Cbus Property’s 443 Queen St project has been awarded Australia’s first 6 Star Green Star rating for a residential tower by the Green Building Council of Australia.
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Cbus Property has achieved the first certified rating for a residential tower since the launch of the Green Star certification in 2003.
The rating is based on outstanding sustainability outcomes across nine holistic impact categories – including management, indoor environment quality, energy, transport, water, materials, land use and ecology, emissions and innovation.
Cbus Property’s chief executive officer, Adrian Pozzo, says the achievement is testament to the project team’s ongoing efforts to build and manage a sustainable $5 billion residential and commercial portfolio.
“From the project’s inception, Cbus Property’s unwavering goal has been to create a healthy indoor environment and lower running costs for the home-owners,” Pozzo says.
“Rejecting the commonplace ‘sealed’ tower and concentrating on energy elimination and minimisation have been key to achieving this goal,” says Pozzo.
“This focus has resulted in a building that ‘breathes’, affording an open and permeable building envelope, enabling wide-ranging access to views, natural light and air, integration of extensive landscaping throughout, and a generous civic gesture that encourages human interaction and facilitates social gatherings.”
Pozzo says 443 Queen St’s 6 Star Green Star rating was demonstrative of the company’s pledge of support to the World Green Building Council’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment.
Looking forward, Cbus Property has developed a series of key targets and milestones as part of its sustainability strategy, one of which is to become net zero carbon by 2030.
“We have set ambitious targets to help us create better buildings that people want to live and work in, while improving our efficiency and sustainability,” says Pozzo.
443 Queen St is tucked behind Queen Street boulevard and the Brisbane River. Residents will enjoy the lively riverside precinct, while living just a stone’s throw from the CBD’s main shopping precinct.
The 47-storey tower will include 264 apartments where full-height windows capture views of the Brisbane River. Each apartment is nested within a garden environment, boasting abundant natural light and cross-flow ventilation.
Designed by WOHA and Architectus, the apartments create a luxurious living space with only a single adjoining neighbour.
Amenities include a recreation deck that occupies more than 1,500 sqm, with a 25-metre saltwater infinity pool, private cabanas, and an extensive health and wellness complex.
Now under construction on one of the last remaining Brisbane CBD riverfront sites, 443 Queen St presents an opportunity to live in the city centre, while enjoying the subtropical air.