Sustainability drives ASP’s raised floor installation at Australian Catholic University

The Australian Catholic University has been designed and built for sustainability with several features incorporated for energy and water efficiency.

In addition to a rain harvesting facility on its roof, the university building is fitted out with water-saving appliances, low energy lights and an extremely energy-efficient heating and cooling system, along with other sustainable features.

The Australian Catholic University was awarded the maximum 6 Star Green Star – Education Design v1 Certified rating by the Green Building Council of Australia.

ASP Access Floors was engaged by the builder, Abigroup to install access flooring for the underfloor air-conditioning system. ASP’s installation covered an area of 20,000m² with the 6-month project completed in February 2012.

ASP’s access floor systems used in the installation included a steel cementitious airtight stringerless system with a 4.5kN loading at 450mm FFH; and a steel cementitious HPL rigid grid system with a 4.5kN loading at 150mm FFH in the switch rooms.