SUSTAINABILITY
LPW Plumbing & Gas Solutions
LPW Plumbing & Gas Solutions’ work on a smart home in Hawthorne
Protecting tomorrow With World Earth Day on 22 April, we look at how Queensland plumbing and gas businesses can do their bit to protect tomorrow, today. A growing number of organisations are integrating sustainability into their business strategy—realising they can do well by doing good. Queensland plumbing and gas businesses have been showcasing this through award winning projects, many of which were celebrated at the 2021 Plumbing and Gas Industry Awards. Accuplumb won the 2021 QLeave Commercial and Industrial Technical Award for the install of a specified vacuum drainage system at Spicers Eco Camps. The project design requirements included limited water usage for all amenities as the site generated its own power and water supplies due to its remote location. The site location was rugged and challenging Accuplumb and required innovative sanitary solutions that used little water because of the environmental limitations. This project
Accuplumb’s work at Spicers Eco Camps
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required Accuplumb to employ multiple innovations in plumbing and focus on sustainability and the environment. LPW Plumbing & Gas Solutions won the 2021 Domestic and Residential Technical Award when they undertook the plumbing work at a domestic residence in Hawthorne, designed by Renee Dunn Architects, that resulted in a large scale, high end smart home that operates efficiently and effectively. Requiring the finest level of attention to detail and execution across all aspects of plumbing, drainage and gas, LPW Plumbing and Gas delivered an innovative sanitary drainage pumpwell and pump to overcome non favourable access to gravity feed, a 1,500L stormwater pump station, 6-star gas continuous flow hot water units throughout and a commercial gas meter to accommodate high gas loading. Origin Energy was engaged to upgrade the burners and control system at the Australian Professional Galvanisers facility in Stuart, Townsville, which won them the 2021 Elgas Gas Project of the Year. This project included installing, adapting, and commissioning the entire combustion and control system for a new galvanising kettle. The combustion system is the first of its kind in Australia and is more efficient than existing designs, maximising the kettle life from a current 10-year lifespan to 15 years. The 2021 AHSCA Hydraulic Consultant Design of the Year recipient was MRP Hydraulic & Fire Services Consultants Pty Ltd for their work on the Ipswich Civic Centre Precinct. Ipswich Civic Centre Precinct is a purpose designed council office building and council chambers with an integrated, environmentally rated development with both a 5 Star Green Star and 5 Star NABERS rating. This once-in-a generation redevelopment has been a longterm vision for Ipswich City Council that incorporates the areas surrounding this building and provides a thriving new area for the community with a cultural precinct that is described as ‘the new city heart’. In addition to the environmental design targets, this project also included natural disaster mitigation to ensure suitable long-term accommodation for the council and other government agencies during and after natural disasters.
