Business & Innovation Centre
The Business and Innovation Centre develops enterprises and initiatives based on desert knowledge. The building serves as a social hub for the new precinct and demonstrates key principals of energy efficient and environmentally sustainable design.
During the concept design stages the ESD consultant established energy consumption targets for the design based on combined reference to the Australian Building Greenhouse Rating tool, Property Council of Australia Energy Guidelines and the draft BCA regulations for Class 5-9 buildings, and the prevailing climate of Alice Springs. The preliminary target was 640Mj / annum / sqm. The predicted energy use of the final design bettered the target with an expected figure of 580Mj / annum / sqm.
