Finalist in Premier’s Sustainability Awards 2018
Our recent Rooming house refirbishment, Elenara Rooming House in St Kilda, operated by the Department of Health and Human Services, has been named a finalist in the prestigious Victorian Premier’s Sustainability Awards Environmental Justice category for an upgrade that incorporates a range of sustainability features.
The $6.2m renovation to Elenara House, a 110 year old heritage-listed building, replaced shared facilities with 30 self-contained studio apartments – including two wheelchair accessible units –while also providing additional amenities for social group activities.
The home now provides long-term savings on utility bills for residents and the service provider, and increased quality of life for tenants.
CEO of Sustainability Victoria, Stan Krpan, describes the project as ‘exceptional’.
“The upgrade to Elenara House demonstrated to the judges that they have translated the principles of sustainability into practice to achieve outstanding results for our environment and the state of our future.”
“Victoria is an amazing place to live and this project is helping to keep it that way, we congratulate them as a finalist,” he said.
The Premier’s Sustainability Awards are the highest profile program of their kind in Victoria.
This year’s finalists have been selected in ten categories. Winners will be announced at the Premier’s Sustainability Awards gala dinner at The Forum in Melbourne on Thursday 11 October.
The Premier will also personally select two overall winners of the Premier’s Regional Recognition Award and the Premier’s Recognition Award, to be announced at the ceremony.
For more information, photos and profiles of all finalists, go to www.sustainabilityawards.vic.gov.au
Watch the video clip created by our envirnmental consultants Ecoresults
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLc-6nwoiMw&t=10s
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Winner Architects Registration Board annual Award for Excellence in 2006.
This award is an award that is nominated by clients for specific projects and is designed to promote excellence in all aspects of architectural service- design, documentation and project management.
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RAIA medal for VUT sports and recreation building (won when Colin was principal of his previous practice)
Master Builders Association award for Apartment Building North Melbourne-for innovative communication and design processes leading to excellence in team work between all the stake holders. (Won when Colin was Principal of his previous practice)
