Awards
Building Design
After ten years of constructing hermetically sealed, fully air-conditioned buildings, Macquarie University made a breakthrough in the design of the mixed mode commerce building. It is this design that has brought acknowledgment for architects DEM, along with Macquarie University, with the presentation of a Bronze Medal in the Green Buildings Awards 2003. These awards, conducted by The Architecture Show Magazine, in conjunction with The Francis Greenway Society, recognised the environmental sustainability of the project. To learn more about the project click here.
Macquarie received the State Government Green Globe Award for Sustainability for the co-generation plant next to the Library. The plant uses gas to fuel two generators that produce electrical energy. The heat recovered from the generators is used to run an absorption chiller that produces chilled water and stores it in a 1.25 million litre tank for distribution around the University. This system reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 44 per cent compared to a traditional system.
Innovation Towards Sustainability Award
The Macquarie University Innovation Awards recognise and reward staff and students for outstanding performance and excellence in innovation. The 4th Macquarie University Innovation Awards held Oct 31 2007 were the first of the University Awards to incorporate a sustainability category, 'Innovation Towards Sustainability'.
A combined team effort from Janelle Thomas, Fil Cerone, Leanne Denby, Lynn Delgado, Jeremy Mah, Ruth Tregale, Jessica North and Daniella Tilbury took out the Innovation Towards Sustainability Award for 2007 for their work in Generating Learning-based Change for Sustainability through action research and education for sustainability.