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Sustainable Architectural Trends in Australia
Key Residential Properties in Australia – New Homes
13 June 2019
Sustainable Architecture Trends in Australia
Sustainability has been at the forefront of global concerns in recent years, and the importance of this issue has filtered into the architecture and design industry.
There is an increasing focus on how the design of a building will affect its surrounding environment. Australians are leaders of this cause, with the encouragement of the Green Building Council of Australia. There are now 2289 certified projects in Australia that have met their Green Star Standards of significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions, electricity, consumption of potable water, and increasing the recycling of construction waste. Therefore, more and more Australian architects and designers are striving for Green Star Standard Buildings to improve their designs, win projects, and maintain social responsibility within their organisation.
Inevitably, this has created many trends in the industry, including solar roof tiles, eWater systems, cross laminated timber, tri-generation systems, and small footprint apartments.

Solar Roof Tiles

Solar roof tiles use renewable energy to reduce costs of electricity. Sunshine Plaza in Melbourne?s West has the largest solar roof installation in Victoria, using 4,175 tiles. This allows 45% of the malls electricity to be p...