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forest ecoCentre 2004
scottsdale, tasmania
Regarded as a landmark in the
development of more sustainable
architecture. the intention was to
develop a alternative model to
the existing traditional methods of
designing office buildings. In essence,
it is two buildings, one inside the other.
The outer truncated cone acts to
moderate the thermal environment in
the inner office core building. The extra
space created on the Ground Floor
allows for planted internal vegetation
and activities such as an interpretation
area and café, as well as a reception
area for the upper floor levels.
The essence of the environmental design principles is to direct air
heated by the greenhouse effect of the exterior skin or cooled from with
the thermal mass of the building (or directly from outside) through the
internal office building.
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The building has a number venting systems (either manual or run off the
Building Management System) to control this.
The significant fact is that the building
cost no more to construct than a
normal office building, yet uses half
the ongoing energy to run it thereafter.
Considering that the running costs
represent 70% of the total energy used
by a building over its lifecycle,
this saving of half this total figure
for no additional capital expenditure
represents a very significant step
forward in sustainable design.
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