Thursday, August 05, 2010

World's 50 "greenest" buildings

Betty from the "Engineering a Better World Blog" let me know about her compilation of a list of the World's 50 Greenest buildings... as based on their LEED (US Green Building Council) certification. As Betty points out, many other buildings may fit this title, but this is a handy method for looking comparatively at green buildings.

How does Australia rate? Betty has 3 Australian office buildings on her list. The Cundall Sydney Office Fitout (St. Leonards) listed at number 9... but its surprisingly under-promoted on the web. So sorry, no images for you...but I did attend a talk by Julian Bott of Cundall at the Centre for Design's Green Building and Design course in 2007.. so maybe I will report back later after a bit of research on this project.


The very well promoted Council House 2, in Melbourne (Image above) (I'm sure I have blabbed on about it before... I do love it so..) is rated at number 31.

You may also heard of "30, The Bond", (Nicely reviewed at Inhabitat) A very clever green office building in Sydney. This is rated at no.41. (image below)

Green office buildings are gaining popularity in Australia, particularly due to the evidence of improved productivity... something every business loves! So we should look forward to some great examples in the future!