Buying into an Eco-friendly apartment building in Sydney
We often get asked, if you wanted to buy an apartment in an eco-friendly strata apartment building in Sydney, where would you buy?
We have now mapped the most eco friendly strata schemes across a pool of 49,000+ strata schemes in 29 local government areas around Sydney in our Electrify Strata project. We have also linked all the strata properties in the North Sydney area which have solar with links to the building profile pages on Domain here.
The buildings on the Wattblock Top 40 Eco apartment buildings for buying a unit in Sydney list use one of the 3 types of renewable energy:
* Solar photovoltaic cells to produce electricity for the common areas, individual apartments or both
* Solar thermal collectors to heat hot water for a common hot water plant
* Air-sourced heat pumps which capture air temperature from the "urban heat island" and channel this into heating common hot water
OR
* Are committed to sustainable transport, through being prepared with electric vehicle chargepoints
OR
* have green roof, communal vegetable/herb gardens, worm farms, composting
or may have a combination of these eco credentials.
This year, an apartment building had to have at least a 16kW solar photovoltaic system to make the list, which is up from 4.5kW solar system required to make the list just 5 years ago.
As of June 2021, this is the list. It is also available as a video on youtube here.
1) Ed. Square, Edmondson Park - 2.5MW solar system, embedded network, geothermal A/C, EV charging ready, grey water. No gas.
Watch the video on Ed. Square.
2) Central Park,One Central Park Avenue Chippendale - tri-generation, embedded network, grey water, green wall, heliostat, carshare
Read about Central Park winning the UDIA award.
3) Genesis, 133 Bowden St Meadowbank - 30kW solar, embedded network, UV warm water system, greenroof, solar powered EV charging
Watch the video on Genesis
4) Generation W, 26-34 McElhone St Neutral Bay - vegetable & herb garden, chamaeleon lighting, heat pump hot water. No gas.
Read about Generation W winning the Strata Community Association Environment Award
5) Goldsbrough Apartments, 271 Pyrmont St Ultimo, 176kW solar system
6) Quay Grand, 61 Macquarie St Sydney, 100kW solar system
7) The Orchards Norwest, 11 Spurway Dr Kellyville, 100kW solar system
8) Fleetview Apartments, 41 Refinery Dr Pyrmont, 100kW solar system
9) Revolution Apartments, 359 Illawarra Rd Marrickville, 76kW solar system
10) Rina Apartments, 3-9 Church Ave Mascot, 75kW solar system
11) Zinc, 30 Garden Street Alexandria, 25kW solar system, electricity monitoring, energy efficiency, 60kW solar sharing, EV charging
12) Mindarie St Units, 2-6 Mindarie St Lane Cove, 2 x 30kW solar systems
13) The Burcham, 8 Crewe Place Rosebery , 53kW solar system, solar powered EV charging, communal garden, rooftop greenspace
14) Avanti Apartments, 90 George St Hornsby, 51kW solar system
15) Aria Apartments, 5 Potter Street Waterloo, 50kW solar system
16) Regency, 2B Help St Chatswood, 50kW solar system
17) 8 John Tipping Grove, Penrith, 39kW solar system
18) 20 Newtown St, Alexandria, 9 x 2.5kW solar systems for individual apartments and 1 x 10kW solar system for common areas
19) The Regency, 36 Victoria St Epping, 34kW solar system
20) Bay Gardens, 1 Wride St Maroubra, 31.7kW solar system and heat pump
21) Mondrian Apartments, 4 Powell Street Waterloo, 30kW solar system
22) One Darling Harbour, 50 Murray St, 30kW solar system
23) Kai Apartments, 2-4 Wentworth St Manly, 28.8kW solar system
24) Vinosa, 2-8 Jenner St Little Bay, 28kW solar system
25) Glo Apartments, 20 Eve Street Erskineville, 28kW solar system
26) Capella, 258 Anzac Parade Kensington, 27.5kW solar system
27) The Place, 1 Markham St Ashfield, 26kW solar system
28) Aria, 6 Grandstand Pde, Zetland, 25kW solar system
29) Wimbourne, 2-14 Pacific St Bronte, Solar thermal hot water system
30) The Phoenix, 1 Shirley Street Alexandria, 20kW solar system
31) Bestheda House, 80A Victoria Rd, Marrickville NSW, 20kW solar system
32) Kareela Court,4-8 Kareela Rd Cremorne Point, 20KW solar system
33) Liberty, 172 Riley St Darlinghurst, 20kW solar system
34) Panorama, 3 Raymond Rd Neutral Bay, 16kW shared solar system with Allume Solshare for 3 apartments and common areas
35) Nexus, 15 Atchison St, St Leonards, Solar Thermal hot water. Sydney's first "green apartment building" since 2007
36) Infinity Cove, 2 Burley St Lane Cove, 40 EV charge stations
37) 17 Grasmere Rd, Neutral Bay, 2 x heat pumps for common hot water
38) Meriton Arise, 150-158 Epping Rd Lane Cove West, heat pump hot water. No gas connected to site.
39) Australia Towers Stage 1, Sydney Olympic Park, solar thermal hot water
40) 16-24 Dunblane St, Camperdown, solar thermal hot water
View the presentation pack of the Wattblock Top 40 Eco Apartment Buildings for buying a unit in Sydney or watch the youtube here. This list has been featured on Urban.com.au and the Top 10 Eco Apartment Buildings in Australia has been featured on Realestate.com.au.
Not eligible
-The Fern, 7 Wyndham St Alexandria, Passivhaus luxury accomodation
-Botanic, 176 Blaxland Rd Ryde, 26kW solar system, EV carshare, solar powered EV charging, 'Build to rent'. See the rating certificate here.
Since this list was originally compiled in June 2021, the following apartment buildings in Sydney have also become more sustainable:
41) 20 Ross St Waverton, 10kW solar system and heat pumps
42) Watson Towers, 11-17 Watson St Neutral Bay, 30kW solar system and 10kWh battery
43) Serenity, 16 Freeman Rd Chatswood, 30kW solar system and heat pump
44) 6 Williams Pde Dulwich Hill, 20kW solar system
45) Ambervale, 6-8 Northwood Ave Camperdown, 30kW solar system and 26.6kWh battery
46) Somerset Mews, 2 Rosebery St Balmain, 39kW solar system and 26.6kWh battery
47) 24 Yeo St Neutral Bay, heat pump
48) Westpoint, 64 Wrights Rd Drummoyne, 31kW solar system
49) Galleria, 27-52 Palmer St Wooolloomooloo, 22kW solar system and 26.6kWh battery. NABERS rating increased from 0 stars to 4.5 stars.
50) Maestro, 164 Ross St Forest Lodge, Australia's first 6 star NABERS rated building using local solar power and greenpower
Also, if you are interested in the top apartment buildings in Sydney to charge your electric vehicle, they can be found here.
Over the past 9 years we have been working on sustainability programs for apartment buildings for 11 different high density local councils in Sydney. Developers have requested us to rate the environmental credentials of their new buildings and architects have asked us to provide consulting when they are bidding on the opportunity to design green, sustainable apartment buildings. View over 50 videos on our youtube channel.
We have now mapped the most eco friendly strata schemes across a pool of 49,000+ strata schemes in 29 local government areas around Sydney in our Electrify Strata project. We have also linked all the strata properties in the North Sydney area which have solar with links to the building profile pages on Domain here.
The buildings on the Wattblock Top 40 Eco apartment buildings for buying a unit in Sydney list use one of the 3 types of renewable energy:
* Solar photovoltaic cells to produce electricity for the common areas, individual apartments or both
* Solar thermal collectors to heat hot water for a common hot water plant
* Air-sourced heat pumps which capture air temperature from the "urban heat island" and channel this into heating common hot water
OR
* Are committed to sustainable transport, through being prepared with electric vehicle chargepoints
OR
* have green roof, communal vegetable/herb gardens, worm farms, composting
or may have a combination of these eco credentials.
This year, an apartment building had to have at least a 16kW solar photovoltaic system to make the list, which is up from 4.5kW solar system required to make the list just 5 years ago.
As of June 2021, this is the list. It is also available as a video on youtube here.
1) Ed. Square, Edmondson Park - 2.5MW solar system, embedded network, geothermal A/C, EV charging ready, grey water. No gas.
Watch the video on Ed. Square.
2) Central Park,One Central Park Avenue Chippendale - tri-generation, embedded network, grey water, green wall, heliostat, carshare
Read about Central Park winning the UDIA award.
3) Genesis, 133 Bowden St Meadowbank - 30kW solar, embedded network, UV warm water system, greenroof, solar powered EV charging
Watch the video on Genesis
4) Generation W, 26-34 McElhone St Neutral Bay - vegetable & herb garden, chamaeleon lighting, heat pump hot water. No gas.
Read about Generation W winning the Strata Community Association Environment Award
5) Goldsbrough Apartments, 271 Pyrmont St Ultimo, 176kW solar system
6) Quay Grand, 61 Macquarie St Sydney, 100kW solar system
7) The Orchards Norwest, 11 Spurway Dr Kellyville, 100kW solar system
8) Fleetview Apartments, 41 Refinery Dr Pyrmont, 100kW solar system
9) Revolution Apartments, 359 Illawarra Rd Marrickville, 76kW solar system
10) Rina Apartments, 3-9 Church Ave Mascot, 75kW solar system
11) Zinc, 30 Garden Street Alexandria, 25kW solar system, electricity monitoring, energy efficiency, 60kW solar sharing, EV charging
12) Mindarie St Units, 2-6 Mindarie St Lane Cove, 2 x 30kW solar systems
13) The Burcham, 8 Crewe Place Rosebery , 53kW solar system, solar powered EV charging, communal garden, rooftop greenspace
14) Avanti Apartments, 90 George St Hornsby, 51kW solar system
15) Aria Apartments, 5 Potter Street Waterloo, 50kW solar system
16) Regency, 2B Help St Chatswood, 50kW solar system
17) 8 John Tipping Grove, Penrith, 39kW solar system
18) 20 Newtown St, Alexandria, 9 x 2.5kW solar systems for individual apartments and 1 x 10kW solar system for common areas
19) The Regency, 36 Victoria St Epping, 34kW solar system
20) Bay Gardens, 1 Wride St Maroubra, 31.7kW solar system and heat pump
21) Mondrian Apartments, 4 Powell Street Waterloo, 30kW solar system
22) One Darling Harbour, 50 Murray St, 30kW solar system
23) Kai Apartments, 2-4 Wentworth St Manly, 28.8kW solar system
24) Vinosa, 2-8 Jenner St Little Bay, 28kW solar system
25) Glo Apartments, 20 Eve Street Erskineville, 28kW solar system
26) Capella, 258 Anzac Parade Kensington, 27.5kW solar system
27) The Place, 1 Markham St Ashfield, 26kW solar system
28) Aria, 6 Grandstand Pde, Zetland, 25kW solar system
29) Wimbourne, 2-14 Pacific St Bronte, Solar thermal hot water system
30) The Phoenix, 1 Shirley Street Alexandria, 20kW solar system
31) Bestheda House, 80A Victoria Rd, Marrickville NSW, 20kW solar system
32) Kareela Court,4-8 Kareela Rd Cremorne Point, 20KW solar system
33) Liberty, 172 Riley St Darlinghurst, 20kW solar system
34) Panorama, 3 Raymond Rd Neutral Bay, 16kW shared solar system with Allume Solshare for 3 apartments and common areas
35) Nexus, 15 Atchison St, St Leonards, Solar Thermal hot water. Sydney's first "green apartment building" since 2007
36) Infinity Cove, 2 Burley St Lane Cove, 40 EV charge stations
37) 17 Grasmere Rd, Neutral Bay, 2 x heat pumps for common hot water
38) Meriton Arise, 150-158 Epping Rd Lane Cove West, heat pump hot water. No gas connected to site.
39) Australia Towers Stage 1, Sydney Olympic Park, solar thermal hot water
40) 16-24 Dunblane St, Camperdown, solar thermal hot water
View the presentation pack of the Wattblock Top 40 Eco Apartment Buildings for buying a unit in Sydney or watch the youtube here. This list has been featured on Urban.com.au and the Top 10 Eco Apartment Buildings in Australia has been featured on Realestate.com.au.
Not eligible
-The Fern, 7 Wyndham St Alexandria, Passivhaus luxury accomodation
-Botanic, 176 Blaxland Rd Ryde, 26kW solar system, EV carshare, solar powered EV charging, 'Build to rent'. See the rating certificate here.
Since this list was originally compiled in June 2021, the following apartment buildings in Sydney have also become more sustainable:
41) 20 Ross St Waverton, 10kW solar system and heat pumps
42) Watson Towers, 11-17 Watson St Neutral Bay, 30kW solar system and 10kWh battery
43) Serenity, 16 Freeman Rd Chatswood, 30kW solar system and heat pump
44) 6 Williams Pde Dulwich Hill, 20kW solar system
45) Ambervale, 6-8 Northwood Ave Camperdown, 30kW solar system and 26.6kWh battery
46) Somerset Mews, 2 Rosebery St Balmain, 39kW solar system and 26.6kWh battery
47) 24 Yeo St Neutral Bay, heat pump
48) Westpoint, 64 Wrights Rd Drummoyne, 31kW solar system
49) Galleria, 27-52 Palmer St Wooolloomooloo, 22kW solar system and 26.6kWh battery. NABERS rating increased from 0 stars to 4.5 stars.
50) Maestro, 164 Ross St Forest Lodge, Australia's first 6 star NABERS rated building using local solar power and greenpower
Also, if you are interested in the top apartment buildings in Sydney to charge your electric vehicle, they can be found here.
Over the past 9 years we have been working on sustainability programs for apartment buildings for 11 different high density local councils in Sydney. Developers have requested us to rate the environmental credentials of their new buildings and architects have asked us to provide consulting when they are bidding on the opportunity to design green, sustainable apartment buildings. View over 50 videos on our youtube channel.