The Orchard

The Orchard

The Orchard is the latest visionary project by Brisbane’s award-winning Tessa Developments. Nestled in Brisbane’s inner north, The Orchard at Arana Hills delivers 77 townhomes designed for today’s homeowners, with tomorrow’s ideas.

The use of forward-thinking and eco-conscious technologies, coupled with inspired landscaping and architectural sustainable design, offers a townhome project with longevity in mind.

Spacious townhomes integrate the latest ecodesign building practices for smarter, more comfortable living. Lush, private patios and courtyards offer even more room to move.

Leafy avenues and landscaped shared spaces create a place for community and active living, with edible gardens making seasonal herbs and fruit freely available.

Every element of design is harmoniously entwined with nature. Experience vibrant community living, sustainably designed for the future.

Fruit straight from the tree, cars powered by electricity, a home charged by the sun and honey fresh from the hive.

Luxurious by nature. Sustainable by design.

Project details

Developer: Tessa Developments

Development type: Multi-Unit Residential

State: Queensland

Certification period: 2021 –

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Carolina

Carolina

AVID Property Group’s Carolina, located in Deanside, is a haven for the local community amid the hustle and bustle of the Melbourne growing west.

We take pride in helping individuals find their happy place at Carolina, which has earned the ‘Six Leaf’ national EnviroDevelopment certification for master-planned communities from the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA).

Carolina is in the process of creating a sustainable community of over 730 lots, set to accommodate 1400 residents. Those who call Carolina home will enjoy extensive green spaces throughout the community, including a 1km Grand Linear Reserve. This reserve forms the community’s backbone, stretching out to the majestic wetlands in the south. This expertly designed master plan encourages residents to come together in these open spaces to foster a strong sense of community, helping everyone to find their own happy place.

In support of this, Carolina’s own Community Development Manager has personally delivered countless hampers during the festive season to Carolina residents and oversees the local community grants program, which has aided the Melton Performing Arts and the Carolina Springs Scout Group.

With a meticulous design, Carolina urges all its prospective residents to construct sustainable, energy-efficient homes, fostering a lively community centered around healthy living, respect for the natural environment, and overall well-being.

Carolina’s care and attention to detail has made it one of the most sort after locations to live in Melbourne’s growing west. Find out more about Carolina at www.carolina.avid.com.au

Project details

Developer: AVID Property Group

Development type: Residential Subdivision

State: Victoria

Certification period: 2020 –

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Covella

Covella

Located in Greenbank, Covella is a beautiful boutique residential address proudly delivered by AVID Property Group and Greenfields Development Company.

From the moment you arrive, a sense of tranquillity and community will embrace you. It’s like stepping back to an age when life was simpler, calmer and more harmonious.

With landscaped gardens and neighbourhood parks that blend seamlessly into the surrounding forest – Covella provides a magical sense of seclusion that embraces you from the very first day.

In total, one third of Covella is dedicated to open spaces, including a riparian corridor that has been preserved to enhance the natural beauty and wildlife. This natural green space is complemented by a network of parks and pathways, weaved throughout the urban design to encourage an active lifestyle and further add to the sense of open space enjoyed by residents. At the heart of Covella is the central park, which has become a community focal point for recreation and events.

Covella is a tranquil, leafy enclave, that offers a wide range of block sizes to suit every need.  Traditional family home style blocks come in a selection of sizes and frontages while acreage style lots provide the traditional big backyard allowing even greater freedom to play, grow, and extend your garden.

Covella strives to be sustainably responsible and environmentally minded by preserving and enhancing the natural features that make this address truly special.  Not only is our pledge to sustainability important for our community and the environment, but it can also help households save on energy and water costs and give you the reassurance that, while we may be building the ideal address today, together we’re helping take care of tomorrow.

For more details, visit: https://covella.avid.com.au/

Project details

Developer: AVID Property Group

Development type: Residential Subdivision

State: Queensland

Certification period: 2020 –

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Peel Business Park

Peel Business Park

Part of the multi-million-dollar Transform Peel project, Peel Business Park, known as Nambeelup Kaadadjan in Noongar language acknowledging the location (Nambeelup) and precinct focus on knowledge sharing (Kaadadjan), is a strategically located industrial precinct in the Shire of Murray, 75km south of Perth.

Offering excellent connectivity to key freight routes, the Park is located minutes from the Kwinana Freeway, and services Pinjarra, Mandurah, Bunbury and Perth’s expanding southern corridor

The Business Park has a focus on building opportunity through industry. Home to the Shire of Murray’s Western Australian Food Innovation Precinct, a variety of local businesses, and Australia’s first Bushfire Centre of Excellence it is a place of productivity; where business, industry, training, research and development come together, invigorating the Peel region.

One of Australia’s first renewable energy industrial microgrids is delivering reliable, affordable power to the Park, with businesses expected to save up to 30 per cent on energy costs

The Business Park has been nationally recognised by the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) as an environmentally sustainable development. Existing trees have been re-used as natural, engaging landscaping elements within the public open space in Stage 1. Cockatoo nesting boxes have also been installed in North Dandalup as part of the project’s environmental response.

To improve the management of phosphorus in the environment, Phosphorus Retentive Filter Media has been used in the Stage 1 drainage basin. The filter media improved stormwater quality and environmental outcomes for the Peel Harvey Estuary.

You can find further information about the environmentally sustainable development initiatives that have been undertaken and incorporated into the business park here.

Project details

Developer: DevelopmentWA

Development type: Industrial

State: Western Australia

Certification period: 2020 –

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Arbor

Arbor

Superbly located at the base of the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges, Arbor has been designed to enhance, protect, and celebrate the unique character of the surrounding environment.

The gently undulating shape of the land lends a special character to Arbor. Extensive plantings of native and indigenous species create important habitats for local birdlife, while the carefully designed path network, play spaces, architecturally designed shelter and seating nodes provide ample opportunity for residents to pause and appreciate this special environment. Mature eucalypts have been protected and enhanced through responsive design.

A central green spine creates a view axis to the environmentally significant Gum Scrub Creek, a short stroll to the east, as well as providing a landscaped bookend to each of Arbor’s streetscapes, ensuring each home site shares a visual connection to nature.

Over 20,000 native and indigenous plants and trees provide important habitats and contribute to maintaining local biodiversity.  Homeowners are provided with extensive information on indigenous plants for landscaping and design controls prevent the planting of species recognised as environmental weeds.  Kerbside green waste collection is available to residents and is promoted to reduce landfill and decrease greenhouse gas emissions.

Arbor seeks to engage with its community around sustainability, with information on thirty different environmental initiatives promoted to residents.  Even Arbor’s Land Sales Centre is powered by accredited 100% renewable electricity.

Home sites at Arbor are generously proportioned, creating a premium neighbourhood feel with more green space around every home. The most common lot depth is thirty-six metres, affording residents greater opportunities for entertaining, landscaping and outdoor lifestyle.

For more details, visit: www.arborofficer.com.au

Project details

Developer: Southern Sustainable Developments

Development type: Residential Subdivision

State: Victoria

Certification period: 2020 –

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Sussex Inlet Golf Village

Sussex Inlet Golf Village

Sussex Inlet Golf Village is a prestigious new masterplanned community being developed at Sussex Inlet on the South Coast of NSW. The area is a popular holiday destination renowned for its fishing, swimming, surfing, golfing and sailing activities.

The masterplan has been sensitively integrated into the existing landscape of the Sussex Inlet Golf Course. It will utilise the existing bushland, waterways, beaches and all the associated activities that can be enjoyed by all ages. It is destined to become a benchmark for active healthy living.

The multistage development is already up and running, with stage one already completed, and stage 2 nearing completion as at late 2023.

For more details, visit https://www.sigv.com.au/

 

Project details

Developer: Sheargold Property Developments

Development type: Residential Subdivision

State: New South Wales

Certification period: 2020 –

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New Gen Business Park

New Gen Business Park

New-Gen Business Park (NGBP) is the first industrial estate to be certified under the Urban Development Institute Australia’s (UDIA) EnviroDevelopment scheme for all six leaves. Located in Swanbank, a strategic position 45kms away from Brisbane CBD, NGBP is now a hallmark for sustainable industrial estates in the nation.

EnviroDevelopment’s certification system provides an independent verification of a development’s sustainability performance. NGBP’s recognition under this scheme, which includes Ecosystems, Waste, Energy, Materials, Water, and Community, showcases its commitment to achieve unparalleled sustainability outcomes. This prestigious certification ensures NGBP’s promise to continue to drive efficiencies and sustainable results.

Spanning over 70 hectares, NGBP is meticulously master-planned for future-focused businesses. NGBP’s location is ideally suited for logistics operators and advanced manufacturers, making it an attractive proposition for potential tenants and owner-occupiers. Its vision is clear: to pave the way for future-oriented businesses in a sustainable precinct.

For more details, visit https://www.newgenbusinesspark.com.au/

Project details

Developer: NGBP Development Partnership

Development type: Industrial

State: Queensland

Certification period: 2020 –

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OneOneFive Hamilton Hill

OneOneFive Hamilton Hill

As one of DevelopmentWA’s Innovation through Demonstration projects, OneOneFive Hamilton Hill is setting new benchmarks for sustainable urban infill. Created on the site of the former 11.9ha Hamilton Hill Senior High School site, in the City of Cockburn, Perth WA, it is a future-looking development embracing the highest levels of sustainability, while creating a vibrant, thriving and connected residential community.

OneOneFive will provide up to 300 lots, offering a mix of single residential homesites, terrace homes, micro lots, and grouped housing—promoting diversity, affordability, and liveability.

OneOneFive Hamilton Hill has achieved UDIA’s EnviroDevelopment Excellence certification for its ambition and achievement across a range of sustainability initiatives. The gas-free and environmentally sensitive development also minimises waste and reduces water and energy consumption, while retaining the site’s landform, mature trees and biodiversity. Climate-responsive planning mitigates and monitors urban heat through careful material selection, shading, and water sensitive urban design initiatives designed to hydrate and cool the landscape. The development includes two hectares of high quality, inclusive public open space that is connected via retained trees, and features nature play areas, kick-about space, remnant bushland, and waterwise landscaping. A 30% tree canopy target supports shaded, walkable streets and cooler neighbourhoods. The project honours the site’s educational and Indigenous heritage through interpretive design, material reuse, street naming, and public art. Community engagement and connection with surrounding residents has also shaped project delivery, including a pocket park co-design process and a waterwise verge upgrade initiative.

OneOneFive focuses on industry advancement by demonstrating best practice resource recovery, climate resilient and water sensitive urban design, and built form outcomes. The built form responds to physical site requirements, experiments with compact lots, and promotes timber framed construction. Design Guidelines and a Waterwise Incentive Package support residents and their builders to exceed minimum regulatory sustainability standards.

OneOneFive also serves as a living laboratory for applied research to verify sustainable design. The Waterwise Exemplar project trials waterwise initiatives, documents implementation, monitors household water use and via sensors and data visualisation and communicates learnings via presentations and site tours to assist with mainstreaming. The Smart Neighbourhood Waterwise Performance Monitoring and Evaluation project includes microclimate monitoring and modelling to understand how specific materials, vegetation, density and urban layout impact urban heat. OneOneFive is also the subject for research into circular economy construction practices.

Insights from these initiatives are informing future sustainable infill developments across Perth, advancing the city’s transition toward a cooler, more resource-efficient, and resilient urban future.

Project details

Developer: DevelopmentWA

Development type: Residential Subdivision

State: Western Australia

Certification period: 2020 –

Certification:

 

“DevelopmentWA is proud of our OneOneFive Hamilton Hill development achieving EnviroDevelopment Excellence certification, further recognising the project’s leadership in sustainability. This independent verification confirms our commitment to innovation and sets a benchmark for sustainable urban development. By sharing the lessons learned through this project, from planning to design and implementation, we aim to help overcome challenges and encourage broader adoption of sustainability practices across urban development.”

– Dean Mudford, CEO, DevelopmentWA

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B by Halcyon

B by Halcyon

Stockland Halcyon has long been proud of its pursuit of ‘leaving a lighter footprint’ on the earth and at the same time creating a more affordable environment for its homeowners.

B by Halcyon, we will produce highly sustainable homes, which is fitting considering its place in the Buderim Biosphere.  Each home will come standard with 5kW of solar panels, solar hot water and a superior energy rating.

Our strong green focus is designed to benefit you and is complemented by almost 6 ha of private open space accessible for the exclusive use of B by Halcyon homeowners.

The facilities will be powered by Tesla batteries and our homeowners will have the use of the Tesla community car.

Staying true to Buderim’s spirit, we have created a true village atmosphere with carefully designed and meaningful spaces in pavilions that invite the outside in. Enjoy sporting and leisure activities, discover creative passions, connect with others, and enrich health and wellbeing in specially designed precincts.

B by Halcyon’s community facilities enhance the unique environment, architecturally designed to create a rich and rewarding lifestyle for our homeowners.

Amenities include: Recreation club and bar, bar and dance floor, Fireplace and lounge, Heated lap pool, Heated pool, Outdoor resort pool, Spa, Aqua aerobics, Circuit room and classes, Floodlit pickleball courts, Full-sized bowling green, Floodlit tennis court, Cinema, Messy art space, Pottery room and kiln, Craft room, Dance floor, Library, Pool table, Music room, Private dining room, Sauna, Treatment rooms, Work shed, Yoga lawn, BBQ entertaining area, Private nature reserve, Rainforest walk, Rose garden, Native beehives, Community Tesla car, Visitor parking, Caravan and boat storage and a Community bus.

Project details

Developer: Stockland

Development type: Seniors Living

State: Queensland

Certification period: 2019 –

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Taylors Quarter

Taylors Quarter

Development Victoria set a clear objective during the early design phase of Taylors Quarter, to achieve the UDIA’s EnviroDevelopment certification, recognising the positive impacts this would have for future residents and the environment.

In achieving this certification in 2019, the project was commended on the quality and content of their Climate Change Risk Assessment, with this work being recognised as an exemplar for other developers committed to sustainable outcomes.

Some of the project’s key initiatives include:

  • Water Sensitive Urban Design features such as raingardens, which are integrated into the streetscapes and open space.
  • More than 90% of plant species used within the development are native.
  • Planting within Messara Park incorporates the local native and critically endangered Grasslands of the Victorian Volcanic Plains vegetation community.
  • Implementation of a Construction Waste Management Plan and a 60% recycle or reuse rate on site.
  • Design Guidelines which consider energy requirements, including active and passive design standards, peak load reduction measures and a 6-star minimum NatHERS rating, as well as mandated energy efficiency initiatives.
  • Low VOC emission paints, sealants, adhesives and floor coverings, and E0 engineered wood products mandated within the design guidelines.
  • A 3,000L rainwater tank is mandated for all lots, to be connected to toilets, laundries and irrigation systems, as well as water-efficient sanitaryware and appliances.
  • The design of the public realm has considered community, social interaction and the linkages to quality open spaces.
  • The site has ample access to public transport, parks, nature reserves, sports ovals and local services/amenity.

Development Victoria’s commitment to environmental sustainability led to a collaboration with Brimbank City Council to provide 20% RAP (Recycled Asphalt Pavement) Type N asphalt mix for all road pavements – a significant improvement on the standard 10% RAP asphalt mix which was more commonly used at the time.

The use of 20% RAP asphalt mix reduces the consumption of natural resources (aggregate and binder), and the volume of material going to landfill.

Stormwater management was a particular focus for this site, with significant increases in expected stormwater flows since establishment of the suburb. A combination of underground stormwater storage tanks and retarding basins provided the solution, with the underground tanks effectively ‘hidden’ away under the grassed kick-about area of Messara Park.

These storage tanks also provide Council with future opportunities for re-use of the stored stormwater for irrigation of the grass and garden areas of the park.

Project details

Developer: Development Victoria

Development type: Residential Subdivision

State: Victoria

Certification period: 2019 – 2020

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