DEPI Office Building
The low-emission electrical output of the microturbines helped the facility achieve a 5-Star Green Star rating.
Project Details
| Site Owner | Department of Primary Industries |
| Commission Date | 2014 |
| Fuel Source | Natural Gas |
| Facility | Office Building |
| Location | Attwood, VIC |
| System Application | Power Only |
Description
The Department of Primary Industry’s (now known as Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources) Attwood facility designs and delivers government policies and programs that enable Victoria’s primary and energy industries to sustainably maximise the wealth and wellbeing they generate.
As a 5-Star Green Star rating, this project involved the demolition and complete reconstruction of an existing facility, along with the internal refurbishment and services upgrade of a second facility. The new facility contains an Incident Control Centre for coordinating and managing large-scale Department of Primary Industries’ procedures and state-wide operations, a number of large open plan office spaces and a refurbished PC1 laboratory.
Due to the critical work this department conducts, they were looking for a power generation and backup solution that was ultra-reliable, while still being environmentally friendly and energy efficient. This is when Optimal Group approached them with a solution to install three C65 microturbines at their facility that were capable of generating 195kW of reliable and low-emission electricity.