Honeywell – a Global Goals partner of the
Sydney Opera House – supports
Australia's most famous building
to attain globally recognised sustainability rating through
innovative technology
SYDNEY, May 18, 2023
/PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON), a Sydney Opera House Global Goals partner since
2021, today announced its contributions to help the UNESCO
World Heritage-listed building achieve a 6 Star
Green Star rating from the Green Building Council of
Australia (GBCA). Key to this
achievement was retrofitting the Sydney Opera House with Honeywell's
innovative, ready now technology to help support more sustainable
operations and to reduce the building's environmental impact.
The Sydney Opera House is one
of the first UNESCO World Heritage-listed buildings to receive a
6 Star Green Star rating, which represents
'World Leadership' in environmental and social sustainability
operations. This achievement is the result of continually improving
the building's performance, reducing its carbon emissions and
maintaining its carbon neutral certification.
As a globally recognized performing arts venue and World
Heritage-listed icon, the Sydney
Opera House operates 24/7 requiring close collaboration between
Honeywell and the Sydney Opera
House's safety, projects, and service teams. Together, they work to
identify and implement solutions tailored to the unique needs of
the building. This includes:
- Creating a technology system that monitors indoor air quality
(IAQ), and relative humidity (rH).
- Integrating more than 20 disparate subsystems in the building
to help improve safety, energy and water usage.
- Implementing several innovations including electricity
spot-price monitoring, extraction fan control in non-air
conditioned (AC) areas and monitoring of cold room doors that
remain open for too long.
- Automating outside air control through real-time air quality
data from the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM).
- Identifying potential energy saving opportunities in the
building, including the installation of more than 60 water meters
and more than 800 electrical meters.
These strategies help enable automated responses and alerts to
changing conditions, which supports operational efficiency and
provides a safer and more comfortable environment for staff,
audiences and visitors.
"Sustainability is in the Sydney Opera House's DNA. Architect
Jørn Utzon incorporated sustainable design into the fabric of
the building in the 1960s. Now, as we approach our 50th
birthday later this year, we continue to look for ways to build on
this legacy by embedding sustainable thinking into everything we
do," said Louise Herron AM, CEO,
Sydney Opera House. "Thanks to
the long-term support from our Global Goals Partner Honeywell, the
Opera House is working harder and smarter than ever before and I'm
thrilled to see this recognised in such a significant way. It's a
testament to the power of meaningful partnerships in driving
positive change."
"The Sydney Opera House takes a
thoughtful and deliberate approach to minimise its impact on the
environment while providing a world-class experience for its
occupants – all while carefully protecting its UNESCO World
Heritage-listed status," said Billal
Hammoud, president and CEO of Honeywell Building
Technologies. "This requires a careful balance and
technologies, but most importantly, teamwork. The Honeywell team
who service and support the Sydney
Opera House every day closely collaborate with its engineering and
sustainability teams to make sure the building systems are
performing efficiently and we work to find innovative solutions to
meet well-defined goals."
Technologies enabling a well-deserved energy rating
The Sydney Opera House is a
pioneer in leveraging new technology to further its sustainability
initiatives, including piloting solutions like the Honeywell
Buildings Sustainability Manager, a ready now software platform
that provides better visibility of energy use and Scope 1 and 2
carbon emissions – down to an asset or device level – without
compromising on occupant comfort.
The 6 Star Green Star rating centres on
innovation, and a long-lasting commitment to sustainability.
Collaborating closely with the Sydney Opera House's engineering team,
Honeywell has tailored the system to the unique requirements of a
performing arts building, while leveraging existing systems such as
the building's pioneering seawater cooling system. Building
operations at the Sydney Opera
House are anchored by the Honeywell Enterprise Buildings Integrator
(EBI), a comprehensive solution that monitors and controls the
building management system (BMS), as well as hardware and equipment
throughout the building's ecosystem.
Using the system as a single point of data analysis, the teams
can more effectively monitor and control systems to support peak
performance. For example, system captures information on ticket
sales to enable efficient temperature scheduling in performance
venues, switching heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC)
equipment on and off, and calculating baseline energy consumption.
In instances of high energy demand, the BMS alerts the building to
respond by selectively shedding electricity loads. Additionally,
the air circulation system automatically shuts down outside air
intakes during bushfire smoke events to improve IAQ and occupant
experience.
The GBCA Green Star Building rating tool is similar to the
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification
system from the U.S. Green Buildings Council (USGBC).
About Honeywell and the Sydney Opera House partnership
In 2021,
the Sydney Opera House welcomed
Honeywell as its first Global Goals partner, supporting the
world-famous performing arts centre's commitment to sustainability,
diversity and inclusion. Since then, the Sydney Opera House and Honeywell have
collaborated on initiatives aligned with the Global Goals including
an event to discuss how engineers are contributing to positive
social and environmental change, launching a program to support
First Nations tertiary graduates with their chosen profession, and
working with the Sydney Opera
House on its roadmap to become climate-positive by 2030.
About Honeywell Building Technologies
Honeywell
Building Technologies (HBT) is transforming the way every
building operates to help improve the quality of life. We are a
leading building controls company with operations in more than 75
countries supported by a global channel partner network. Commercial
building owners and operators use our hardware, software and
analytics to help create safer, more sustainable and productive
facilities. Our solutions and services are used in more than 10
million buildings worldwide.
Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100 technology
company that delivers industry specific solutions that include
aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings
and industry; and performance materials globally. Our technologies
help aircraft, buildings, manufacturing plants, supply chains, and
workers become more connected to make our world smarter, safer, and
more sustainable. For more news and information on Honeywell,
please visit www.honeywell.com/newsroom.
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mwellington@sydneyoperahouse.com.au
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