Browse Fact Sheets by topic: Sustainablity Management

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Water Demand Management

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• by Matthew Inman
• posted 25 Aug 2008

The drive for more efficient use of water through demand management measures has focused on the provision of service.

 

 

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• Design,
• Water Management, Sustainablity Management,
• Developer, Designer,

Employer liaison transport initiatives

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• by Kirk Bendall
• posted 19 Aug 2008

This Fact Sheet suggests to residential development participants how they can help deliver better environments for walking, cycling and using public transport by working with end user employers amongst others. Ideally new developments have viable access and transport options, so transport impacts are lessened throughout the life of developments.

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• Estate Design, Access and Transport, Sustainablity Management,
• Developer,

Industry Education

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• by Tom Davies
• posted 18 Aug 2008

Creating sustainable developments not only means physically constructing efficient buildings and communities, it also means changing the behaviour of the people that live in, and operate the developments. Developing sustainable communities now and into the future means significant behavioural change at the construction and the occupation phases.

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Smart metering

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• by Geoff Milne
• posted 05 Aug 2008

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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• Design, Construction,
• Water Management, Energy Management, Sustainablity Management,
• State Government,

Tools and rating systems for land developers

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• by Caitlin McGee
• posted 31 Jul 2008

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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• Feasability, Planning, Design, Construction, Completion,
• Greenfield Development,
• Site Ecology, Place Making and Social Sustainability, Estate Design, Access and Transport, Materials and Recycling, Water Management, Energy Management, Sustainablity Management,
• Developer,

Whole of life costing

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• by Paul Koltun
• posted 10 Jul 2008

Principally, WLC can be characterised as a systematic approach balancing capital with revenue costs to achieve an optimum solution over a construction’s whole life. Costs include internal resources, they also include risk allowances as required; flexibility (predicted alterations for known change in business requirements, for example), repair costs and the costs relating to sustainability and health and safety aspects.

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• Feasability, Planning,
• Site Ecology, Materials and Recycling, Sustainablity Management,
• Developer, Designer,

Community Engagement

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• by Wendy Sarkissian
• posted 27 May 2008

This fact sheet is designed to help small to medium-sized builders and developers find appropriate ways of engaging with communities about their proposed sustainable developments, while taking into account the complexity of sustainability options. It’s about how to get started, rather than the whole community engagement process with all the detailed planning.

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• Feasability, Planning, Design,
• Place Making and Social Sustainability, Estate Design, Sustainablity Management,
• Small (<100 lots), Medium (100-1000 lots),
• Developer, Designer, Builder,

Ecological footprint

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• by Tim Baynes
• posted 15 May 2008

The ecological footprint or 'eco-footprint' is a tool to measure our ecological performance. It tracks how much individuals, organisations, cities, regions and a nation consume and compares this amount to the resources nature can provide.

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• Feasability, Planning, Completion,
• Greenfield Development,
• Site Ecology, Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation, Sustainablity Management,
• Developer, Designer,