Water
With the increasing fragility of our water resources, innovative and sustainable water use is a necessity. Water proofing Adelaide is South Australian Government’s strategy to ensure the future protection of water resources, using an integrated approach involving government, businesses and the community. The initiatives that will be implemented at Lochiel Park will support this strategy by incorporating best practice water conservation principles in the overall urban and landscape design.
Energy
An effective way of reducing emissions and demand while enhancing efficiency and increasing security of energy supply is by implementing energy efficiency designs into new buildings. Appropriately designed homes such as those at Lochiel Park, and the use of energy-efficient products and appliances in the home can potentially reduce household energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 60%.
Transport
Sustainable transport initiatives such as mass transit public transport, alternative fuel technologies and more fuel-efficient vehicles are becoming more popular. Lochiel Park will maximise the potential of its near city location and integrate with existing networks to optimise transport options and connections for the community.
Urban Design
The design of the Lochiel Park green village aims to improve the connections, integration and relationships between the natural and built environment.
Allotments have been sited and oriented to optimise access to open space, views and sunlight and to reduce the ecological footprint.
Waste
South Australia produces about 1.28 million tonnes of solid waste per year – approximately 1 tonne per person with almost a third being domestic waste.
Reducing and recycling waste produced on building sites and from domestic sources will significantly reduce the volume of waste to landfill and will have considerable environmental benefits for South Australia.
Landscape and Natural Habitat
The Lochiel Park development includes over 10 hectares of open space comprising an urban forest, wetlands and a variety of different recreational areas which will provide education, ecological and visual amenity. The future of the open space is protected by the Lochiel Parklands legislation.
Ecological Footprint
The ecological footprint is a measure of human demand on the Earth’s ecosystems
It compares human demand with the Earth’s ecological capacity to regenerate
It represents the amount of biologically productive land and sea area needed to regenerate the resources a human population consumes and to absorb and render harmless the corresponding waste.
Enviro Development
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