SUSTAINABILITY REPORT - Landcom

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PROJECT INDICATORS CONTINUED LANDCOM AIMS TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE URBAN OUTCOMES AND GOOD DESIGN BY INFLUENCING BUILDERS’ PRODUCT THROUGH DESIGN GUIDELINES. ACHIEVED TARGET ON TRACK FOR ACHIEVING TARGET WITHIN SPECIFIED TIMEFRAME INSUFFICIENT DATA – FURTHER WORK REQUIRED CHALLENGES Landcom seeks to ensure its developments minimise impact on the existing electricity supply network by incorporating appropriate peak demand management solutions. The greenhouse gas emissions from the residential sector cooling load contributes only 0.4% of Australia’s overall greenhouse gas emissions, but it is causing concerns for electricity network providers. The cause for their unease is due to two factors: the limited capacity of the existing electricity supply network and the increased uptake of air conditioning and other electrical appliances. On hot summer afternoons, operation of thousands of residential air conditioning units across Sydney puts additional demand on the electricity supply network. If this peak demand issue is left unmanaged, Sydney could face blackouts. Landcom is partnering with Integral Energy to investigate appropriate peak demand management solutions. Landcom’s challenge is to make sure that such solutions are not only technically and commercially feasible but also acceptable to the market (i.e. Landcom’s customers). ACTIONS FOR 2004/2005 Landcom will: – Conduct a peak demand management study with Integral Energy, test the market’s acceptability of various peak demand solutions and pilot one or more feasible solution(s). – Investigate energy efficient climate control technologies for all residential building types. INDICATOR 9 – INFLUENCING DESIGN PURPOSE This indicator measures how Landcom influences the design of project homes when it sells land to builders or developers with design guidelines in place. Landcom aims to promote sustainable and quality housing in projects where Landcom does not directly control the built form. TARGET Landcom aims to influence builders’ designs on all projects where it does not directly control the built product. RESULTS Projects All projects (100%) in 2003/2004 included some form of design guidelines aimed at influencing the builders’ product where Landcom did not have direct control over the built form. Design Guidelines 62% of all lots in these projects were influenced by design guidelines (424 out of 681 lots where this indicator was applicable). Design Guidelines Including Sustainability Criteria 54% of all lots in these projects were influenced by design guidelines that included some sustainable design criteria (371 out of 681 lots where this indicator was applicable). Performance (%) 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 CURRENT TARGET 03 04 05 LOTS INFLUENCED BY DESIGN GUIDELINES WITH SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA CHALLENGES Landcom wants to achieve good design outcomes. The key components of achieving the desired outcomes in good design are to educate consumers about good design and work with builders in improving the built form design quality. ACTIONS FOR 2004/2005 Landcom will: – Raise consumer and community awareness about good design. – Partner with builders to provide quality built form and product diversity. 26
INDICATOR 10 – SUSTAINABLE OR RENEWABLE ENERGY SUPPLY PURPOSE This indicator measures the technologies installed in Landcom projects which supplement conventional energy supply through reliance on sustainable or renewable resources. Landcom aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from urban developments and to promote innovative and sustainable energy technologies. TARGET Landcom’s Energy Smart Communities Policy sets the following minimum targets: – All dwellings are to be fitted with gas boosted solar water heaters sufficient to meet 60% of annual hot water requirements except where there is no gas or where solar panels are not appropriate (by June 2008). – All projects greater than 500 dwellings (or projects with a commercial component or town centre) include a percentage of on-site or off-site renewable energy supply (by June 2008). RESULTS 44% of dwellings (99 out of 226) had gas boosted solar hot water systems. This is equivalent to an estimated 66 tonnes of greenhouse gas savings. This is a significant improvement from last year when no dwellings had this feature. Apart from solar water heating, no projects delivered in 2003/2004 included any other form of renewable energy supply. All projects delivered in 2003/2004 that are more than 500 lots were planned before the adoption of Landcom’s Energy Smart Communities Policy. Although no projects incorporated renewable energy supply this year, a number of projects currently in planning may include an element of renewable energy on a project-wide level. They are: – Rouse Hill Regional Centre: wind turbines. – Prince Henry Hospital: integrated urban wind turbines. – Second Ponds Creek: solar panels. – South Hoxton Park: solar panels. CHALLENGES Landcom plans to form partnerships with energy services companies and to find solutions for financing, ownership and maintenance of renewable energy plants in future projects. ACTIONS FOR 2004/2005 Landcom will: – Continue to incorporate renewable energy into planning of its projects where feasible. VICTORIA PARK PARK CENTRAL 27
Page 1 and 2: SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2004
Page 3 and 4: INVESTMENT TODAY BRINGS A SUSTAINAB
Page 5 and 6: JOINT STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIRMAN A
Page 7 and 8: ‘‘ Landcom has a foot in both c
Page 9 and 10: Indicator Description Target 2003/2
Page 11 and 12: OUR PROFILE LANDCOM’S VISION IS T
Page 13 and 14: SUSTAINABILITY AND POLICY TEAM MANA
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Page 17 and 18: ‘‘ When Australand started work
Page 19 and 20: PROJECT INDICATORS OUR TBL PROJECT
Page 21 and 22: Landcom encourages community partic
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Page 25 and 26: INDICATOR 6 - CONSUMER EDUCATION ON
Page 27: PROJECT INDICATORS CONTINUED 95.9%
Page 31 and 32: CASE STUDY ESP VICTORIA PARK SOLAR
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Page 35 and 36: CASE STUDY PARK CENTRAL CREEK REHAB
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Page 39 and 40: ‘‘ The archaeological managemen
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Page 43 and 44: INDICATORS 27 AND 28 - SUPPLIER PRE
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Page 47 and 48: ASSURANCE STATEMENT Corporate Susta
Page 49 and 50: GLOSSARY AVERAGE RECURRENCE INTERVA
Page 51: DESIGNED AND PRODUCED BY ROSS BARR

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