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Lochiel Park Green VillageLGAQ Tour- Lochiel Park

12 February 2010

Andrew Bishop

Master Plan

CYFS (Hobbs House)

O-Bahn Busway

Lochend House

River Torrens/Linear

Park

Total Site Area:

14.71 Ha

Open Space:

10.51 Ha(includes Lochend House 0.60Ha transferred to City of Campbelltown)

Residential/Housing:

4.20 Ha

Lochiel Park - Urban Planning • Master plan designed by Planner and Architect

• Orientation of lots• Housing typologies • Shadow diagrams > building envelope plans

Building Envelope Plans

• Mews house

• Community title

• 7.8 star rating (AccuRate)

• Energy neutral outcome with 3.7kW of photo voltaic cells

Sustainability Centre

Sustainability Centre - Mews Housing

Education Centre - Mews Housing

Development Assessment

• Staged LMC encumbrance approval process

• Sustainability rating tool

• Use of AccuRate rating tool

• Council will not assess until LMC has approved plans

Project Delivery

Green HouseCharterhouse (Hickinbotham )

Sierra Rossdale

AdelongAlpine (left project)

New Industry Housing Products

How? Energy Saving Strategies

66% reduction in energy use and 74% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions

• Optimise allotment orientation

• Passive dwelling design to maximise solar access and to reduce energy consumption

• 7.5 star rated homes

• Gas boosted solar hot water systems

• PV cells – minimum 1kW/100m2

• Electricity load limiting devices

How? Water Saving Strategies

78% saving of drinking water• Recycled stormwater used for toilet flushing,

cold tap washing machine, irrigation

• 189 Ha catchment feeds wetland

• Aquifer storage and recovery scheme (ASR)

• 1.5 kL Rainwater tanks supply all hotwater

• Use of high water effecient (WELS) appliances

Transport Strategies

Reduce vehicle use• Linking with the River Torrens

Linear Park for walking and cycling

• Enhancing access to public transport networks (signs etc)…

• Fostering opportunities for car pooling on intranet (encouraging reduced dependence on private vehicles)

• Local convenience shop

O’Bahn

Linear Park

Information and Communication

Project Outcomes Greenhouse gas emissions

• Total embodied emissions 12,000 T

• Less emissions offset Urban Forest 10,000 T

• Total net embodied emissions 2,000 T

Cost of external planting $40,000($20 per ton current price)