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Public transport infrastructure planning, design, provision

  • Access and Transport
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    • 2 stars
    • Commissioned Content: Commissioned Content

Public transport plays an important role in our society although Australia is a car dependent society.  Public transport is far more efficient than cars in transporting large numbers of people and a high percentage of commuters in large cities in Australia travel to work by public transport.  Indeed, about 50% of school trips are performed using public transport in cities such as Sydney and Melbourne.
 

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Built Form

  • Estate Design
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    • 3 stars
    • Commissioned Content: Commissioned Content

Sustainable development is reliant on a synthesis of elements - achieving a built form which is supportive of the environmental, social, and economic elements of sustainability, delivered through appropriate development planning, public realm (urban) design, landscaping, and architectural design, engineering and construction, marketing and education, as well as the provision of urban systems and infrastructure.

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Infrastructure

  • Estate Design
  • Access and Transport
  • Water Management
  • Energy Management
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    • 3 stars
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Infrastructure is the systems that make urban places function. It is defined in the Penguin and Macquarie Dictionary of Economics & Finance as ‘the network of services in a society which are essential for its cohesion and for the efficient functioning of the economy…’


 

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Smart metering

  • Water Management
  • Energy Management
  • Sustainablity Management
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    • 4 stars
    • Commissioned Content: Commissioned Content

Smart or Advanced Metering is a new way of measuring and managing energy and water use. It involves two important elements; a meter that is able to capture usage information over short time intervals, typically 30 minutes or less; and a communication system, preferably two way, that can transmit the usage information to the service provider in real time and receive control instructions.

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Tools and rating systems for land developers

  • Site Ecology
  • Place Making and Social Sustainability
  • Estate Design
  • Access and Transport
  • Materials and Recycling
  • Water Management
  • Energy Management
  • Sustainablity Management
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    • 3 stars
    • Commissioned Content: Commissioned Content

This factsheet showcases some of the existing tools that are available to guide land developers in achieving more sustainable subdivision or precinct-scale development. It is likely that we will see more emphasis on tools and rating systems for this scale of development in Australia in the near future.

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Heritage and Culture

  • Place Making and Social Sustainability
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    • 3 stars
    • Commissioned Content: Commissioned Content

This fact sheet provides information on how heritage issues may relate to your development. It addresses; what is heritage?; why heritage is important; how to determine what aspects of heritage are important; what if my site is on a heritage list or register?; and how to manage heritage in your development.

 

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Energy efficiency - influence of design

  • Estate Design
  • Energy Management
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    • 3 stars
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Energy is money. Energy efficiency is not only a way of conserving energy: it is also fundamental to good and profitable project development and design in a broader sense. It conserves financial resources over time, and can boost profits. A high degree of efficiency translates into a low level of waste: this simple ratio has wide-ranging benefits in environmental and economic terms, supports the interests of developers, planning agencies, buyers and tenants - and brings tangible advantages to the project approval, marketing and sales processes.

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Successful Public Spaces

  • Place Making and Social Sustainability
  • Estate Design
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    • 4 stars
    • Commissioned Content: Commissioned Content

The purpose of this factsheet is to describe the basic principles and qualities of successful public places. The principles and dimensions are covered in this introduction whilst the qualities are discussed in the contexts of key issues and best practice processes within the project development phases.
 

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Possible effects on buildings through climate change

  • Estate Design
  • Climate Change Adaption
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    • 3 stars
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Many buildings erected today will still be in use in 40 – 60 years.  It is therefore important to consider the likely effect of climate changes expected over this period on the structure and functionality of buildings being built now.

 

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Mobility Management: Design for Active Transport

  • Access and Transport
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    • 3 stars
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This Fact Sheet provides suggestions and is intended to advise how residential development participants can help deliver better environments for walking, cycling and using public transport. Ideally, new developments have viable access and transport options are always a viable choice, so transport impacts are lessened throughout the life of developments.

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