Pymble Business Park - Ku-ring-gai Council

8.4 MATERIALS, FINISHES AND COLOURS
Objectives
1 To ensure buildings have
a low environmental
impact.
2 To limit pollution and
protect public health and
comfort.
3 To design buildings that
provide optimum thermal
conditions wherever
possible.
4 To reduce natural,
particularly nonrenewable,
resource
consumption.
5 To ensure material
selection has been equally
driven by environmental
sustainability,
safety, commercial
competitiveness and
quality.
6 To promote use of
materials and finishes that
contribute to the design of
innovative buildings.
Controls
Sustainability of Building Materials
1 Developments must use building materials which:
i) are recycled or recyclable with low embodied energy;
ii) come from renewable sources or those that are sustainable and
generate a lower environmental cost;
iii) have acceptable life cycle costs and durability;
iv) involve environmentally acceptable production methods; and
v) use building materials which are recycled or recyclable, come
from renewable sources or involve environmentally acceptable
production methods.
2 Rainforest timbers and timbers from old growth forests must not be
specified for the construction or finishing of the development.
3 Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF) and particleboard must not be
specified as a construction material for the development.
4 The use of alternatives to PVC piping is highly encouraged including
Colorbond (above ground only), and HDPE where appropriate.
5 Avoid the use of construction materials and chemicals with toxic
components to facilitate recycling and reduce pollution.
6 Structures must be designed with physical, rather than chemical,
termite measures. This can be achieved by:
i) appropriate materials and construction design;
ii) physical barriers;
iii) suspended floor systems.
7 Low Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) must be used throughout
the building interior (carpets, paints, adhesives, sealants and all
other finishes), and low emission building materials are to be used
across the site.
8 Avoid the use of ozone depleting products and materials, or products
and materials manufactured using ozone depleting substances.
9 Avoid materials likely to contribute to poor internal air quality, such as
those generating formaldehyde, or those that may create a breathing
hazard in the event of fire, such as polyurethane
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Figure 8.4-1
Recycled timber wall as a
feature in the entry lobby.
Draft Ku-ring-gai Pymble Business Park Development Control Plan 2012
10 The requirements below apply only to non-residential development:
i) Use heavy weight building materials such as concrete as thermal
mass on roofs and/or walls. Where lighter weight materials are
used they are to be well insulated.
ii) Encourage the use of photovoltaic cells which can be mounted
as panels, or used as an integrated building cladding or sun
shading.
iii) Light coloured internal finishes shall be utilised to improve
internal reflections and minimise lighting use.