• Rooftop garden provides produce for the kitchen and bar and uses energy efficient LED grow-lights to stimulate the growth of plants due to the largely shaded site

• Drip irrigation waters garden. Water used on rooftop garden filters through soil and sand and collects in the bottom of Schutz bins to be re-used.

• Water from kitchen and bar is recycled in this system too

• Worm farms holding thousands of worms process organic waste from the bar and kitchen and provide rich vermicast for use on the garden

• Products and material used in the operation of the premises are sourced locally when possible and consideration is given to their sustainability, practicality and life-cycle

• Straw bales insulate the building to keep a stable temperature

• The bar top i made from recycled plywood from the floor of the Greenhouse by Joost. Cushions in seating made from natural latex with leather (rescued from the scrap heap) covering. Ice buckets made from old gas cylinders, fencing wire light-shades, reclaimed plastic palettes set in 70% recycled concrete, etc

• The Greenhouse has a licensed capacity of 120 people

• There is approximately 7 tonnes of steel in the Greenhouse’s frame and over 40,000 screws holding this frame in place. The frame supports approximately 7 tonnes of weight, including the rooftop garden, which includes herbs, vegetables, fruit trees and plants housed in discarded Schutz DSL Ecobulk liquid bins (to allow for re-use of excess garden water runoff) and a worm farm for recycling organic waste from the kitchen and bar

• The Greenhouse has around 420 straw bales in its walls and ceiling

• The exterior of the building is clad in corrugated iron covered by a vertical garden with about 4000 terracotta pots filled with ivy and strawberry plants

• Furniture (designed by Joost Bakker) includes tables made from the plywood floor of the Greenhouse by Joost (Federation Square, Melbourne 2008-09), chairs made from old road signs, bar stools/tables made from wafer board recycled from old wooden palettes, and light shades made from reclaimed fencing wire.