Tamaki Edge
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Tamaki Campus
Tamaki Campus
Development of The
University of Auckland's Tamaki Campus is a major part of the Tamaki Edge
initiative. Find out about various aspects of the development below, or check out the university's website www.tamaki.auckland.ac.nz.
Experimental "green building"
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| Landcare Research science building |
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Landcare
Research's experimental science building is used to explore opportunities for future
operation of sustainable construction in New Zealand; reducing operational
energy consumption, integrating urban water runoff and water supply and reducing
waste outputs. The building should be regarded as an archetype for achievable
commercial building design performance in New Zealand.
Landcare Research has located its Auckland base at The University of Auckland's
Tamaki Campus, to enhance linkages between the two organisations. The building
accommodates staff from both Landcare Research and MAF Biosecurity, as well as
University guests. It also houses millions of insects and thousands of fungi and
bacteria within Landcare Research's nationally significant collections.
The building incorporates many resource-efficient features as part of its
commitment to operational sustainability. These include:
- composting toilets
- recycled stormwater for toilet flushing and irrigation of gardens
- contaminated (carpark) stormwater treatment on site using landscape
features
- solar-powered water heating, and
- waste heat from refrigeration "harvested" for heating offices in the building
during winter.
A super-insulated building envelope minimises heat transfer between the inside
and exterior.
Energy efficient architecture and engineering is surprisingly cost effective at
the construction stage. The Tamaki Landcare Research building has been featured
in a number of studies into its operational performance. Research has shown that
nearly all (96 per cent) of the building's annual carpark runoff is managed on-site
using its 70m bio-retention swale and 18mē "self-watering" garden. Both of these
low-cost technologies can be implemented in any development to reduce negative
effects on Auckland's aquatic environment (and reduce flooding risks). The
re-use of roof stormwater in the building's toilets and glasshouses saves over
$2,000 per year in water costs.
There have been some challenges in translating design intentions into
operational success. When compared with initial modelling data, the building
consumes approximately twice as much energy as intended. This is partly because
of the difficulty and cost in managing and maintaining a complex automated
control system that was designed to optimise the mechanical servicing in the
building. To address this, researchers are using the experimental building to
investigate how such complex buildings, which are becoming more common in
Auckland, can best be managed while maintaining reduced energy consumption.
Visit www.landcareresearch.co.nz for more information on
sustainable development, raingardens and urban sprawl's effect on the
environment.
Community access
The Tamaki Campus is committed to the local community and provides public
access to University facilities.
The University's existing high quality cricket, rugby and soccer fields are
open to the community and the campus master plan signals the development of an
international standard cricket oval, forming a "campus green". As the campus
grows, some of the University fields will be re-located on campus or to adjacent
land. However, the overall level of amenity to the district will be retained.
School of Population Health
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| School of Population Health |
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The School of Population Health was established in 2003 and is unique in New
Zealand. It brings together a wide range of skills and expertise in areas of
primary healthcare, community and social health, epidemiology and public health.
Along with research in these areas, the school offers high-level postgraduate
learning for clinicians and other health sector professionals.
Population Health operates on the notion that prevention is as important as a
cure and that research and teaching must be aligned to international and local
national health strategies. It focuses on health areas of special interest and
significance to New Zealand such as Maori and Pacific health, and Auckland's
unique demographic and health challenges.
Departments within the School of Population Health:
- Audiology
- Clinical Trials Research Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- General Practice and Primary Health Care
- Health Systems
- Social and Community Health
- Te Kupenga Hauora Maori
Research groups located within the School of Population Health:
- Centre for Asian Health, Research and Evaluation
- Centre for Gambling Studies
- Growing Up in New Zealand
- Immunisation Advisory Centre
- Injury Prevention Research Centre
- National Institute for Health Innovation
- Survey Research Unit
- Tōmaiora Māori Health Research Centre
Public clinics
The University at the Tamaki Campus offers a number of public clinics, allowing
students to fulfil practical requirements whilst providing a valuable service
for the wider community. These clinics include Hearing and Tinnitus, Health &
Performance (including exercise rehabilitation and cardiac rehabilitation),
Optometry, Psychology and Speech Language Therapy.
Visit www.auckland.ac.nz for more
information.
Updated June 2009
