Green light

BOGACKI PROPERTY Consultants has been working in partnership with the Department of Conservation for more than seven years. The company has been instrumental in planning DOC's head office reorganisation in Wellington since the department occupied four separate buildings.

Over that time the company has reorganised DOC into fewer and better-quality premises with the ultimate objective of housing the entire Wellington-based department together in one place, says Andy Bogacki, director of Bogacki Property Consultants.

"The Department of Conservation has been looking for a new office building in which to house its Wellington staff that would provide a pleasant, environmentally pro-active space so that staff can feel proud of the place in which they work this has now been realised through the Conservation House project."

The department employed a list of six fundamental principals as criteria for the selection and development process. These were to optimise site potential, minimise energy consumption, protect and conserve water, use environmentally preferable products, enhance indoor environmental quality and optimise operational and maintenance practises.

"The building needed to be as much as possible a high-performance green building otherwise known as a sustainable building with objectives being to prevent environmental degradation and avoid resource depletion of energy, water and raw materials," says Bogacki.

Initially, 11 buildings were identified as potential offices before five were shortlisted for consideration. The culmination of the four-month process was the choosing of the Manners St site, which Bogacki says met a number of the criteria including the potential for sustainability, proximity to staff facilities, and an attractive financial package.

Contact Bogacki Property Consultants, PO Box 1048, Wellington, phone (04) 473 4146, fax (04) 473 6162. Email: andybogacki@bogacki.co.nz. Website: www.bogacki.co.nz.

Story by: Trendsideas