The site will feature a range of living options including apartments, townhouses and single residences. On completion, Shoreline will feature a main street linked to a beach plaza, dining and entertainment areas, a primary school and 7.5 hectares of public open space including landscaped parks with boardwalks, a sports playing field and a public square.

Some of the elements that helped achieve the accreditation include:

Ecosystem:

• Comprehensive remediation across the site.
• Planting of local native vegetation.
• Landscaping focused on street tree environment and vegetated public open space.

Waste:

• Proactive waste minimisation and requirement for developers to recycle or reuse a minimum of 60% of all built-form construction waste.

Energy:

• Solar passive design and natural ventilation encouraged by design.
• Encouragement to install solar energy and hot water heating.
• Energy efficient fixtures, appliances and lighting.
• All apartments submetered and required to be built to a 7-star NatHERS rating.

Water:

• Waterwise fixtures and appliances such as toilets, taps, washing machines and dishwashers to reduce water use by at least 20 per cent.
• All apartments submetered to allow residents to monitor individual consumption.
• Waterwise native gardens and landscaping in public open spaces with hydrozoning to maintain efficient irrigation.

Community:

• Design focus on walking, cycling and access to public transport to reduce reliance on private vehicles.
• Diversity of housing and commercial options with medium and high density residential, retail, restaurants, schools and tourism.
• High quality streetscape, public and open spaces and direct walking access to beach.
• Universally accessible spaces and options for living.

Cedar Woods has designed this residential community with the ultimate aim that two-thirds of the land is to be retained and rehabilitated to its full natural beauty. Community-building programs involving local schools, community organisations, and not-for-profit groups are being developed with a view to support the long-term management of the conservation reserve and building strong resident networks.

Healthy and active lifestyle is promoted throughout the development with endless walking and cycling bush trails connecting the two residential areas.

Homes at Bushmead are designed to save energy and water, including installation of 3000L rainwater tanks. Outside of the homes, landscaping packages use native species and other Waterwise plants. All planned 800 residential homes will be built in compliance with Cedar Woods best practice environmental design criteria.

The Alkimos Beach development, a partnership between DevelopmentWA and Lendlease, is one of the biggest coastal developments in Perth’s northern growth corridor in more than 50 years.

In line with the development partners’ goals to create carbon neutral ‘all-electric’ communities, the development of Alkimos Beach is taking a long-term view to ensure the commercial, retail, employment and lifelong learning opportunities created today are relevant and sustainable in the future. Alkimos Beach is positioned as a leader in sustainable living through a range of initiatives that allow residents to minimise their energy and water consumption, thus strengthening the community’s resilience today and in the future.

The built form outcomes have a strong focus on achieving significant energy and water efficiencies for residential households, with financial savings for householders as a result. To achieve all-electric living, all homes at Alkimos Beach are required to install a solar PV system, and a solar electric or pump water heating system. Installation of induction cooktops are also incentivised.

Retention of existing key landscape features has been a major driver in the design of the beach development and involves creating landscape corridors connecting urban areas with the coast and areas of retained open space and dunes.

Implementing best practice for waste management and using environmentally responsible materials in construction ensures the built component of Alkimos Beach is a leading example of sustainable development.

There is also a very strong commitment by the development team to expand community knowledge of how to create and live a more healthy and sustainable life.