Council House 2
240 Little Collins Street
www.ch2.com.au

Built: 2006
Architect: City of Melbourne in collaboration with Design Inc
 Owner: City of Melbourne

CH2 is the first purpose built office building in Australia to achieve the six Green Star certified rating with sustainable technologies incorporated into every conceivable part of its 10 storeys.

Open to MOH: Ground floor foyer, Level 6 office, Level 9 office and roof top terrace
Time: 10am to 5pm
Access restrictions: Full access available

The CH2 project is the first purpose built office building in Australia to achieve the six Green Star certified rating, where the minimum rating is one star and maximum is six. This achievement is also significant as the design for the project started prior to the launch of the Green Star Rating System and Green Star - Office Design.

The Green Star rating system separately evaluates the environmental design and performance of Australian buildings based on a number of criteria, including energy and water efficiency, quality of indoor environments and resource conservation.

CH2 has sustainable technologies incorporated into every conceivable part of its 10 storeys. A water-mining plant in the basement, phase-change materials for cooling, automatic night-purge windows, wavy concrete ceilings, a facade of louvres (powered by photovoltaic cells) that track the sun - even the pot plant holders have involved a whole new way of thinking.

Although most of the principles adopted in the building are not new - such as using thermal mass for cooling and using plants to filter the light - never before in Australia have they been used in such a comprehensive, interrelated fashion in an office building.

Referenced from www.melbourne.vic.gov.au

Council House 2

Council House 2