Nelson Street Apartments, Mackay QLD
Nelson Street, Mackay
This mixed use proposal provides 49 energy efficient 1,2 and 3 bedroom apartments with views over the Pioneer River to the north over a small commercial premises and underground carparking on the corner of River Street and Nelson Streets in the CBD of Mackay Queensland.
The proposal aims to minimise the use of energy by the implementation of many passive solar techniques. Every apartment has cross ventilation opening to the northeast cooling breeze and minimal east and westerly facing windows to avoid the low angle morning and afternoon solar gain into the apartments. Solar panels on the signature roof form will collect solar energy for use in water heating and energy creation. Water collected from the roof will be used to fill the on site pool and water the vertical landscape gardens.
Nelson Street, Mackay
This mixed use proposal provides 49 energy efficient 1,2 and 3 bedroom apartments with views over the Pioneer River to the north over a small commercial premises and underground carparking on the corner of River Street and Nelson Streets in the CBD of Mackay Queensland.
The proposal aims to minimise the use of energy by the implementation of many passive solar techniques. Every apartment has cross ventilation opening to the northeast cooling breeze and minimal east and westerly facing windows to avoid the low angle morning and afternoon solar gain into the apartments. Solar panels on the signature roof form will collect solar energy for use in water heating and energy creation. Water collected from the roof will be used to fill the on site pool and water the vertical landscape gardens.