15 Stout Street Rejuvenating

Wellingtons most iconic building

Jason Quinn, GSAP, COR Associates
Jason@corassociates.co.nz

15 Stout Street

Tenant

Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment
Owner

Argosy Property Limited

Size

19,319 m2 NLA per NZGBC

Design-Build Team

Set our goal & it became another requirement

Main Contractor: McKee-Fehl Constructors Ltd
Architect: Warren and Mahoney Architects Ltd
Mechanical: COR Associates Ltd / Aquaheat Industries Ltd
Structural: Aurecon Group NZ
Electrical: Pacific Consultants / Frank Millar & Co.
Plumbing: Michael Stretton Ltd / Professional Plumbing Solutions Ltd
Fire: Aquaheat Industries Ltd / Holmes Fire
Green Star Accredited Professional: COR Associates Ltd
Tenant Representative: The Building Intelligence Group
Owner: Argosy Property Management Ltd
Independent Commissioning Agent / Building Tuning: ECOsystems Ltd
BMS: Aquaheat Industries Ltd / Building Automation Systems Ltd
Mechanical Commissioning: MK Lawson Ltd
Acoustics: Marshall Day Acoustics

Heritage Building 1939

Good fundamentals: structure, faade, good

glazing ratio

Improved fundamentals: form factor, removed

skylights, insulated new faade, high

performance atrium glazing and new windows.
Issues: bronze single pane windows, copper
gutters, space external for visitor bicycles

Green Star Rating Points

45-59
'Best Practice'
60-74
'New Zealand
Excellence
75-100
'World
Leadership'

Innovation
(3 out of 5)
Seismic in-situ
testing
Temperzone multifan EC fan coil
Advanced
temperature
setback controls

Designed to reduce impact

Insulation and glazing selected for performance
Atrium double glazed spectrally selective glass decreased
cooling and increased heating
LV8 standard low-e double glazing with low conductivity thermal
spacers

Heat recovery ventilation provides 22 kWh/m2 annually

remaining heating requires only 30 kWh/m2
Intelligent lighting control throughout the building
dimming, occupancy sensors linked to BMS
Building Tuning: optimum start, airflows, cooling
Measured water use reduced by 64%, ~consumption 360
L/m2 annually (9% showers used quite a bit)
Measured energy use reduced by 46%, ~170 NZ homes

Indoor Environmental Quality

Designed for excellent air quality
Used low VOC emitting materials in ceiling tiles,
timber, carpets, fabrics, paint and adhesives
Dedicated tenant utility area exhaust risers
Outside air rates 2.5x NZBC for NZGBC design loading
CO2 monitoring and control system

Designed for visual comfort

Good surface illuminance levels
External views of the harbour and sky through atrium
Intelligent lighting auto dimming tuned to satisfy
occupants

Lessons Learned
Wellington Auckland
Green star is flexible both good & bad
Suppliers are getting
better: Steel & PVC
Paperwork wasnt as
integrated as it couldve
been - documentation
chasing was required
NABERSNZ retrofitted

15 Stout Street

Tenant

Ministry of Business,
Innovation and Employment
Owner

Argosy Property Limited

Size

19,319 m2 NLA per NZGBC