An environmentally friendly community health centre has been opened on Tasmania’s Bruny Island, with predictions it will become the Tasmanian Government’s first zero-energy building.
The building, which was opened in early February, features a solar photovoltaic system, a 10 kW wind turbine and a solar hot water system, as well as energy efficiency features such as double glazing and high insulation levels.
Tasmanian Health Minister Lara Giddings, who opened the facility, said that the wind turbine alone would generate twice the building’s forecast energy use, allowing energy to be passed back into the grid.
Bruny Island is a remote part of Tasmania that is home to an increasing number of permanent residents, commuters to Hobart and visitors.
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