5 Parks Boulevard
5 Parks Boulevard is one of the buildings in the Oxford Park precinct developed by Intaprop, targeting a 6 Star Green Star Office v1.1. Design & a Net Zero Carbon level 1 (Modelled) Certification recognised as ‘World Leadership’.
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The project consists of 5 floors and a Roof Floor level with a Usable Area of 6506 m² and a GFA of 9193 m² excluding parking area. Situated in Dunkeld, which is relatively adjacent to Johannesburg’s major commercial, entertainment, and transportation centres.
5 Parks provides a flexible workspace that can be adapted to the needs of the modern workforce. Tenants have the flexibility to design a range of workspaces, from private offices to collaborative spaces, providing employees with a variety of options for how they work.
Building Information
Address: 5 Parks Boulevard, Dunkeld, Johannesburg
Total gross floor area: 9 193 m²
Total commercial office area: 6 506 m²
Sustainable building features
- Environmental strategies have been implemented to enhance the well-being of the building’s users such as ample fresh air, access to external views, and plenty of natural daylight.
- Sub-metering of major energy and water-consuming systems is in place. Water efficient fittings are also being installed that limit occupant water usage at 0.54L/day/m2.
- In addition, to minimise greenhouse gas emissions associated with operational energy consumption, an energy model of the building was generated during the design stage, comparing the building to a SANS 10400 notional building model. This energy model has helped to inform the building design to ensure a high performing building from a building envelope perspective.
- The building is equipped with solar panels with a capacity of 217.1 kW. The annual energy production from here is 340.9 MWh. This installation will reduce the buildings reliance on energy produced from coal and thus reducing the organisation carbon footprint.
- Modelling also enabled internal operative temperatures to be assessed to ensure that they are within the ASHRAE Standard 55-2004 Acceptability Limits for at least 98% of occupied hours, thus ensuring a high level of thermal comfort. Building Glazing Performance modelling was also carried out and performance values were agreed with the architect and mechanical engineer.
- In terms of reducing energy consumption, provision has been made to ensure that all individual or enclosed spaces are individually switched with occupancy sensors. The project also saves energy by providing office lighting that is not over designed, with an average maintained illuminance level of no more than 300 lux.
- All selected gaseous and fire suppression systems, refrigerants and thermal insulants used for the development have an Ozone Depleting Potential (ODP) of zero, to eliminate any contributions to long-term damage to the earth’s stratospheric ozone layer.
- A project specific Waste Management Plan was developed and implemented throughout the duration of construction to establish guidelines to follow to minimise the environmental impact associated with construction activities.
- To reduce waste to landfill during building operations, a waste recycling storage area has been provided in the basement of the building as well as in the Oxford Parks Precinct with a total required waste recycling storage area of 32m2. This dedicated area meets the Green Star sizing requirement, and will accommodate paper and cardboard; plastic, glass, and cans; and metals.
- As more than five (5) amenities are located within 400 meters of Oxford Parks, the project concentrates on encouraging walking and cycling.
Project Team
OWNER: Intaprop
ACCREDITED PROFFESSIONAL: Solid Green Consulting
ARCHITECT GLH: Architect
ELECTRICAL ENGINEER RWP: Consulting Engineers
FIRE ENGINEER: WSP
LIFT SPECIALIST: Schindler
MECHANICAL ENGINEER: Adaptive Resource Engineers
QUANTITY SURVEYORS: Gro2 Consulting, Agora Africa
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS: Pure Consulting
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN REVIEW: Solid Green Consulting
SUSTAINABLE BUILDING CONSULTANT: Solid Green Consulting
WET SERVICES: Izazi Consulting Engineers
MAIN CONTRACTOR: Concor
PROJECT MANAGER: Morta Consulting
LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT COMPANY: Insite Group
BMS SYSTEMS PROFESSIONAL: Adaptive Resource Engineers
