MELBOURNE MULTI-RESIDENTIAL
Built by Lucent, Melbourne’s bayside Slate House is set to become one of bayside’s first carbon neutral property developments.
The project is carbon neutral in operations not through its materiality. Slate House capitalises on renewable energy by sourcing through an embedded energy network to deliver a building that operates 100 percent free of fossil fuels. This all-renewable embedded energy network provides reduced metering costs and running costs across the lifetime of the home.
Strengthening the shift away from fossil fuel usage, gas is not connected to Slate House. Instead, each kitchen features induction cooktops that are 40 percent more efficient than typical ceramic electric, while also delivering improved safety, fewer indoor pollutants and zero-emission cooking.
To achieve its high-performance, the development of the 14 apartments will use an all-renewable embedded energy network to deliver a building that operates free from fossil fuels.
Lucent managing director, Panos Miltiadou says he plans to translate his sustainable development principals to a more luxury end of the market.
“We’ve been really excited to bring some of the learnings from our projects in Melbourne’s inner north to Brighton. The wave of sustainable development has been so successful there, so much so it’s now become somewhat expected from apartment buyers,” says Miltiadou.
“We plan to deliver a collection of high-quality, premium homes with environmental integrity – we really believe this is what the upper-end of the market is looking for. They want homes that combine refined design and functionality, while also treading lightly upon the earth. Slate House will demonstrate that luxury and sustainability are not mutually exclusive.”
“In line with our fossil-fuel-free philosophy, hot water is supplied by a well-insulated and efficient direct-electric centralised hot water system,” he says.
The design also makes the most of passive design principles to ensure energy usage for heating and cooling can be minimised. Preliminary energy ratings modelling has the building achieving an average NATHERS rating of 8.2.