Burwood Brickworks
Frasers Property Group
LOCATION Burwood Brickworks, Burwood East, Victoria, Australia
INSTALL DATE January 2020
INDUSTRY Retail
Background
With the construction of Burwood Brickworks, Frasers Property Group aimed to establish the first retail development in the world to achieve Living Building Challenge™ certification, the most advanced measure of sustainability in the built environment. On course to achieve the goal of the world's most sustainable shopping centre, Burwood Brickworks has already received a 6-Star Green Star Design and As Built rating from the Green Building Council of Australia.
The Green Solution
Needing to adhere to strict building regulations to meet their sustainability target for the new development, Frasers sought innovative Australian-owned and manufactured technology to process their organic waste sustainably with minimal impact on the environment, whilst adhering to the highest global standards for the build.
Existing, alternative technologies were out-dated, harmful to the environment and typically foreign owned/made giving Frasers limited visibility and tracking of the materials used in machine construction and limited local support. Working with Suez, awarded the contract for the entire site's waste, a WasteMaster 400 food waste conversion system for re-purposing of food waste as a valuable resource, was commissioned on site in January 2020.
Positive Outcomes
Repurposed residue of 4.83 tonnes sent to Yarra Valley Water created enough green electricity to power 774 homes for one day
84% CO2-eq reduction in greenhouse gas generation compared with landfill disposal
Education of retailers and community about the negative impact of food waste and the benefit of diversion
Measurable and reportable environmental benefits from the use of the WasteMaster
During the first six-month period (with a COVID caveat for the latter three months), the WasteMaster system has diverted 18.7 tonnes of food waste from landfill, preventing the generation of 14.63 tonnes of greenhouse gas.
Environmental and Operational Benefits
Prevention of greenhouse gas generation due to diversion of food waste from landfill
Organic waste converted on site reducing CO2-eq emissions from transport
No additives, microbes or water required for the conversion process
Residue from conversion retains its calorific value to produce green energy and other resources
Local, responsive support from Australian company including remote management and monthly reporting
“As part of an integrated materials management approach, the innovative WasteMaster technology helps us to divert all of our organic food waste away from landfill, significantly reducing our environmental footprint. Efficiently converting and re-purposing our organic waste on site, into a re-usable residual material for green energy generation, has also led to further reductions in vehicle movements and costs.”
Eric Park, Property Manager, Frasers Property Australia