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Case Studies & Publications

Case Studies

Examples of innovation across our businesses

Each year Investa produces a series of case studies to inform staff and stakeholders about some of our more innovative achievements, particularly those that don't easily lend themselves to benchmarking. Case studies are integrated throughout our 2007 sustainability report. Following is a list of current case studies:

2008

• Improving the thermal performance of Clarendon Homes
• Landscape Philosophy for Clarendon Victoria Homes Display
• Remediation of the Nitrocellulose Burning Ground at the Paramount Industrial Estate
• Continued progress on the Swan River Restoration Project
• Enhancing Grasslands and providing improved habitat for endangered species at Paramount Industrial Estate
• Site Automated Safety Sign In (’SASSI’) system
• Taubmans low voc paint trial
• Evaluation of the Your Home Buyer’s Guide
• Investa Diploma of Sustainability in Practice

2007

• Five Star Tenancy Space
• Smart Thermostat Trial
• Permafrost
• 40 Mount Street
• Water Saving Toilet Cistern Converters
• Carpet replacement 50 Ann Street, Brisbane
• Bio-treatment for Grease Traps
• Waste Management Through Team Work
• Iron Bark
• Your Home Buyer's Guide
• Swan River Bridges to Bridges Riverbank Restoration Project
• Customised Green Star Training

2006

• Back-casting to the future
• Best practice water treatment
• C-Air Hillarys Design Assessment System
• C-Air Hillarys Multi-level Housing
• Ceilings
• Energy opportunities written into a lease deal
• External lighting
• Fitout churn
• Fluorescent lamps
• Food Waste
• Kooindah Waters Conservation and Site Remediation
• Legionella management
• Modular Carpet
• New Head Office fitout
• Passive House Design
• Rainwater capture
• Rehabilitation of Sippy Creek
• Retail Waste
• Sewage management and treatment
• Stormwater detention for irrigation
• Stormwater filtration adjacent to wetlands
• Addressing Water Restrictions
• Water Sensitive Urban Design

Recent Presentations to International Conferences

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  Changing the Culture of Commercial Buildings in Australia:
  The Role of Green Leases

  Craig Roussac, General Manager - Sustainability, Safety and Environment

  World Sustainable Building Conference SB08, Melbourne Australia
  23 September, 2008

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  Financing Sustainable Property

  Craig Roussac, General Manager - Sustainability, Safety and Environment

  World Sustainable Building Conference SB08, Melbourne Australia
  23 September, 2008

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  Earth Hour ‘From Leadership to Action’ breakfast seminar series

  John Thomas, Former Managing Director & CEO

  Hosted with City of Sydney, City of Melbourne and WWF Australia
  23 May 2008 (Sydney) and 25 June 2008 (Melbourne)

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  Greening Your Building Portfolio

  Craig Roussac, General Manager - Sustainability, Safety and Environment

  Green Building Summit ‘08, Auckland New Zealand
  29 May, 2008

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  Construction Counts for Climate

  Craig Roussac, General Manager - Sustainability, Safety and Environment

  United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Conference of the Parties (COP 13), Bali Indonesia
  7 December, 2007

Recent Publications

• Roussac, C., McGee, C., Milne, G. 2008. Changing the Culture of Commercial Buildings in Australia: The Role of Green Leases. Proceedings SB08, Melbourne.
• Submissions by G. Kuiper and C. Roussac to the Garnaut Review.
• Roussac, C. 2007. More than Bricks and Mortar. In: Khoo, V. 2007. Australian Innovation: Towards a Sustainable Future, CL Creations, Sydney, pp. 114 – 115.