ECO BUILDING PICTURE CAPTION
October 1st, 2004
BY MATTHEW BRACEFOR a group of office workers in Sydney, Australia, moving into their new building was - surprisingly - a thrill. And it was not because of fancy cappuccino coffee machines or top line computers but because it was the country's first office building with a five star Australian Building Greenhouse Rating (ABGR)."30 The Bond" emits 30% lower CO2 amounts than typical office buildings. It sports chilled beam air conditioning, large-leaved plants absorbing volatile organic paint compounds in the air, and a sandstone wall in the foyer - originally cut ...
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