
The building features a plenary hall capable of seating up to 5000 people, which can also be divided into three self-sufficient rooms. The center features solar energy harvesting systems, a black-water treatment and recycling plant and the use of natural light and ventilation to reduce the center’s burden on the environment and the utility grid.
Via: DesignBoom
