Thirty finalists have been announced in the 2016 Victorian Premier's Sustainability Awards, featuring three in the Built Environment category.

St Kilda East group known as '38 Westbury Street' has been nominated for their Green Roof in the City program.

Residents turned their 1950's apartment building walk-on rooftop from a wasted urban space into a stunning ‘green roof’.  The new retrofitted garden and leisure space offers not only a sanctuary for the residents but simple sustainable solutions to assist with water management, resource efficiency and energy savings.                        



Energy Action has been announced as a finalist for their 747 Collins Street - Breaking the 6 Star NABERS Barrier program.

747 Collins Street is a 17 storey office building located in the Collins Square precinct. The building was originally designed to achieve a 5 star NABERS base building energy rating - owners and managers are now working towards a 6.0 star rating.

Monash University has been acknowledges as a finalist for renovating a dilapidated asbestos-clad warehouse at their Clayton campus using Passive House design principles.

One of the first large commercial buildings in Australia to do so, the contaminated site is now an innovative, energy efficient, vibrant and comfortable open office space, achieving close to net zero carbon.

Premier's Sustainability Awards' winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on Thursday 20 October at the Plaza Ballroom, Melbourne.

For more information on the awards, finalists and to purchase tickets for the award ceremony, visit the awards website.