Dive Summary:
- Sydney's Barangaroo South waterfront is undergoing a $6.1-billion redevelopment initiated by the New South Wales (NSW) government. It's being touted as a model of large-scale carbon neutral construction. Each year, the developers plan to release a sustainability report.
- The NSW government created the Barangaroo Delivery Authority to oversee the project. In 2009, the local Lend Lease secured the development rights from the Authority.
- Construction began in 2011 with an expected completion date of 2022.
- The last time Sydney had a construction project of this scale was 13 years ago – when the city built venues for the 2000 Olympics.
From the article:
"... The broader purpose is 'to provide a replicable model for the rest of the construction sector to reduce the life-cycle impact of buildings,' Mitchell says.
The goal is to apply sustainable construction principles to every niche of the project, squeezing as much embodied carbon out of the development as possible. To ensure the project meets sustainability commitments, the LL team will publish an annual sustainability report and create a biennial review of benchmarks. ..."
