Overview | Nexus

Category: Energy

Topic: solar hot water, recycling, power factor correction, lighting, lifts, hot water, energy consumption, cooling tower, car parks, car park exhaust fans, building management

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Nexus
  • Built in 2002/3
  • 11 levels of residential apartments (88 apartments)
  • 3 levels of commercial office/retail suites (14 suites)
  • 4 levels basement car parking
  • Plant Rooms, Meeting room and Gymnasium
  • Two residential lifts run from the basement levels
  • One commercial lift runs for four levels
  • Two common electricity supplies service the common areas of the building: foyer lighting, lifts, car park exhaust fans, water pumps, fire service pumps, etc
  • Central solar hot water to individual units
  • A common water cooled air conditioning tower provides chilled water to individual apartment fan units
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Since 2008, electricity consumption has been monitored and following an energy audit Nexus began implementing various changes to realise greater energy efficiencies.

In this presentation at the City of Sydney's Smart Green Apartments Forum in November 2011, Paul Mitchell from Nexus summarises what they have done.

See video

Overview of Nexus' achievements (1.9 MB)

Nexus was also featured in an article by Jimmy Thomson in Domain on 16 July 2011.

Last Updated: 
Tue, 07/08/2012
First Published: Sun, 18/07/10