Council House 2 (CH2) was Australia's first building to be awarded a six star green star design rating. Since its completion in 2006, CH2 has changed the landscape of its local area and inspired developers and designers across Australia and the world. CH2 is located at 240 Little Collins Street, Melbourne. The building has generated substantial interest, with many people keen to see for themselves how its features appear and work.
CH2 has been designed to reflect the planet’s ecology, a complex system of inter-related components. Find out how the building was designed to work as an ecosystem.
The first focus of the design process for CH2 was to gain an understanding of Melbourne’s climate and weather patterns. The design team found that responding to the site’s climactic conditions highlighted a range of opportunities for energy efficiency.
Melbourne’s changeable weather was viewed as an opportunity to design the building around the concept of cold energy storage. The building operates in two seasonal modes, winter and summer, as well as day mode and night mode.
Source:
Council House 2 – How it works? (Document)
https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/CH2-how-it-works.pdf