Entries:
South West 1 Enterprise and the Berrinba Wetlands
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
Environmental Audit of Land, Waterfront City Development, Docklands, Victoria
Charles Sturt University, Albury - Academic Accommodation (Stage 3)
Existing Buildings: Survival Strategies
Tasmanian Government Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, Reduction, Monitoring and Reporting Program
Ecolibrium Mixed Waste Treatment Facility
Evaluating the Effect of Climate Change on River Redgum Communities
Banksia Beach Water Treatment Plant

South West 1 Enterprise and the
Berrinba Wetlands
Logan, QLD

South West 1 and Berrinba Wetlands is a 120 hectare site in Logan city, 25km from Brisbane. It includes a 40 hectare business park incorporating a mixed industry business area with a focus on Knowledge Based Industries and a retail component, and a 80 hectare conservation area encompassing bush and wetlands, parkland and educational interpretive centre for the community.

Firm: GHD Pty Ltd
Client: Logan City Council
Project Owner: Logan City Council

Winner: Silver Award of Highly Commended

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
Bendigo, VIC

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank’s new world class headquarters sets high environmental building standards for commercial buildings in Victoria. The six-storey office complex, located in the heart of Bendigo achieved the first certified 5 Green Star environmental rating for Regional Australia and has a predicted 5 Star NABERS Energy rating, previously known as Australian Building Greenhouse Rating (ABGR).

Firm: Aurecon Australia Pty Ltd
Client: Bendigo and Adelaide Bank

Environmental Audit of Land,
Waterfront City Development,
Docklands, Victoria
Melbourne, VIC

An environmental audit of the 19 hectare site, which was significantly contaminated, involved a number of novel environmental strategies, including detailed scientific studies and a site specific risk assessment, in order to produce the most beneficial environmental, economic and logistical outcomes, significantly reducing the amount of remediation that was necessary.

Firm: Peter J Ramsay & Associates
Client: ING Real Estate Development Pty Ltd
Project Owner: ING Real Estate Development Pty Ltd

Charles Sturt University, Albury -
Academic Accommodation (Stage 3)
Albury, NSW

Project aim was to surpass previous stages in terms of energy efficiency and occupant comfort and to be a world leading development in terms of sustainability.  Key achievements are predicted 10% energy consumption of a standard commercial office building, exceeding NABERS energy base building 5 star rating by 70% and achieved the Green building 6 Stars accreditation.

Firm: Northrop Consulting Engineers Pty Ltd
Client: Charles Sturt University
Project Owner: Charles Sturt University

Winner: Silver Award of Highly Commended

Existing Buildings: Survival Strategies

Produced in partnership with the PCA, Arup has developed a toolkit to assist owners of existing commercial buildings stock with methodologies to ‘green’ older buildings aimed at sustaining the building's commercial viability. Arup's guide outlines a six-step program for refreshing older buildings, and features more than 200 tested upgrade initiatives.

Firm: Arup
Client: Property Council of Australia
Project Owner: Arup in conjunction with the Property Council of Australia

Tasmanian Government Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, Reduction, Monitoring and Reporting Program
Tasmania

The Tasmanian Government appointed PB to develop a comprehensive inventory of greenhouse gas emissions and to identify emissions abatement strategies for all government departments. PB developed a web-based database to capture data on energy and calculate GHG emissions. The tasks included energy audits of 25 government buildings and consideration of solar energy capture.

Firm: Parsons Brinckerhoff Australia Pty Ltd
Client: Tasmanian State Government
Project Owner: Dept of Premier & Cabinet

Ecolibrium Mixed Waste Treatment Facility
South West Sydney, NSW

Facility to process 90,000 tonnes per year of municipal waste, producing up to 2MW of renewable energy and recovering thousands of tonnes of recyclables - approximately 70% of the waste received at the gate is diverted from landfill. The plant thereby reduces reliance on landfill for South West Sydney Councils and avoids the greenhouse emissions normally associated with landfilling.

Firm: GHD Pty Ltd / WSN Environmental Solutions
Client: WSN Environmental Solutions
Project Owner: WSN Environmental Solutions

Evaluating the Effect of Climate Change on River Redgum Communities
Murray River, VIC

GHD assessed the impact of climate change scenarios on River Red Gum communities along the Murray River. The study took an innovative approach to determine the changes to the frequency, duration and extent of floods by looking at several flow modelling methods and combining this with ecological value information and the feasibility of delivering water.

Firm: GHD Pty Ltd
Client: Department of Sustainability & Environment (DSE)
Project Owner: Department of Sustainability & Environment (DSE)

Winner: Certificate of Recognition

Banksia Beach Water Treatment Plant
Bribie Island, QLD

Brisbane Caboolture Aquifuture Alliance was formed in September 2006 in response to the SEQ drought to deliver potable water from various aquifers in Brisbane and from the deepsand aquifer on Bribie Island, the latter being within a sensitive Ramsar Wetland.  The Alliance designed and constructed six water treatment plants with consideration to the sensitive environmental issues.

Firm: MWH Australia
Client: CabWater
Project Owner: Brisbane Caboolture Aquifuture Alliance

Winner: Gold Award of Merit