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 new epicentre of Melbourne’s north offers the city life you’ve always dreamt of – a place to learn, work and play, all within easy reach of your new Merrifield home and the Melbourne CBD just 30km away.

Merrifield is the largest mixed-use development in Australia to achieve full EnviroDevelopment accreditation from the UDIA excelling in water, ecosystems, community, waste, materials and energy initiatives.

This 700+ residential lot development will include more than 22ha of open space, incorporating wetlands, kid’s playground, shared paths, sporting facilities and an environmental enhancement area along the Kensington Creek, the first phase of which has been delivered.

Pinnacle provides connectivity to the neighbouring, and expanding, Delacombe Town Centre, future school and community facilities, and respects the site topography providing opportunities for views across the expansive open space.

The first residential development in the area to be certified and achieve all six elements of the EnviroDevelopment program, Abiwood encourages future residents to develop sustainable homes that work with the land, whilst ensuring sustainable practices are implemented into the civil construction.

Pinnacle’s local civil team strive to reuse any site won materials and source materials locally where possible, with local indigenous species primarily used in the landscaping throughout Pinnacle.

This perfectly positioned masterplanned community offers the ideal mix of city convenience and relaxed country ambience.

With a diverse mix of dwellings, Tullamore includes just over 900 residences, offering vacant land allotments, Mirvac built homes and the prestigious Apartments of Tullamore precinct, with buildings Phoenix, Folia and Forme.

Tullamore is defined by its quality architecture, established landscape and Mirvac’s commitment to preserving the natural surrounds and the site’s heritage. The former historic ‘Elephant House’ is now home to Stables Provedore Cafe, offering dine-in, grab and go meals and fresh produce, and the Tullamore homestead has been redeveloped as part of state-of-the-art Next Gen Health & Lifestyle Club which feature health, fitness and lifestyle amenity across 11,000 square metres.

Featuring a lush natural conservation reserve and preserved heritage trees, close to 30 percent of Tullamore is devoted to green open spaces, including parks, playgrounds, picnic areas, exercise equipment and walking tracks.

Key sustainability features include but are not limited to:

• Extensive ecological protection
• Access to recycled water for all homes
• Opportunity for the use of solar technology across all Mirvac built dwellings, including the installation of solar panels and solar battery storage
• Food production allocations for residents
• Biofilta and onsite stormwater storage and treatment
• Ecostone retaining walls made using recycled materials
• An emphasis on minimising cut to fill across the site to preserve the natural landform
• Retention of an ornamental waterbody as a home for aquatic flora and fauna
• An innovative construction prefabrication pilot, which included the prefabrication of numerous housing construction elements, allowing for the reduction of waste and construction timeframes.

For more information on this development please visit: https://tullamore.mirvac.com/

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.