Browse Brief Case Studies by development size: Small (<100 lots)
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Smartflo Gutters on Sustainable House
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- Content rating:
- Brief Case Study
- posted 08 Oct 2010
Michael Mobbs pioneered sustainable urban lifestyle in Australia, documenting the journey in his book "Sustainable House". He and his family are entirely self sufficient with water collected from a 10m run of Smartflo gutter on his terrace house in Myrtle St, Chippendale.
Smartflo gutters address the dual problems of rainwater harvest and adequate roof drainage using a design based on the requirements of AS3500 Part 3 - Roof Drainage Systems Design. Tests performed at Newcastle University by Dr. Sean Manning have determined that Smartflo will handle storm events up to 175mm per hour, before reaching overflow. Should the overflow point be reached, water will always flow off the outer lip of the gutter, away from the house.
- Categorised under:
- Construction,
- Greyfield Development,
- Water Management, Sustainablity Management,
- Small (<100 lots),
- High Density,
- State Government, Designer, Builder,
- Temperate,
Rockcote Design Centre
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- Content rating:
- Brief Case Study
- posted 15 Oct 2008
The Rockcote Design Centre is Australia’s first sustainable commercial building built on a former wasteland at Nerang (near the Gold Coast). The Rockcote Design Centre won the President’s Award in the Urban Development Institute of Australia’s National Awards for Excellence in 2006 and was announced as the runner-up in the international Prix D’Excellence Awards – Environmental Category at the FIABCI World Congress in Amsterdam on May 29 2008. The building is totally self-sufficient for water, waste treatment and energy, selling excess power to the electricity grid. Other environmentally friendly practices include natural systems for heating, cooling, lighting, ventilation and an organic garden.
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- Completion,
- Brownfield Development,
- Site Ecology, Place Making and Social Sustainability, Materials and Recycling, Water Management, Energy Management, Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation, Sustainablity Management,
- Small (<100 lots),
- Local Government, Designer, Builder,
- Warm humid / sub–tropical,
Gandangara Estate
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- Content rating:
- Brief Case Study
- posted 14 Oct 2008
Gandangara Estate is in Barden Ridge, 31 km south-west of Sydney's CBD and is a 41 lot residential subdivision project provided for rehabilitation of a degraded former quarry site. Gandangara Estate has an environmental management plan, incorporating indigenous native plants only and non-invasive grass, passive solar design is implemented, solar hot water is used, all stormwater is tertiary treated (Ingal system) and surrounding bushland is preserved, including a cultural sites management plan. The development provides for Aboriginal employment for construction and post construction stages.
Crystal Waters Permaculture Village
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- Content rating:
- Brief Case Study
- posted 13 Oct 2008
Crystal Waters is a rural subdivision north of Brisbane, established in 1987 and designed by Max Lindegger, Robert Tap, Barry Goodman and Geoff Young. It consists of 83 residential and 2 commercial properties. 80% of the 640 acre property is owned in common and can be used for sustainable agriculture, forestry, recreation and habitat projects. It received the 1996 World Habitat Award (assessed by Dr Wally N’Dow) for its "pioneering work in demonstrating new ways of low impact, sustainable living".
- Categorised under:
- Completion,
- Greenfield Development,
- Site Ecology, Place Making and Social Sustainability, Water Management, Energy Management, Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation, Sustainablity Management,
- Small (<100 lots),
- Low Density,
- State Government, Local Government,
- Warm humid / sub–tropical,
Waterford Valley Land Rehabilitation Project
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- Content rating:
- Brief Case Study
- posted 09 Oct 2008
The Waterford Valley Land Rehabilitation Project is located in Knox City, Victoria at the foothills of the Dandenong ranges in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. The Project has rehabilitated 140 acres of land into wetlands, a golf course, retirement village, hostel accommodation and a conference centre as well as reintroducing indigenous flora and fauna. The Waterford Valley Land Rehabilitation Project won the Local Government Property Award from the Australian Property Institute.
- Categorised under:
- Completion,
- Greenfield Development,
- Site Ecology, Place Making and Social Sustainability, Estate Design, Water Management, Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation, Sustainablity Management,
- Small (<100 lots),
- Medium Density,
- Developer, State Government, Local Government,
- Temperate,
Voyager Park
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- Content rating:
- Brief Case Study
- posted 16 Sep 2008
Voyager Park adjoins the retail and tourist hub in Huskisson on the NSW South Coast and provides a high quality example of innovation and quality of open space, whilst maintaining simple and highly accessible areas.
- Categorised under:
- Greenfield Development,
- Place Making and Social Sustainability,
- Small (<100 lots),
- Local Government,
- Temperate,
Hammock Hill Nature Reserve
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- Content rating:
- Brief Case Study
- posted 15 Jul 2008
Hammock Hill Nature Reserve in the Wingecaribee Shire of NSW Southern Highlands provides a simple and original park setting that provides an educational experience as well as being unique to the locality.
- Categorised under:
- Greenfield Development,
- Place Making and Social Sustainability, Estate Design,
- Small (<100 lots),
New Haven Pilot Project, LeFevre Peninsula, SA
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- Content rating:
- Brief Case Study
- posted 14 Jul 2008
The late MultiFunction Polis was an unsuccessful Australian-Japanese plan to establish a ‘technopole’ – integrated with a world’s best practice urban development at Gillman SA.
Overdrevet Cohousing, Denmark
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- Content rating:
- Brief Case Study
- posted 14 Jul 2008
Built 1980, Initiated 1981
Name of Development: Overdrevet (‘Overdrive’)
Architect: Arkitektgruppe ‘E’
Tenure: Private
Type of Development:
- Former farm on fringe of small rural town, housing starting to encroach
- Cohousing
- Many EcoVillage characteristics
- Energy self-sufficient
Mebbin Springs Estate
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- Content rating:
- Brief Case Study
- posted 11 Jun 2008
Mebbin Springs Estate is a large land holding of 450 acres containing only a small number of homes - 66. Located in the Tweed River Valley, northern NSW owners will have freehold titled homesites and share in over 300 acres of common property, incorporating government reforestation scheme, bush areas, grazing land, gardens, orchard/vineyard, pool, tennis courts and other practical communal facilities. The development is self sufficient in water, sewer and incorporates an an array of other sustainable features to create an energy efficient, environmentally responsible gated rural community. It is also an accredited pilot in all 6 elements of EnviroDevelopment.
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