The trigeneration installation at the Central Park development in Sydney is thriving, according to the site developers Frasers Property Australia and Tzannes Associates.
Located at the old Carlton United Brewery site in Sydney, the redevelopment covers 225,000 square metres.
It is a mix of retail, commercial space, 400 hotel rooms and more than 2200 residential units.
Trigeneration is providing all of the energy for hot and cold water as well as airconditioning at the site. Tenants rely on a gas-fired turbine instead of taking power from the electricity grid.
Central Park also has a private utility on site treating around 1 million litres of sewage and storm water per day.
The 62-metre heritage listed chimney flue exhaust adjacent to the site’s old boiler house has been retained and creatively adapted to be used as the exhaust flue for the gas boiler in the new trigeneration plant.
The actual plant is located below the ground level of the site and comprises two 1.1 megawatt reciprocating engines which will eventually produce enough low-emission electricity and thermal energy for the entire Central Park precinct through use of natural gas.
The six rooftop cooling towers are covered in a metal mesh fabric which gives it a futuristic look. A feature on heating systems and boilers features in the August edition of CCN Magazine.