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Sustainable Buildings Research Centre (SBRC)

Australia’s First Fully Certified “Living” Building
WINNER OF THE LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE
6 Star Green Star Rated

Builder

Lend Lease

Architect

COX Architecture

Milo Dunphy Award for Sustainable Architecture, AIA NSW 2015
State Commendation for Education Architecture, AIA NSW 2015
Excellence in Construction of Tertiary Buildings, Master Builders Association 2013
Excellence in Construction for Energy & Resource Efficiency, Master Builders Association 2013

The multi award-winning 6 Star Green Star Rated Sustainable Buildings Research Centre at UOW’s Innovation campus, is Australia’s first building to be fully certified under the Living Building Challenge (LBC). It is the first outside the USA and one of just 24 Certified “Living” Buildings in the world at the time. The Brick Pit was specified by Cox Architecture to supply 80,000 recycled bricks for this flagship project. Its 6 Star Green Star rating acknowledges world leadership in sustainability.