The first two projects built as part of A New Normal Melbourne (www.normalise.it) just got shortlisted for 5 awards at the AIA Victorian Architecture Awards!! Including the only retrofit in Multi-Res, the only retrofit in Commerical, Interiors and both projects are up for Sustainability.
I think it’s safe to say no one involved is interested in trying to win an award for ourselves, but we are far more interested in these projects getting elevated as examples for the industry to hopefully replicate at scale. And hopefully demonstrating what the next generation of the industry could / should collectively aspire to. We have over one million buildings to retrofit in Melbourne, we started with two. One residential and one commercial. Both of them are plus energy retrofits.
Of the $100bn required to transform Melbourne from a consumer to a producer, $55bn is in retrofit including: 1) removing gas from exisiting buildings, 2) solar on exisiting buildings and 3) building fabric / systems upgrades. Retrofit has the potential to reduce Melbournes emissions by 40%.
In a time when new construction is very difficult to justify its financial feasibility, there is $55bn worth of work out there that no one is asking anyone of us to do. There’s often no tender or brief, sometimes not even a client. But lots of opportunity! $55bn of opportunity with a strong return. Now is a special moment for us all work together to maximise the performance of our exisiting buildings. This investment will come from the private sector not the government. Let’s get on with it and the policy will follow.
Sanders Place with NMBW/Openwork, and Wilam Ngarrang with Kennedy Nolan. Tripple are the legendary client for both. 🙌🙌🙌 Wilderness Building Co and Neverstop the builders. And many more involved!
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