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Macgregor West

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The Macgregor West development is in the ACT, west of Macgregor and south of Dunlop. Walking tracks and other recreational facilities will form part of the development as well as water sensitive urban design and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.  The development will preserve the critically endangered Golden Sun Moth's habitat.

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Kronsberg

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Kronsberg is located in Hannover, Germany.  The development has followed the key principles in the United Nations Agenda 21.  Environmentally sustainable features include:
The presence of a train station less than 600 m away for all residents;
Reduced household energy use by 60 - 80%;
Preserved surrounding woodlands and countryside; and
A 50% reduction in household waste.

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Crace Concept plan

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Crace will be located next to the suburbs of Palmerston and Giralang and the Ginninderra Creek/Percival Hill Nature Park, ACT.  The plan includes:

A pedestrian and off-road cycling network;
Conserving the maximum amount of trees;
Implementing Water Sensitive Urban Design;
Preserving Gungaderra Grasslands nature reserve; and
Protection of significant Aboriginal cultural sites.

The gross residential area of the suburb will be 92 ha.

 

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Casey Concept Plan

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Casey will be a new suburb of Gungahlin, ACT situated on approximately 192 ha. The Casey concept plan includes:
conserving as many trees as possible;
investigating eighteen recorded Aboriginal sites, three recorded European heritage sites and potential archaeological deposits;
community facilities (e.g. gym, child care centre, parks, shops, art/craft gallery) and
a sustainable stormwater strategy via use of the natural drainage system.

 

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Ellenbrook Villages

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Ellenbrook is a northeastern suburb in Perth, Western Australia, and so far five of seven different styled villages have been built.  House designs allow for solar orientation and design, decreased environmental impact on wetlands, flora and fauna, reduced car dependency and lower home operating costs.  It is envisaged that by 2012, Ellenbrook villages will house approximately 30 000 people.

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Subi Centro

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The Subi Centro project is situated in Subiaco which is a few kilometers west of Perth, Western Australia.  The Subi Centro redevelopment includes townhouses, apartments, parkland, commercial office, retail shopping, home office, service industry and public transport.  This redevelopment won the Urban Renewal category in the 2004 UDIA National Awards for Excellence.

 

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Gandangara Estate

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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.

 

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Dandenong LOGIS

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LOGIS is 2 km south of Dandenong CBD and will be Victoria's first eco-industrial park located on 154-hectares of the former MW Dandenong Treatment Plant. LOGIS will implement environmentally sustainable initiatives such as:

  • Water Sensitive Urban Design (third pipe recycled water, onsite stormwater treatment);
  • Energy-efficient street lighting system;
  • Provision of green power;
  • Native planting;
  • Environmentally sustainable design principles in all buildings; and
  • Recycling of industry waste.

 

Approximately 3,000 jobs will be generated from the development.

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Curitiba's Bus System

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Curitiba, Brazil is one of the most used and least expensive transit systems in the world.  Approximately 1100 buses make 12 500 trips per day, serving more than 1.3 million (70%) of Curitiba's commuters. Some buses run as frequently as every 1.5 minutes.  Curitiba uses about 30 percent less fuel per capita compared with other Brazilian cities of its size.  Curitibanos spend approximately 10% of their income on travel, much below the national average and there is less traffic congestion and air pollution.

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Crystal Waters Permaculture Village

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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".

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