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HONEYWELL SUPPORTS SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE TO REACH SIX STAR GREEN STAR RATING
Honeywell – a Global Goals partner of the Sydney Opera House – supports Australia's most famous building to attain globally recognised sustainability rating
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[{"type":"text","content":"Honeywell – a Global Goals partner of the Sydney Opera House – supports Australia's most famous building to attain globally recognised sustainability rating through innovative technology \nSYDNEY, May 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON), a Sydney Opera House Global Goals partner since 2021, today announced its contributions to help the UNESCO World Heritage-listed building achieve a 6 Star Green Star rating from the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). Key to this achievement was retrofitting the Sydney Opera House with Honeywell's innovative, ready now technology to help support more sustainable operations and to reduce the building's environmental impact.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nThe Sydney Opera House is one of the first UNESCO World Heritage-listed buildings to receive a 6 Star Green Star rating, which represents 'World Leadership' in environmental and social sustainability operations. This achievement is the result of continually improving the building's performance, reducing its carbon emissions and maintaining its carbon neutral certification.\nAs a globally recognized performing arts venue and World Heritage-listed icon, the Sydney Opera House operates 24/7 requiring close collaboration between Honeywell and the Sydney Opera House's safety, projects, and service teams. Together, they work to identify and implement solutions tailored to the unique needs of the building. This includes:\nCreating a technology system that monitors indoor air quality (IAQ), and relative humidity (rH).Integrating more than 20 disparate subsystems in the building to help improve safety, energy and water usage.Implementing several innovations including electricity spot-price monitoring, extraction fan control in non-air conditioned (AC) areas and monitoring of cold room doors that remain open for too long.Automating outside air control through real-time air quality data from the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM).Identifying potential energy saving opportunities in the building, including the installation of more than 60 water meters and more than 800 electrical meters.These strategies help enable automated responses and alerts to changing conditions, which supports operational efficiency and provides a safer and more comfortable environment for staff, audiences and visitors.\n\"Sustainability is in the Sydney Opera House's DNA. Ar...