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City of Port Phillip & City of Melbourne Testing new approaches to city-shaping urban renewal Fishermans Bend environmental footprinting study
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Contents Page
Executive Summary 1
1 Introduction 13
1.1 Project overview 13 1.2 Objectives 15 1.3 Background 15 1.4 Planning applications as at October 2015 16 1.5 Strategic Framework Plan 17 1.6 Local policy and planning context 20
2 Scope and methodology 22
2.1 Approach 22 2.2 Defining scenarios 23 2.3 Modelling process 27
3 Results and discussion 31
3.1 Overview of scenario results 31 3.2 Land use and population 34 3.3 Low carbon city 37 3.4 Water sensitive city 43 3.5 Climate adept city 48 3.6 Connected and liveable city 51 3.7 Low waste city 56
4 Recommendations 59
4.1 Summary of key actions and opportunities 59 4.2 Headline targets for Fishermans Bend Sustainable
Development Plan 59 4.3 Engagement with independent sustainability rating schemes 64 4.4 Value proposition 65 4.5 Ongoing monitoring 67
5 Next steps 68
Appendices
Appendix A
Scenarios discussed in workshop and relationship to IRM model
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Executive Summary
Project background The Fishermans Bend Urban Renewal Area is a transformational urban renewal project covering:
• 250 hectares of Capital City Zoned land within the City of Port Phillip (CoPP) and City of Melbourne (CoM)
• 205 hectares of commercial and industrial zoned land within the City of Melbourne.
Fishermans Bend is more than 1.5 times larger than the areas of the Melbourne CBD and Docklands redevelopment combined. The enormous scale of urban renewal poses particular challenges for development staging, future proofing, and linking with wider Melbourne.
Such challenges can only be addressed by achieving sustainability and liveability outcomes.
The Fishermans Bend Strategic Framework Plan includes five sustainability goals to guide development:
• A low carbon city • A water sensitive city • A climate adept city • A connected and liveable city • A low waste city
Study objectives This study uses Arup’s Integrated Resource Management (IRM) tool to develop an evidence-based set of objectives, quantitative targets and requirements in order to inform planning, infrastructure and development at Fishermans Bend. Figure ES1 shows the conceptual framework of the IRM tool, which has been substantially adapted to reflect the precincts, available data and sustainability goals of the Fishermans Bend Urban Renewal Area.
Fundamentally, this study provides CoPP and CoM a starting point and the evidence base for discussing the levers and mechanisms necessary for the government and private sector to deliver the sustainability, liveability and resilience outcomes sought by the community and industry.
This report and use of the IRM tool to test varied inputs and scenarios can assist CoPP and CoM in discussions with the Victorian Government and the Metropolitan Planning Authority as part of the current review of the Fishermans Bend framework plan, and the development of the associated Infrastructure Plan, Neighbourhood Precinct Plans and Sustainable Development Plan.
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Figure ES1 Conceptual framework for Fishermans Bend IRM model
Scenario modelling CoPP, CoM and Arup engaged a range of stakeholders to define four alternative scenarios for the renewal of Fishermans Bend to be modelled by IRM. The four scenarios involve different combinations of building control and infrastructure delivery coordination:
1. Market-led, characterised by development activity and utility provision (e.g. transport, electrical power) in an environment of minimal government intervention.
2. Building-led, characterised by development activity where the government sets requirements for individual buildings to deliver environmental and social benefits within a reasonable cost impost (e.g. 2-5%).
3. Precinct-led, characterised by minimal government intervention in the development of individual buildings, accompanied by proactive delivery of precinct-scale infrastructure (e.g. transport, water recycling) by various actors (e.g. government, public or private utilities).
4. Integrated, which is chiefly a combination of building-led and precinct-led interventions for both building performance and infrastructure delivery. In
Carbon price scenario
Waste streams collectedOrganic waste treatment
Mode share by tripsElectric vehicle uptake
Water demandWater supply option
Electricity supply optionMains gas connection
Residential demandCommercial demand
PopulationFloor area schedule
Master plan design components
Design data Resource performance outputs
Land use
Energy demand
Waste
Transport
Water
Energy supply
Carbon
Sustainability cost premiumCost of living
IRM Model
Greenhouse gas emissions
Potable water supply
Green space
Dwellings for families
Jobs per household
Community services
Car parking provision
Active and public transport travel
Waste reduction
On-site renewable electricity
IRM Model
Compare design performance
against targets
Compare performance of design iterations
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some cases, there are sustainability improvements beyond the combination of building and precinct-led scenarios.
Table ES1 provides a summary of selected features of the four scenarios.
Table ES1 Summary of four scenarios modelled in the IRM tool
Note that these scenarios can be adjusted to test the relative impact of different features such as population, land use, connection to cogeneration systems, contribution of onsite renewables and a range of other variables.
1 Cogeneration involves the combustion of fuel (in this case, natural gas) to produce electricity. Useful heat energy is captured for space and/or water heating. 2 Trigeneration involves the combustion of fuel (in this case, natural gas) to produce electricity. Useful heat energy is captured for space and/or water heating. Heat is also converted into cooling for buildings through the use of absorption chillers.
Scenario Selected features
1. Market-led
Population 160,000 people 7 Star NatHERS residential, 5 Star NABERS Energy commercial; ramping up to 8 Star NatHERS residential, 6 Star Energy NABERS commercial by 2037 Public transport relies on bus network. Minimal active transport infrastructure Reliance on mains water for potable and non-potable water demands. Minimal water sensitive urban design. Collection of recyclable and residual waste.
2. Building-led
Population: 100,000 people due to adoption of building height limits 8 Star NatHERS residential, 6 Star NABERS Energy commercial; ramping up to 9 Star NatHERS residential, 6+ Star Energy NABERS commercial by 2037 Public transport relies on bus network. Minimal active transport infrastructure. Building level cogeneration1, significant levels of solar photovoltaic panels Building level greywater recycling Building led waste management
3. Precinct-led
Population: 160,000 people. 7 Star NatHERS residential, 5 Star NABERS Energy commercial; ramping up to 8 Star NatHERS residential, 6 Star Energy NABERS commercial by 2037 Improved infrastructure for cycling, walking and public transport Precinct level cogeneration, providing low carbon electricity and heating Centralised water recycling plant, with third pipe supply to buildings Water sensitive urban design in the public and private realm Precinct-led waste management
4. Integrated Population: 100,000 people due to adoption of building height limits 8 Star NatHERS residential, 6 Star NABERS Energy commercial; ramping up to 9 Star NatHERS residential, 6+ Star Energy NABERS commercial by 2037 Improved infrastructure for cycling, walking and public transport Centralised water recycling plant, with third pipe supply to buildings Precinct level trigeneration2, providing low carbon electricity, heating and cooling Water sensitive urban design in the public and private realm A combination of precinct and building led waste management
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Overview of results The IRM analysis is structured around the five sustainability goals set out in the Strategic Framework Plan. The results for each scenario are summarised in Figure ES2. These visual summaries are based on:
• The seven headline indicators, listed in Table ES2, and
• Linear performance between the standard and best case benchmarks, identified in Table ES2.
Key observations The market-led scenario significantly underperforms all other scenarios for each sustainability goal, except in the case of affordability where it is on par with the building-led, precinct-led and integrated scenarios.
In general, the integrated scenario results in the best performance across the sustainability goals, although it is closely matched by the building-led scenario (for the carbon goal) and precinct-led scenario (for the waste, accessibility and water goals).
The use of grey water or sewer mining (building or precinct scale) in the building-led, precinct-led and integrated scenarios enables strong progress towards best practice water efficiency.
Only the integrated scenario approaches the best practice benchmarks for carbon performance. This is achieved through a combination of passive building design, building integrated renewables and precinct-scale trigeneration infrastructure. Focusing on building-based strategies (as per the building-led scenario) achieves better results as compared to focusing on precinct-scale cogeneration and trigeneration alone.
The mode shares for walking, cycling and public transport assumed in this study enable the precinct and integrated scenarios to meet and exceed the best practice benchmarks. However, these mode shares need to be robustly tested through an integrated transport study for Fishermans Bend.
Public open space is able to deliver around half the best practice benchmark for climate adeptness. This study identifies further opportunities to progress this goal further.
Finally, the provision of open space as identified in the Strategic Framework Plan (and implemented in this study in the building-led, precinct-led and integrated scenarios) falls short of the existing open space provision per resident in both the Port Phillip and Melbourne local government areas. This suggests that plans for open space amenity should be confirmed as being adequate for the long term liveability of the Fishermans Bend community.
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Table ES2 Headline indicators with standard and best benchmarks
Strategic Framework Plan goal
Indicator Unit Standard benchmark for visual summary
Best benchmark for visual summary
A low carbon city
Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions per person compared to business as usual – buildings, infrastructure and transport
% reduction by tCO2e per capita compared to market-led scenario
0% As per market-led scenario
50% CoPP community goal
A water sensitive city
Reduction in potable water supply per person compared to business as usual – buildings and open space
% reduction by ML per capita compared to market-led scenario
0% As per market-led scenario
50% CoPP community goal
A climate adept city
Proportion of site that is vegetated (public and private open space, green roofs and water sensitively designed road infrastructure)
% of site footprint by hectare
9% As per market-led scenario
50% Green Star Communities Credit 31 Heat island effect
A connected and liveable city
Cost of living – reduction in housing, utilities and transport costs compared to business as usual
% reduction by 2015$ per annum per household
0% As per market-led scenario
10% Arup assumed
Provision of public open space Square metres of public open space per resident
3.0 As per market-led scenario
19v Maintain current CoPP provision
Proportion of travel distance by active and public modes
% by passenger kilometres
17% CoPP current mode share
48% CoPP sustainability transport strategy
A low waste city
Reduction in landfill compared to business as usual
% by tonnes per person
0% As per market-led scenario
75% CoPP community goal
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Market-led Building led
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Figure ES2 Visual summary of headline results for each scenario
Precinct-led Integrated
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Summary of key actions and opportunities Table ES3 includes the key actions and opportunities identified from this study. These actions can be embedded into design guidance as part of the Fishermans Bend Strategic Framework Plan review, within the Infrastructure Plan, Neighbourhood Precinct Plans, as well as the overarching Sustainable Development Plan.
Headline targets for Fishermans Bend Sustainable Development Plan Goals or targets in a future Fishermans Bend Sustainable Development Plan can be informed by this study. Table ES4 suggests headline targets based on the scenario that delivers the best performance through measures onsite over the 50 year development timeframe for Fishermans Bend.
Arup considers that the suggested headline targets are likely to be technically feasible based on the pathway of actions built into the IRM model. Headline targets will need to be supported by building and infrastructure standards (e.g. solar PV coverage guidelines), which are relevant to the day-to-day decision making of developers, infrastructure agencies and government service providers. These standards can be drawn from the assumptions built into the IRM model.
Next steps To facilitate the implementation of key actions and opportunities (Table ES3), the immediate next steps from this study are:
1. Discuss the findings of this study with the Metropolitan Planning Authority, the Fishermans Bend Advisory Committee, Property Council of Australia, utilities, and other interested parties.
2. Use the study findings to inform the preparation of the Neighbourhood Precinct Plans, Infrastructure Plan, Sustainable Development Plan and the revision of the Strategic Framework Plan.
3. Engage current utilities (e.g. South East Water) and private utilities to identify the conditions required for the delivery of precinct-scale infrastructure.
4. Engage groups of landowners at Fishermans Bend in discussion of the mutual benefits of infrastructure coordination.
5. Investigate the benefits, disadvantages and potential governance structures for a precinct sustainability rating such as Green Star Communities, Eco-Districts, EnviroDevelopment, Living Building Challenge or One Planet Communities.
6. Develop community-facing materials that draw on the findings, such as narratives, visualisations and possibly a web-based interactive tools for a non-specialist audience.
7. Investigate opportunities to implement recommendations through the Local Policies for energy, water and waste (CoM) and Environmentally Efficient Design (CoPP).
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Table ES3 Key actions and opportunities to deliver sustainability goals
Goal Action / opportunity Implementation
Carbon CB1 Require residential buildings to achieve high levels of energy efficiency – better than 7 Star NatHERS which is slightly better than the minimum required for 4 Star Green Star Design & As Built.
Design guidelines
CB3 Require non-residential buildings to achieve high levels of energy efficiency – at least 50% better than current good practice, which is better than the minimum required for 4 Star Green Star Design & As Built.
Design guidelines
CB4 Maximise uptake of solar photovoltaic panels on building roofs (model assumes a maximum of 40% roof coverage for a building) and facades (model assumes a maximum of 50% façade coverage for a building). Ensure that building typologies (e.g. tower podium model, mid-rise / courtyard residential) safeguard solar access and minimise overshadowing.
Design guidelines
CB5 Preferentially allocate roof space to solar photovoltaic panels, rather than solar hot water, as these are more carbon efficient. Design guidelines
CB6 Precinct cogeneration or trigeneration should not be the primary strategy, but rather focused on the mixed use and dense hubs of the development, where these energy sources can operate most efficiently.
Neighbourhood Precinct Plans
Water WT1 Deliver more open space beyond what is currently noted in the Strategic Framework Plan to meet a range of benefits including amenity, water quality and urban heat island. This may be possible by setting standards for private open space, green roof and water sensitive design of road infrastructure.
Strategic Framework Plan Design guidelines Neighbourhood Precinct Plans
WT2 Achieve substantial substitution of water supply, focusing on sewer mining. Infrastructure planning by South East Water suggests that this is the most viable source of non-potable water.
Infrastructure Plan
WT3 Investigate the potential for wetlands to deliver stormwater treatment at Fishermans Bend. This would require substantial commitment within the land use budget.
Infrastructure plan
Climate adeptness
CA1 Seek to deliver more open space beyond what is currently noted in the Strategic Framework Plan to meet a range of benefits including amenity, water quality and urban heat island. Increasing the current requirements for open space would approach the urban heat island best practice benchmark.
Strategic Framework Plan
CA2 Require private space softscaping by controlling plot coverage (limiting to no more than 80%). Design guidelines
Connected & liveable
LI1 Enable the ‘sustainability cost premium’ to be minimised through mechanisms such as: providing a clear road map for industry to adapt and build capability towards delivering improved building standards; achieving critical mass in the sustainable supply chain; and rapidly disseminating lessons learned.
Governance
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Goal Action / opportunity Implementation
LI2 Ensure a level playing field in building standards, so that consumers benefit from competition in the Fishermans Bend housing and commercial real estate market.
Design guidelines
LI3 Prioritise walking, cycling and public transport as movement modes in the site’s planning and infrastructure. This needs to be informed by a comprehensive integrated accessibility / transport plan.
Strategic Framework Plan and Neighbourhood Precinct Plans
LI4 Investigate options to better link residential areas with employment precincts on or near the urban renewal area. Strategic Framework Plan and Neighbourhood Precinct Plans
LI5 Seek to deliver more open space beyond what is currently noted in the Strategic Framework Plan to meet a range of benefits including amenity, water quality and urban heat island. Confirm that the current provision of open space meets the amenity needs of future residents.
Strategic Framework Plan and Neighbourhood Precinct Plans
Waste WS1 Collect and treat household organic waste, as this represents up to 50% of waste generation. This will require regional scale infrastructure (beyond Fishermans Bend) or substantial investment in onsite anaerobic digestion or in-vessel composting. In the case of anaerobic digestion, it may be possible to combine organic waste treatment with the treatment train for sewer mining. This has the benefit of reducing the requirement for EPA amenity buffers around infrastructure.
Infrastructure Plan
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Table ES4 Suggested headline targets based on onsite measures at Fishermans Bend
Strategic Framework Plan goal
Indicator Unit Suggested headline target
Relevant scenario
Related local government policy positions
A low carbon city
Proportion of electricity supply from on-site renewables % by MWh 10-15% Building-led
Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions per person compared to business as usual – buildings, infrastructure and transport
% reduction by tCO2e per capita compared to market-led scenario
40-50% Integrated CoPP: 50% reduction in per capita emissions by 2020 (from 2006 baseline) CoM: Carbon neutral by 2020
A water sensitive city
Reduction in potable water supply per person compared to business as usual – buildings and open space
% reduction by ML per capita compared to market-led scenario
50% Building-led Precinct-led Integrated
CoPP: 50% reduction in potable water use by 2020 (from 2001 baseline) CoM: 8% of water from alternative water sources by 2018, 20% by 2030
A climate adept city
Proportion of site that is vegetated (public and private open space, green roofs and water sensitively designed road infrastructure)
% of site footprint by hectare
30% Integrated CoM: Increase canopy cover from 22% to 40% by 2040
A connected and liveable city
Cost of living – reduction in housing, utilities and transport costs compared to business as usual
% reduction by 2015$ per annum per household
0% No additional increase in cost of living
All scenarios
Provision of public open space Square metres of public open space per resident
10 (strongly dependent on population assumptions)
Building-led Integrated
Proportion of travel distance by active and public modes % by passenger kilometres 50-60% Precinct-led Integrated
CoPP: Active and public transport to account for 48% of mode share CoM: Active and public transport to account for 80% of mode share
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Strategic Framework Plan goal
Indicator Unit Suggested headline target
Relevant scenario
Related local government policy positions
A low waste city
Reduction in landfill compared to business as usual % by tonnes per person 40-50% Precinct-led Integrated
CoPP: 75% reduction in residential per capita waste to landfill by 2020 CoM: 65% recovery of municipal solid waste by 2014
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1 Introduction
1.1 Project overview The Fishermans Bend Urban Renewal Area is a transformational urban renewal project covering:
• 250 hectares of Capital City Zoned land within the City of Port Phillip and City of Melbourne
• 205 hectares of commercial and industrial zoned land within the City of Melbourne.
The redevelopment of Fishermans Bend over coming decades presents an opportunity to extend the principles of sustainability and liveability into this key urban regeneration area, which is critical as the decisions of today will have implications for future generations.
City of Port Phillip, working with City of Melbourne, engaged Arup to investigate specific pathways for achieving and exceeding the sustainability aspirations of the Fishermans Bend Strategic Framework Plan.
This report documents the process and outcomes of defining scenarios, undertaking quantitative modelling, analysing results and making recommendations.
The study uses a quantitative sustainability model to develop an evidence-based set of objectives, targets and requirements in order to inform planning, infrastructure and development at Fishermans Bend.
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Figure 1 Map of Fishermans Bend urban renewal area in relation to Melbourne Central Business District (Fishermans Bend Advisory Committee, Oct 2015)
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1.2 Objectives The Fishermans Bend Environmental Footprinting Study seeks to achieve the following objectives, as outlined in the project brief.
• To quantify the likely environmental impacts of the Fishermans Bend Urban Renewal Area (FBURA) on a business as usual (BAU) trajectory (with current planning controls, design guidelines and current development response)
• To establish scenarios for varying levels of sustainability performance for FBURA, ranging from BAU through to a ‘beyond best practice’ scenario which aligns/surpasses the draft Sustainability Goals for the development, and the intent of City of Port Phillip’s (CoPP) and City of Melbourne’s (CoM) sustainability policies
• To model the environmental performance outcomes of each scenario at a building, precinct and whole of development level, against current development timeline and density/height trajectories, taking into account developments already approved through planning
• To undertake a high level evaluation of the environmental, social and financial costs of each scenario, and recommend the combination of features across energy, water and waste
• To establish a decision-making tool that allows the environmental features to be re-modelled over time, with adjustment to assumptions, development typologies, and infrastructure plans as they emerge.
Fundamentally, the study provides CoPP and CoM a starting point and the evidence base for discussing the levers and mechanisms necessary for the government and private sector to deliver the sustainability, liveability and resilience outcomes sought by the community and industry.
This report can assist CoPP and CoM in discussions with the Victorian Government and the Metropolitan Planning Authority as part of the current review of the Fishermans Bend framework plan, and the development of the associated Infrastructure Plan, Neighbourhood Precinct Plans and Sustainable Development Plan.
1.3 Background The State Government, City of Port Phillip and City of Melbourne share responsibilities for planning and servicing Fishermans Bend over the next 50 years of development and beyond.
Key documents to date include:
• Fishermans Bend Strategic Framework Plan (2014 – revision planned for publication in 2016/2017), Metropolitan Planning Authority and State Government of Victoria
• Montague Precinct Structure Plan (2012), City of Port Phillip
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• Fishermans Bend Draft Vision (2013), Places Victoria
Alongside published documents, a range of consultation and investigation activities have taken place to engage stakeholders interested in the future of Fishermans Bend (Box 1).
Box 1 Acknowledgements
Arup, City of Port Phillip and City of Melbourne thank representatives of the following groups, who attended workshops or participated in interviews in the development of this study.
• Sustainability Victoria
• Property Council of Australia, Victoria – Sustainability Sub-Committee
• Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
• South East Water
• Melbourne Water
• Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living – University of Melbourne School of Engineering
• Metropolitan Planning Authority
1.4 Planning applications as at October 2015 At October 2015, 15 planning permits have been approved for developments at Fishermans Bend. These involve 20 individual residential apartment buildings between 20 and 49 storeys, as well as a number of lower profile buildings. Combined, these buildings comprise 6,700 dwellings.3
An additional 23 applications have been lodged up to 30 June 2015. These applications propose another 26 apartment buildings between 20 and 64 storeys, and a number of lower profile buildings, representing an additional 10,900 dwellings.
By 2050, the capital city zoned land in Fishermans Bend could host up to 160,000 residents. This population figure is possible when taking into account parameters such as building setbacks, separation, height, dwelling typologies and land use mix.
3 Fishermans Bend Advisory Committee, first report, October 2015, available at http://www.mpa.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/FBAC-Report-Number-1-October-2015.pdf
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1.5 Strategic Framework Plan
1.5.1 Purpose In July 2014, the Metropolitan Planning Authority released the Fishermans Bend Strategic Framework Plan, which sets out a simplified long term framework to guide urban renewal. It covers key elements including:
• Street network • Sustainable transport • Open space • A series of places
The Strategic Framework Plan and accompanying design guidance are statutory planning tools to inform the consideration of planning permit applications.
The Strategic Framework Plan responds to the strategic directions of the Fishermans Bend Urban Renewal Area Draft Vision (September 2013):
• The creation of 21st century jobs • A great place for families • The timely provision of infrastructure • A high quality built environment • A place that is easy to get around • Smart environmental solutions • A vibrant mix of uses and activities • Environmental constraints addressed • Distinctive and diverse neighbourhoods • Strong partnerships and effective governance
1.5.2 Challenges and drivers for sustainability The Fishermans Bend urban renewal area is more than 1.5 times larger than the areas of the Melbourne CBD and Docklands redevelopment combined. The enormous scale of urban renewal poses particular challenges for development staging, future proofing, and linking with wider Melbourne.
The Fishermans Bend Urban Renewal Area Draft Vision (September 2013) sets out these challenges including (amongst others):
• Improving public transport links during the early stages of development to attract investment and support increased population growth,
• Successfully integrating with surrounding suburbs,
• Upgrading utilities infrastructure to meet the demands of an increasing population,
• Creating a network of public spaces and additional open space,
• Expanding community infrastructure to deliver accessible services to support a growing population and ensure active healthy and connected communities,
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• Designing and delivering infrastructure, spaces and buildings which are responsive to the impact of climate change,
• Establishing innovative infrastructure funding mechanisms which enable the timely delivery of infrastructure, and
• Creating high density, family friendly living environments and public spaces.
Fundamentally, such challenges can only be addressed by achieving sustainability and liveability outcomes.
The Strategic Framework Plan design guidance includes five sustainability goals to guide development:
• A low carbon city • A water sensitive city • A climate adept city • A connected and liveable city • A low waste city
The Strategic Framework Plan provides specific sustainability expectations for development at Fishermans Bend, examples of which are shown in Box 2.
This environmental footprinting study has been shaped to directly respond to the five sustainability goals above. Arup’s Integrated Resource Management (IRM) model robustly addresses the carbon, water and waste goals. Arup’s analysis also supports the investigation of climate adept and transport accessibility goals. However, due to the strong spatial and dynamic character of issues such as urban heat island, flooding, people movement and traffic generation, the climate adept and transport accessibility goals require further specialist study beyond the analysis using Arup’s IRM model.
1.5.3 Recasting Fishermans Bend In April 2015, the Minister for Planning announced the review of the Strategic Framework Plan to take into account the inclusion of the employment precinct into the Fishermans Bend Urban Renewal Area and the development of Neighbourhood Precinct Plans. The review is being led by the Metropolitan Planning Authority, with input from the Fishermans Bend Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee includes the mayors of both CoPP and CoM.
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Box 2 Sustainability in design guidance in the Strategic Framework Plan
The Strategic Framework Plan (2014) contains the following design guidance that relate to sustainability expectations.
Transport
• Provision of at least one cycle space per 5 dwellings, one visitor space per 10 dwellings, one space per 300 sqm of net office floor area and one visitor space per 1,000 sqm of net office floor area. These cycle park standards are a minimum, with one cycle space per dwelling and one cycle space per 50 sqm of net office floor area preferred.
• Provision of car parking for dwellings at a rate less than the maximum specified in the relevant Planning Scheme is encouraged, with a target rate of 0.5 spaces per dwelling. and one car space per 100 sqm for offices
Stormwater management
• Provision should be made to manage stormwater generated on-site within the development footprint.
• Each building should capture runoff from 100% of the roof area and successfully retain on-site at least 50% of the volume of runoff derived from a 5 year 72 hour storm event.
• Development must meet or exceed best practice stormwater quality treatment standards prior to discharge to receiving waterways.
Water efficiency
• Stormwater captured onsite must be re-used in toilet flushing and irrigation or, as a last option, controlled release.
• New buildings must install a third pipe to supply non potable uses within the development, including for toilet flushing, fire services, irrigation and cooling.
• Grey water collection and re-use is expected for all larger developments (over 200 dwellings).
Energy
• Residential development should be designed to allow cross ventilation, including allowing for dual aspect and for all habitable rooms to have openable windows.
• Solar panels for water heating and photovoltaic electricity production should be made use of.
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1.6 Local policy and planning context The Cities of Port Phillip and Melbourne are leading local governments in climate change and sustainability, and share planning responsibilities at Fishermans Bend with the Minister for Planning.
City of Port Phillip CoPP’s Toward Zero4 Sustainable Environment Strategy sets Council’s policy direction, outlining nine sustainability challenges. Key strategies and action plans for delivering Toward Zero are:
• Greenhouse Action Plan • Climate Adaptation Plan • Water Strategy • Sustainable Transport Strategy
A range of 2020 targets have been set for the Toward Zero Strategy, however the Strategy also provides a longer term framework and priority focus beyond 2020.
City of Port Phillip acknowledges that the built environment has a significant impact on the wider natural environment and most current development practices are not sustainable in the long term. CoPP is committed to promoting sustainable design and development.
Critical to achieving this commitment is for development to meet appropriate environmental design standards. CoPP planning policies that apply to sustainable development at Fishermans Bend are:
• Clause 21.03-1 Ecologically Sustainable Development • Clause 22.13 proposed Amendment C97 Environmentally Efficient Design
Local Planning Policy • CoPP 21.03-2 Sustainable Transport
Clause 22.12 proposed Amendment C78 – Stormwater Management (Water Sensitive Urban Design
The Sustainable Design Assessment in the Planning Process (SDAPP) framework is the key mechanism for ensuring alignment with the policies through planning.5
City of Melbourne City of Melbourne’s Council Plan sets out the vision to create a bold, inspirational and sustainable city. This vision is further articulated through the six externally
4 CoPP sustainability policies and strategies are available at http://www.enviroehub.com.au/articles/councils-sustainability-policies-and-strategies 5 Available at http://www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/sdapp.htm
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facing goals, one of which is to become an Eco-City.6 Key strategies that form the basis of the Eco-city goal and that have informed this study are:
• Zero Net Emissions by 2020 • Climate Change Adaptation Strategy • Total Watermark – City as a Catchment • Open space strategy
The City of Melbourne has established environmental sustainability requirements within the Melbourne Planning Scheme. Key planning requirements7 that apply throughout the municipality, including the Lorimer precinct of Fishermans Bend, include:
• Clause 22.19 Energy, Waste and Water Efficiency • Clause 22.23 Storm Water Management (Water sensitive urban design)
6 CoM sustainability policies and strategies are available at www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/sustainability 7 Available at www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/planningandbuilding
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2 Scope and methodology
2.1 Approach Figure 1 provides an overview of the approach to this. Arup worked with CoPP and CoM to define in detail the scenarios to be modelled.
Arup’s Integrated Resource Management (IRM) tool was substantially adapted to reflect the scenarios and metrics of interest to the City of Port Phillip and City of Melbourne, with assumptions and calculations reviewed by the University of Melbourne’s Infrastructure Engineering8 department. Major changes to the model include:
• Restructuring to analyse the distinct performances FBURA’s four residential precincts over the 50 year timeframe for the urban renewal,
• Calculation of key performance indicators that reflect the priorities and goals articulated in the Strategic Framework Plan and CoPP and CoM’s policies and strategies, and
• Changes to model relationships to take into account assumptions and data specifically developed for Fishermans Bend.
The final outputs of the project include:
• This project report,
• A completed IRM tool (Microsoft Excel) and user guide for the ongoing monitoring of FBURA’s development, and
• Final presentation of results and findings.
8 The researchers involved are core to the Mutopia research project, which is the University of Melbourne’s multidisciplinary 4D urban sustainability modelling platform. The team is part of the Cooperative Research Centre for Low Carbon Living. For more information, refer to the Mutopia website at http://mutopia.unimelb.edu.au/index.html
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Figure 2 Methodology overview for environmental footprinting study
2.2 Defining scenarios The purpose of defining scenarios is to investigate what measures will make the most impact on the sustainability and liveability objectives for Fishermans Bend.
On 1 May 2015, CoPP hosted a scenarios workshop involving people with a range of backgrounds including:
• Sustainability • Transport • Landscape and parks • Economics • Policy and planning
• Academic research • Energy • Water • Urban design and architecture
Task 1 Project inception Task 1 Project inception
Task 2 Establish modelling scenarios & assumptions
Task 2.1 Scenarios workshop Task 2.2 Scenario definition and sustainability
framework Task 2.3 Scenario review and finalisation
Task 3 Initial modelling
Task 3.1 Initial modelling Task 3.2 Initial modelling review
Task 4 Refined modelling Task 4 Refined modelling
Task 5 Draft submission Task 5 Draft submission
Task 6 Completion Task 6 Completion
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The purpose of the workshop was to discuss the aspects to be reflected in four scenarios:
5. Market-led, characterised by development activity and utility provision (e.g. transport, electrical power) in an environment of minimal government intervention.
6. Building-led, characterised by development activity where the government sets requirements for individual buildings to deliver environmental and social benefits within a reasonable cost impost (e.g. 2-5%).
7. Precinct-led, characterised by minimal government intervention in the development of individual buildings, accompanied by proactive delivery of precinct-scale infrastructure (e.g. transport, water recycling) by various actors (e.g. government, public or private utilities).
8. Integrated, which is chiefly a combination of building-led and precinct-led interventions for both building performance and infrastructure delivery. In some cases, there are sustainability improvements beyond the combination of building and precinct-led scenarios. This generally occurs when the combination of demand (typically at building scale) and supply (typically at precinct scale) measures enhances performance.
The four scenarios reflect differing levels of building control and coordination of infrastructure delivery, as shown in Figure 3.
At the scenarios workshop, participants were asked to define how the variables in Table 1 would change across the four scenarios.
Following on from the workshop, Arup proposed the scenarios in Appendix A as the basis for IRM modelling. The features of the four scenarios are summarised in Table 2.
Figure 3 Scenarios framework
High building control
Low building control
Precinct infrastructure delivery
Individual infrastructure delivery
1. Uncoordinated development 2. Building-led
3. Precinct-led 4. Integrated development
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Table 1 Scenarios question prompts
Residents, workers and visitors Who lives here and why? What community facilities are here? What businesses and institutions are here? Who might visit and why?
Building performance How do residential buildings perform? How do commercial buildings perform? What aspects of performance are controlled?
Open space & green infrastructure How much open space is there? How is it distributed? What is the role of green infrastructure on ground, on walls and on roofs?
Building typology How much of each plot is built out? How are a mixture of uses accommodated? Where is the parking?
Transport & access What kinds of trips do people make (and don’t make)? What public transport is there? How much parking is there? What is the role of walking and cycling?
Water supply & demand How efficient is water use in buildings and open space? How much water is captured / recycled? What is recycled water used for?
Energy demand & supply What is the role of passive building design? What proportion of energy sources are renewable? Low carbon? What is generated within the urban renewal area?
Cost of living & doing business What is the role of affordable and social housing? What businesses can afford to stay in the area? What incentives and subsidies are there?
Waste & materials How is waste collected? How is waste treated? On or off site? Are there economically valuable waste products?
Culture & heritage What existing buildings, spaces and other features are retained? How does the area reflect its past?
Climate change resilience How does the urban scale respond to climate change pressures? How are individual buildings prepared? What uses remain vulnerable?
Links to wider Melbourne How does the area interact with its neighbours? How does its development change Melbourne?
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Table 2 Summary of four scenarios refined from workshop input
Scenario Selected features
1. Market-led
Population 160,000 people 7 Star NatHERS residential, 5 Star NABERS Energy commercial; ramping up to 8 Star NatHERS residential, 6 Star Energy NABERS commercial by 2037 Public transport relies on bus network. Minimal active transport infrastructure Reliance on mains water for potable and non-potable water demands. Minimal water sensitive urban design. Collection of recyclable and residual waste.
2. Building-led
Population: 100,000 people due to adoption of building height limits 8 Star NatHERS residential, 6 Star NABERS Energy commercial; ramping up to 9 Star NatHERS residential, 6+ Star Energy NABERS commercial by 2037 Public transport relies on bus network. Minimal active transport infrastructure. Building level cogeneration9, significant levels of solar photovoltaic panels Building level greywater recycling Building led waste management
3. Precinct-led
Population: 160,000 people. 7 Star NatHERS residential, 5 Star NABERS Energy commercial; ramping up to 8 Star NatHERS residential, 6 Star Energy NABERS commercial by 2037 Building energy performance meeting National Construction code only Improved infrastructure for cycling, walking and public transport Precinct level cogeneration, providing low carbon electricity and heating Centralised water recycling plant, with third pipe supply to buildings Water sensitive urban design in the public and private realm Precinct-led waste management
4. Integrated Population: 100,000 people due to adoption of building height limits 8 Star NatHERS residential, 6 Star NABERS Energy commercial; ramping up to 9 Star NatHERS residential, 6+ Star Energy NABERS commercial by 2037 Improved infrastructure for cycling, walking and public transport Centralised water recycling plant, with third pipe supply to buildings Precinct level trigeneration10, providing low carbon electricity, heating and cooling Water sensitive urban design in the public and private realm A combination of precinct and building led waste management
9 Cogeneration involves the combustion of fuel (in this case, natural gas) to produce electricity. Useful heat energy is captured for space and/or water heating. 10 Trigeneration involves the combustion of fuel (in this case, natural gas) to produce electricity. Useful heat energy is captured for space and/or water heating. Heat is also converted into cooling for buildings through the use of absorption chillers.
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2.3 Modelling process The IRM tool was modified to reflect the four scenarios described in Section 2.2 for:
• Five geographic scales:
• Whole urban renewal area (240 hectares) • Lorimer (27 hectares) • Montague (43 hectares) • Wirraway (91 hectares) • Sandridge (83 hectares)
• Two time points:
• Mid-development at 2037 • Full build out at 2066
The model does not calculate the impact of existing buildings and infrastructure, nor the employment precinct, as there is not yet sufficient information about the vision or plan for this area. The model instead focuses on the impact of new development in the mixed use residential areas of the urban renewal area.
The IRM models the interactions and results of the following topic areas.
• Land use mix and development scenarios
• Energy demand and supply • Water demand and supply • Stormwater
• Transport • Waste generation and treatment • Carbon efficiency • Cost of living
The assumptions and calculations for these areas are based on Arup’s extensive experience and research on current and future trends. These assumptions were peer reviewed by the University of Melbourne. Details of assumptions and data sources are provided in the IRM tool, provided to CoPP.
The results of these calculations were translated into indicators of interest to stakeholders. The indicators that were modelled are shown in Table 3, along with related credits in the Green Star Communities and Design & As Built rating schemes for masterplans and buildings respectively.
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Table 3 Sustainability framework with headline indicators highlighted (italics)
Strategic Framework Plan goal
Indicator Unit Benchmarks used in Figure 4 visual summaries (headline indicators only)
Related Green Star Communities credits
Related Green Star Design & As Built credits
Standard Best
A low carbon city
Proportion of electricity supply from on-site renewables
% by MWh 23 Peak electricity demand reduction
16 Peak electricity demand reduction
Greenhouse gas emissions per person (residents + employees) – no carbon price scenario
tCO2-e per capita 25 Greenhouse gas strategy 11 Sustainable buildings
15 Greenhouse gas emissions
Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions per person compared to business as usual – buildings, infrastructure and transport
% reduction by tCO2e per capita compared to market-led scenario
0% As per market-led scenario
50% CoPP community goal
Total annual greenhouse gas emissions tCO2-e
A water sensitive city
Provision of water sensitive infrastructure required to achieved best practice environmental management for urban water
% of the benchmark necessary to achieve best practice benchmarks
24 Integrated water cycle 26 Stormwater 18 Potable water
Potable water supply per person (residents + employees)
ML per capita 24 Integrated water cycle 11 Sustainable buildings
Reduction in potable water supply per person compared to business as usual – buildings and open space
% reduction by ML per capita compared to market-led scenario
0% As per market-led scenario
50% CoPP community goal
Total annual potable water supply ML
A climate adept city
Permeability of urban renewal area – buildings and landscape
% of site footprint by hectare
24 Integrated water cycle 26 Stormwater
Proportion of site that is vegetated (public and private open space, green roofs and water sensitively designed road infrastructure)
% of site footprint by hectare
9% As per market-led scenario
50% Green Star Communities Credit 31 Heat island effect
29 Ecological value 31 Heat island effect 24 Integrated water cycle 9 Healthy and active living
12 Visual comfort 23 Ecological value
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Strategic Framework Plan goal
Indicator Unit Benchmarks used in Figure 4 visual summaries (headline indicators only)
Related Green Star Communities credits
Related Green Star Design & As Built credits
Standard Best
A connected and liveable city
Proportion of dwellings suitable for families % of dwellings with at least 3 bedrooms
17 Affordability n/a
Cost of living – reduction in housing, utilities and transport costs compared to business as usual
% reduction by 2015$ per annum per household
0% As per market-led scenario
10% Arup assumed
n/a
Number of jobs per household Number of jobs per dwelling
18 Employment and economic resilience
n/a
Provision of public open space Square metres of public open space per resident
3.0 As per market-led scenario
40 Maintain current CoPP provision
9 Healthy and active living 12 Visual comfort
Provision of community services – community facilities, retail, education, leisure
Square metres of service space per resident
13 Walkable access to amenities
n/a
Provision for car parking per person (residents + employees)
Square metres of car parking per person
27 Sustainable transport and movement
17 Sustainable transport
Proportion of travel distance by active and public modes
% by passenger kilometres 17% CoPP current mode share
48% CoPP sustainability transport strategy
A low waste city
Diversion of waste from landfill % by tonnes of waste per annum
30 Waste management 8 Operational waste
Reduction in landfill compared to business as usual
% by tonnes per person 0% As per market-led scenario
75% CoPP community goal
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Box 3 Introduction to Arup’s Integrated Resource Management (IRM) model
The IRM model is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that models the interactions between buildings, infrastructure and people at neighbourhood and city scale. It was developed as a life cycle assessment model for cities, focusing on the concept masterplanning phase for greenfield and existing neighbourhood developments. It is a complex model, with thousands of links and nodes to represent the integrated nature of city systems.
Since 2005, IRM has been used to test around 30 spatial plans in Australia, UK, USA, Canada, Brazil, Abu Dhabi, China, South Korea, Hong Kong and South Africa. The IRM has been the subject of testing and research by the University College London and University of Bath, with findings published in peer reviewed papers.
The tool is flexible, being adapted for each project and improved with learnings of past projects. The Fishermans Bend version of the IRM model has been set up with a dashboard that allows the City of Port Phillip to select different scenarios and precincts, and to toggle sustainability strategies on and off in order to understand the impact on metrics.
Carbon price scenario
Waste streams collectedOrganic waste treatment
Mode share by tripsElectric vehicle uptake
Water demandWater supply option
Electricity supply optionMains gas connection
Residential demandCommercial demand
PopulationFloor area schedule
Master plan design components
Design data Resource performance outputs
Land use
Energy demand
Waste
Transport
Water
Energy supply
Carbon
Sustainability cost premiumCost of living
IRM Model
Greenhouse gas emissions
Potable water supply
Green space
Dwellings for families
Jobs per household
Community services
Car parking provision
Active and public transport travel
Waste reduction
On-site renewable electricity
IRM Model
Compare design performance
against targets
Compare performance of design iterations
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3 Results and discussion
3.1 Overview of scenario results As described in Section 1.5.2, the IRM analysis is structured around the five sustainability goals set out in the Strategic Framework Plan. The key performance indicators (Table 3) have been chosen to reflect the sustainability goals and to benchmark against CoPP and CoM’s municipal goals and targets.
The results for each scenario are summarised in Figure 4. These visual summaries are based on:
• The seven headline indicators, as highlighted (italics) in Table 3, and
• Linear performance between the standard and best case benchmarks, identified in Table 3.
The market-led scenario significantly underperforms all other scenarios for each sustainability goal, except in the case of affordability where it is on par with the building-led, precinct-led and integrated scenarios.
In general, the integrated scenario results in the best performance across the sustainability goals, although it is closely matched by the building-led scenario (for the carbon goal) and precinct-led scenario (for the waste, accessibility and water goals).
The trends across scenarios for each sustainability goal are discussed in detail in the following sections.
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Market-led Building-led
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Figure 4 Visual summary of headline results for each scenario
Precinct-led Integrated
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3.2 Land use and population Across Fishermans Bend and for all scenarios, the majority of development floor areas is residential, followed by commercial office. Residential and non-residential car parking across the development accounts for a substantial component of floor area. The land use breakdown can be seen in Figure 5. Figure 5 and subsequent figures show the progression in development at Fishermans Bend from 2037 to 2066.
As noted in Box 4, there is some variation in land use between the four precincts. The IRM model provided to CoPP and CoM reflects the different populations and land uses for each precinct. The model can be used to generate results for each precinct.
It should be noted that Scenario 2 (building-led) and Scenario 4 (integrated) both adopt more stringent height limits for development, which leads to lower residential population and commercial activity (100,000 people compared to 160,000 for the other two scenarios). It is possible to change the population in each scenario using the IRM dashboard.
Box 4 Introducing the four precincts
The IRM model reflects the distinct characters of the four precincts in the mixed use areas of Fishermans Bend.
Lorimer
Lorimer is a modern urban village, with a mix of high density residential and commercial uses. The Lorimer Parkway will be the focus of the precinct, which also has connections to the Yarra River.
Montague
The principal commercial and retail centre of Fishermans Bend is located in Montague. This precinct also has strong transport connections, serviced by the existing 109 tram route.
Sandridge
The Plummer Street Civic Boulevard will run through the Sandridge precinct. The Civic Boulevard will include retail, office, community and entertainment uses, with high density residential above.
Wirraway
The Civic Boulevard will continue into the Wirraway precinct. This precinct will include a mix of housing densities, with a larger proportion is family dwellings (3+ bedrooms) than the other precincts.
It is useful to note that as Fishermans Bend’s residential population increases, the IRM shows a number of impacts:
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• Total greenhouse gas emissions and water consumption increases directly with population.
• The proportion of electricity supply from on-site renewables decreases, as the urban renewal area has a fixed footprint and hence roof area, which cannot keep pace with increasing energy demand.
• As a result of the above (a less clean energy mix), per capita emissions slightly increases. It should be noted that IRM does not demonstrate improved uptake / performance from cogeneration and trigeneration as a result of population increase, as this relates primarily to the diversity of land uses to efficiently use different types of energy over the day.
• Household cost of living slightly decreases as some fixed costs are distributed across a larger population / more dwellings.
• The square metres of public open space and service space per resident decreases.
• The number of jobs per household is relatively constant, as the model assumes non-residential development keeps pace with residential development.
• Site-related metrics (i.e. permeability of site, proportion of site that is vegetated and proportion of dwellings suitable for families) remain constant.
• The square metres of parking per resident and employee is constant.
• The proportion of travel by active and public transport modes remains constant (in reality, this may be affected by the degree of road congestion).
The IRM model does not model the following important opportunities and constraints, which arise as a result of population increases:
• Potential for enhanced provision of public transport infrastructure and services, as increased density improves business case for investment.
• Enhanced diversity, provision and access to community services and retail
• Capacity constraints on the road network, leading to reduced mode share by private vehicles.
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Figure 5 Results for land use mix
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3.3 Low carbon city
3.3.1 Key findings
Principle
Greenhouse emissions will be minimised through energy efficiency, and use of clean and renewable energy generation.
Current local government policy position
CoPP: 50% reduction in per capita emissions by 2020 (from 2006 baseline)
CoM: Carbon neutral by 2020
Table 4 Low carbon city indicators and results
Indicator Unit Market-led
Building-led
Precinct-led
Integrated
Proportion of electricity supply from on-site renewables
% by MWh 1.2% 11.4% 0.5% 8.0%
Greenhouse gas emissions per person (residents + employees) – no carbon price scenario
tCO2-e per capita
4.5 3.3 3.8 2.8
Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions per person compared to business as usual – buildings, infrastructure and transport
% reduction by tCO2e per capita compared to market-led scenario
0% 27% 16% 38%
Total annual greenhouse gas emissions
tCO2-e 1,230,000 560,000 1,030,000 480,000
As shown in Table 4 and Figure 6, the IRM shows that none of the scenarios are able to achieve the CoPP and CoM carbon goals through onsite measures alone (i.e. it would be necessary to procure offsite renewables, rapidly increase uptake of transport biofuels or purchase offsets).
The integrated scenario performs the best in terms of greenhouse gas emissions per capita, while the building-led scenario has the greatest proportion of renewable energy.
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The improvement of the integrated scenario over the precinct and building-led scenarios suggest that there is an important role for both passive building energy design, building integrated solar power and precinct scale trigeneration.
This reflects the mix of uses (combination of residential and non-residential activity) and density that is currently assumed for in the modelling. As the proportion of non-residential uses increases, Arup expects that the benefit of precinct-scale cogeneration and trigeneration would further increase, and would reflect in the performance of the integrated scenario compared to the others.
Key actions / opportunities • Require residential buildings to achieve high levels of energy efficiency –
better than 7 Star NatHERS which is slightly better than the minimum required for 4 Star Green Star Design & As Built.
• Require non-residential buildings to achieve high levels of energy efficiency – at least 50% better than current good practice, which is better than the minimum required for 4 Star Green Star Design & As Built.
• Maximise uptake of solar photovoltaic panels on building roofs (model assumes a maximum of 40% roof coverage for a building) and facades (model assumes a maximum of 50% façade coverage for a building). Ensure that building typologies (e.g. tower podium model, mid-rise / courtyard residential) safeguard solar access and minimise overshadowing.
• Preferentially allocate roof space to solar photovoltaic panels, rather than solar hot water, as these are more carbon efficient.
• Precinct cogeneration or trigeneration should not be the primary strategy, but rather focused on the mixed use and dense hubs of the development, where these energy sources can operate most efficiently.
Watching brief As more non-residential uses are introduced, the use of cogeneration and trigeneration technologies11 are likely to become more efficient, as energy infrastructure can balance the diversity of heating, cooling and electricity demand over a 24 hour period. The optimal mix of land uses will depend on a variety of factors (e.g. the types of activities, built form of the development and clustering of land uses) and IRM can be used to test different scenarios as part of detailed Neighbourhood Precinct Planning and Infrastructure Planning.
The IRM model also includes the option to introduce a carbon price. The results in this report currently do not include a carbon price. The introduction of a carbon price would significantly affect the carbon intensity of grid electricity and therefore the relative attractiveness of passive design (a feature of the building-led and integrated scenarios) versus renewable / low carbon energy supply. 11 Cogeneration involves the combustion of fuel (in this case, natural gas) to produce electricity. Useful heat energy is captured for space and/or water heating. Trigeneration involves the additional step of converting the useful heat into cooling for buildings through the use of absorption chillers.
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3.3.2 Energy demand trends As shown in Figure 6, most energy demand is from residential buildings, followed by commercial office. However, the ventilation and lighting of car parks is also significant.
Demand for heating energy is higher than cooling across all building types. The heating demand is driven by residential and commercial office areas. In the case of cooling, commercial offices become a more significant driver.
3.3.3 Energy supply trends Gas use is substantial in all scenarios, although minimised in the building-led scenario. As uptake of both building and precinct scale cogeneration and trigeneration increases over the scenarios, the gas use increases.
In the building-led and integrated scenarios, solar power has a higher uptake. The use of solar power displaces cogeneration and trigeneration, as the production of PV coincides with the peak times for cooling demand.
Reducing the use of solar hot water and replacing it with solar photovoltaic panels results in improved greenhouse gas emissions, as solar photovoltaic panels are more carbon efficient (particularly if hot water is instead provided by gas-fired boilers).
Table 4 shows that the precinct-led scenario does not perform as well as the building-led scenario in terms of greenhouse gas emissions per capita. This is likely due to the substantial demand for natural gas resulting from the use of cogeneration.
3.3.4 Greenhouse gas emissions Building controls make a substantial difference to greenhouse gas emissions, as the building-led and integrated scenario perform relatively similarly on greenhouse gas emissions. This is because as energy demand decreases, the requirement for cogeneration and trigeneration also decreases (and therefore reduces their advantage of traditional fossil-fuelled energy strategies).
The IRM results suggest that the investment in precinct energy infrastructure strategies should be relatively focused, particularly on high density, mixed use ‘hubs’, where precinct cogeneration and trigeneration can be run efficiently.
Energy use is accounts for the majority of greenhouse gas emissions (between 60 and 70% depending on the scenario), while transport is the second most significant energy source. Waste and water treatment is relatively minor.
If the carbon price is introduced, emissions across the precinct reduce around 30-50%. The impact is particularly observable for the market-led and precinct-led scenarios, which do not feature enhanced passive energy demand management of buildings (and are therefore more exposed to the intensity of the electricity grid).
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Emissions impact of electric vehicles is substantial. For integrated scenario, electric vehicles account for 14% of all direct electricity demand at Fishermans Bend.
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Figure 6 Results for energy and greenhouse gas emissions goal for each scenario
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3.4 Water sensitive city
3.4.1 Key findings
Objective
Potable water will be minimised through water efficient buildings, open space and infrastructure; use of rainwater, stormwater and recycled water. Water sensitive urban design will play a key role in water management.
Current local government policy position
CoPP: 50% reduction in potable water use by 2020 (from 2001 baseline)
CoM: 8% of water from alternative water sources by 2018, 20% by 2030
Table 5 Water sensitive city indicators and results
Indicator Unit Market-led
Building-led
Precinct-led
Integrated
Provision of water sensitive infrastructure required to achieved ‘best practice environmental management for urban water’12
% of infrastructure necessary to achieve best practice benchmarks
0% 30% 60% 94%
Potable water supply per person (residents + employees)
ML per capita 0.049 0.028 0.027 0.024
Reduction in potable water supply per person compared to business as usual – buildings and open space
% reduction by ML per capita compared to market-led scenario
0% 43% 45% 51%
Total annual potable water supply
ML 13,200 4,740 7,200 4,060
Except for the market-led scenario, all scenarios approach the CoPP’s municipal goal of reducing potable water use by 50%. This is achieved by a combination of water efficiency and non-potable water supply. In the case of the integrated scenario (which meets the best practice benchmark), this is delivered a 10%
12 This is the minimum requirement under the State Environment Protection Policy and is based on CSIRO’s CSIRO Best Practice Environmental Management Guidelines for Urban Stormwater. The water quality parameters cover Suspended solids (SS), Total phosphorus (TP), and Total nitrogen (TN).
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reduction in water demand and substantial sewer mining (43% of all water supply).
As shown in Figure 7, it is possible to achieve the standards for best practice environmental management for urban water (the minimum requirement under the State Environmental Protection Policy) using passive measures. This is achievable through a combination of public and private open space, green roof and water sensitive roads. Given the contamination status of much of Fishermans Bend, water sensitive infrastructure such as raingardens and tree pits need to be relatively shallow and lined. This is to prevent infiltration to groundwater to minimise impacts to an already shallow groundwater table and mobilisation of contaminants.
Key actions / opportunities • Deliver more open space beyond what is currently noted in the Strategic
Framework Plan to meet a range of benefits including amenity, water quality and urban heat island. This may be possible by setting standards for private open space, green roof and water sensitive design of road infrastructure.
• Achieve substantial substitution of water supply, focusing on sewer mining. Infrastructure planning by South East Water suggests that this is the most viable source of non-potable water.
• Investigate the potential for wetlands to deliver stormwater treatment at Fishermans Bend. This would require substantial commitment within the land use budget.
Watching brief The use of recycled water (rain, grey and blackwater) for potable demands is currently problematic, as it is not regulated by the Department of Health. As precedents arise for the use of recycled water for drinking, bathing and cooking, it may be possible to further improve progress towards the water goals.
3.4.2 Water demand and supply trends This study drew on the on data from ongoing investigations by South East Water and Melbourne Water into options for integrated water management at Fishermans Bend.13
Residential water demand dominates the water profile across the site.
Up to 50% of demand is substitutable with non-potable water. Precinct-led and integrated scenarios are able to draw around 40% of their water from sewer mining. In the building-led scenario, building-based greywater systems provide around a third of the water demand. Rainwater and stormwater are not considered substantial sources of non-potable water (no more than 5% of total water supply).
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As long as there is a major non-potable water source (grey water or sewer mining), all the scenarios perform similarly for potable water demand.
According to South East Water’s investigations, supplying Class A water from a building scale greywater treatment system will have a lower energy use than a local sewer mining plant. Collecting wastewater and treating wastewater locally will have lower energy use than water supplied from the desalination plant. However, the IRM modelling shows that greenhouse gas emissions from water emissions are extremely small (less than 1% of total emissions).
3.4.3 Stormwater trends The water sensitive city goal emphasises the need to safeguard stormwater quality. Only the integrated scenario approaches the ‘rule of thumb’ provision of water sensitive site treatment to meet State Environment Protection Policies through the landscape. This is achieved through the following proportions of the site area:
• 15% as public open space, assuming delivery of public open space as per the Strategic Framework Plan
• 6% as private softscaping, assuming 20% of private plots are reserved for softscape
• 5% as green roofs on buildings, equivalent to requiring 10% of all roof areas to be green roofs
Refer to Figure 7 and Figure 8.
Alternatives to the integrated landscape/building approach is to create treatment wetlands, which is not modelled by IRM.
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Figure 7 Results for water goal for each scenario
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3.5 Climate adept city
3.5.1 Key findings
Objective
Built form, infrastructure, and vegetation will be used in ways to create a more favourable local climate, whilst ‘absorbing’ the impacts of extreme weather events during the asset life (at least 100years).
Current local government policy position
CoM: Increase canopy cover from 22% to 40% by 2040
Table 6 Climate adept city indicators and results
Indicator Unit Market-led
Building-led
Precinct-led
Integrated
Permeability of urban renewal area – buildings and landscape
% of site footprint by hectare
9% 24% 24% 30%
Proportion of site that is vegetated
% of site footprint by hectare
9% 22% 22% 26%
In terms of the climate adept goal, IRM does not directly model urban heat island and urban flooding. More complex spatial and dynamic models are required to reflect the interaction between built form and these goals.
However, IRM does model some aspects of development relevant to urban heat island and stormwater management. As green open space increases, urban heating tends to decrease, which is recognised in the Green Star Communities scheme (Credit 31 Urban heat island). As site vegetation increases, stormwater conveyance is slowed during urban flooding events.14
The best practice benchmark is for 50% of the site to be designed to mitigate urban heat island. Except for the market-led scenario, all scenarios can deliver around half this requirement through landscaping. The other half could be achieved through minimising the surface reflectance of building roofs.
14 Joint Steering Committee for Water Sensitive Cities, Evaluating Options for Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD), 2009, available at https://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/1873905a-f5b7-4e3c-8f45-0259a32a94b1/files/wsud-guidelines.pdf
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Key actions / opportunities • As noted in Section 3.4, seek to deliver more open space beyond what is
currently noted in the Strategic Framework Plan to meet a range of benefits including amenity, water quality and urban heat island. Doubling the current requirements for open space would approach the urban heat island best practice benchmark.
• Require private space softscaping by controlling plot coverage (limiting to no more than 80%).
Watching brief The quality of stormwater on site will be influenced by upstream stormwater conveyance into Fishermans Bend. The approach to stormwater should therefore be informed by catchment-scale studies.
Other factors contributing to the heat vulnerability of Fishermans Bend’s population will include socio-economic (non-built) factors such as age, demographics, single person households, health, and socioeconomic status. The climate adeptness of the population is therefore strongly influenced by governance and community mechanisms not represented in physical planning tools.
3.5.2 Site vegetation trends The extent of site vegetation is driven by the provision of public open space, private softscaping (through limits on plot coverage) and green roof requirements.
In all scenarios, public open space is a key factor. As of 2011, CoPP and CoM provide 17-20% of their municipal areas as public open space.15 The Strategic Framework Plan delivers around 15% of site area as public open space.
3.5.3 Water detention via landscape As with site vegetation, the major contribution to the water sensitivity of the landscape is made by public open space. Market-led approach has minimal public open space beyond currently identified ‘undevelopable’ area. IRM also assumes that 90% of private plots are covered with built surfaces.
The integrated scenario includes 23 hectares public softscaping, mostly the public open space identified in the Strategic Framework Plan. Other public softscaping is water sensitive infrastructure in road infrastructure, which needs to be carefully managed to limit contamination impacts (refer also to Section 3.4).
15 VEAC 2011 – expand reference
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Figure 8 Results for climate adept goal for each scenario
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3.6 Connected and liveable city
3.6.1 Key findings
Objective
Residents, visitors and workers can live and travel car free by improving the convenience, safety, accessibility and range of sustainable travel choices.
Current local government policy position
CoPP: Active and public transport to account for 48% of mode share
CoM: Active and public transport to account for 80% of mode share
Table 7 Connected and liveable city indicators and results
Indicator Unit Market-led
Building-led
Precinct-led
Integrated
Proportion of dwellings suitable for families
% of dwellings with at least 3 bedrooms
39% 39% 39% 39%
Cost of living – reduction in housing, utilities and transport costs compared to business as usual
% reduction by 2015$ per annum per household
0% -2% 0% -2%
Number of jobs per household
Number of jobs per dwelling
1.38 1.38 1.38 1.38
Proportion of travel distance by active and public modes
% by passenger kilometres
7% 35% 51% 62%
Provision of space (square metres per person)
Public open space 3.0 6.4 4.1 6.7
Community services – community facilities, retail, education, leisure
2.7 3.3 2.7 3.3
Provision for car parking per person (residents + employees)
14.8 13.2 12.1 10.2
This sustainability goal covers a wide range of topics: sustainable transport, access to jobs and services, as well as the ongoing cost of living for households.
Key trends to note are that except for the market-led scenario, all scenarios are able to achieve the best practice benchmark for accessibility by walking and cycling (the ‘20 minute city’ principle), provided Fishermans Bend is able to meet
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the mode share assumptions provided by the CoPP for this study. However, there needs to be a future detailed investigation and implementation plan for integrated transport across the site.
In terms of cost of living, there is minimal variation across scenarios. The slightly higher costs associated with the building-led and integrated scenarios is due to the assumption of a 3% cost premium for higher building standards.
This study has assumed that this premium holds constant throughout the long development phase of Fishermans Bend, and that the premium is directly passed onto property purchasers. This may not always be the case, as the market may absorb those costs during times of greater competition, and the construction and development sectors build capacity in delivering green buildings. The IRM has been set up so that users can test the impacts of alternative approaches to the ‘sustainability cost premium’.
It should be noted that currently there are no differences in the mix of dwelling types and employment areas across the scenarios. This is a key driver for the liveable and connected goal. The IRM has been set up so that these assumptions can be tested as part of future planning investigations.
Finally, the headline indicator (Table 3) for the amenity aspects of the connected and liveable goal is the provision of public open space. As shown in Figure 4, all scenarios fall substantially short of the best practice benchmark.
The best practice benchmark defined in this study is CoPP’s current public open space provision of 40 square metres per resident (in CoM, the provision is 59 square metres per resident).16 Except for the market-led scenario, all scenarios are based on the delivery of open space identified in the Strategic Framework Plan. Even under with the building-led and integrated scenarios, which have reduced populations (100,000 people), the Strategic Framework Plan is only able to provide around 6.5 square metres of public open space per resident.
This may be appropriate given the dense urban nature of Fishermans Bend. However, this level of amenity needs to be carefully reviewed and confirmed that it safeguards the liveability of Fishermans Bend future community.
Key actions / opportunities • Enable the ‘sustainability cost premium’ to be minimised through mechanisms
such as: providing a clear road map for industry to adapt and build capability towards delivering improved building standards; achieving critical mass in the sustainable supply chain; and rapidly disseminating lessons learned.
• Ensure a level playing field in building standards, so that consumers benefit from competition in the Fishermans Bend housing and commercial real estate market.
16 Victorian Environmental Assessment Council (VEAC), Metropolitan Melbourne Investigation Final Report, 2011, available at http://www.veac.vic.gov.au/documents/VEAC152-MMI-Final-Report-FINAL-low-res.pdf
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• Prioritise walking, cycling and public transport as movement modes in the site’s planning and infrastructure. This needs to be informed by a comprehensive integrated accessibility / transport plan.
• Investigate options to better link residential areas with employment precincts on or near the urban renewal area.
• As noted in Section 3.4, seek to deliver more open space beyond what is currently noted in the Strategic Framework Plan to meet a range of benefits including amenity, water quality and urban heat island. Confirm that the current provision of open space meets the amenity needs of future residents.
Watching brief Over the next few years, government authorities and infrastructure agencies (e.g. Yarra Trams) will undertake detailed transport analysis and infrastructure planning. The potential for plans to deliver on the ‘20 minute city’ principle embedded in Plan Melbourne should be carefully scrutinised.
There is currently limited data on the cost consequences of delivering high performance buildings for developers, builders and buyers of residential buildings. Stakeholders should maintain a watching brief on updated data as it arises, particularly on the ability for developers to pass on premiums (if any) to purchasers. It may also be possible to quantify the long term value of quality buildings through the retention of value, reduced occupancy rates, and reduced maintenance etc.
3.6.2 Transport trends The result for the transport indicator in Table 7 is highly sensitive to the mode share assumptions built into IRM (e.g. in the market-led scenario, the mode shares are 90% private car, 6% public transport and the remainder of trips by walking and cycling). These mode shares are identified in Appendix A.
Therefore, there is a need to ensure these mode share assumptions are robust. As discussed in Section 1.5.2, there is a need for transport accessibility modelling outside the IRM tool as part of a detailed integrated transport plan. Such a plan would then feed into the infrastructure plan for Fishermans Bend.
It is also worth noting that the IRM reflects changes in fuel mix for private vehicles between now and 2066. For example, by 2066 (full build out), the integrated scenario assumes 80% of vehicles are electrically powered. As highlighted in Section 3.3.4, electric vehicles can represent a substantial proportion of electricity demand from Fishermans Bend.
3.6.3 Cost of living trends As shown in Figure 9, the annual household cost of living results takes into account housing costs (mortgage repayments and rent), transport costs (private vehicle ownership and public transport costs), energy, water and waste costs (including any premiums associated with sustainable infrastructure and ongoing
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utility costs/savings). Around two-thirds of annual costs are housing-related, and just under 30% are transport-related. Utilities are relatively minor, comprising around 6-7%.
Across the scenarios, differences in the cost of living are relatively small and are largely driven by housing-related costs. A ‘sustainability premium’ does show up in the building controlled scenarios (building-led and integrated) as a 2% increase in the annual cost of living (somewhat mitigated by reduced energy costs).
This trend is based on the assumption that there is indeed an additional cost associated with constructing high performance buildings, and these costs are directly passed onto the home owner / renter.
A study published in 2010 estimated the additional cost for achieving a 4 Star Green Star for a multiunit residential building as 0-2%.17 The estimated cost premium for a 5 Star development was 5%. The results presented in this report are based on a 3% costs premium throughout the life of the development. The IRM model has been set up so that this cost premium can be varied by the user.
3.6.4 Amenity trends In terms of open space provision, the market-led scenario falls well short of the other three scenarios, which assume delivery of the public open space in the Strategic Framework Plan.
However, as highlighted in Figure 4 and Section 3.6.1, on a per resident basis, even the integrated scenario is not able to match the current provision of open space in CoPP and CoM.
Community services are defined as community facilities, retail, education and leisure uses. The IRM model assumes that the provision of space for community facilities keeps pace with residential development. The model will need to be updated with data from a future community infrastructure plan for Fishermans Bend.
17 Langdon (2010) The Road to ‘Green Property’, http://www.gbca.org.au/uploads/1/2817/Davis%20Langdon.pdf
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Figure 9 Results for connected and liveable goal for each scenario
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3.7 Low waste city
3.7.1 Key findings
Objective
Minimal waste during construction and operations, by applying the principles of the ‘waste hierarchy’. Demolition and refurbishment waste will be minimised through adaptive reuse. Maximum value will be extracted from the waste stream and waste to landfill minimised.
Current local government policy position
CoPP: 75% reduction in residential per capita waste to landfill by 2020
CoM: 65% recovery of municipal solid waste by 2014
Table 8 Low waste city indicators and results
Indicator Unit Market-led
Building-led
Precinct-led
Integrated
Diversion of waste from landfill
% by tonnes of waste per annum
49% 49% 60% 60%
Reduction in landfill compared to business as usual
% by tonnes per person
0% 18% 38% 35%
The IRM model applies three key waste management strategies in line with the waste hierarchy18:
• A 20% reduction in waste generation in all scenarios except market-led
• Automated waste collection in the precinct-led and integrated scenarios, and
• Recovery of organic waste streams and treatment onsite in the precinct-led and integrated scenarios.
Table 8 shows that the combination of these interventions come close to achieving CoM’s waste goal of 65% recovery of municipal waste, but falls well short of CoPP’s goal of reducing waste per capita by 75%.
The key to achieving a step change in waste diversion from landfill is the collection of all organic waste from residential and non-residential buildings.
18 As highlighted by the Victorian Government’s waste policy, it is important that the waste hierarchy is applied in decision making in conjunction with other sustainability objectives such as product stewardship, economic and social considerations. Refer to Victorian State Government (2013) Getting full value: the Victorian waste and resource recovery policy. The IRM model assists in identifying and balancing the multi-criteria nature of urban scale environmental management.
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Key actions / opportunities • Collect and treat household organic waste, as this represents up to 50% of
waste generation. This will require regional scale infrastructure (beyond Fishermans Bend) or substantial investment in onsite anaerobic digestion or in-vessel composting. In the case of anaerobic digestion, it may be possible to combine organic waste treatment with the treatment train for sewer mining. This has the benefit of reducing the requirement for EPA amenity buffers around infrastructure.
Watching brief EPA Victoria sets separation distances (amenity buffers) between advanced resource recovery technology facility (including anaerobic digestion), composting facilities and sewage treatment facilities and residential areas.19 These distances can be hundreds of metres and would constrain the development of buildings around such facilities. Should such buffers change (either through revised EPA Guidelines or via negotiated precedent), this would have implications on the viability and spatial planning around precinct infrastructure.
There is currently minimal capacity in regional scale composting facilities in Melbourne, which limits the end uses for organic waste collection. The Victorian Government is focused on the development the market for recovered organics.20 As demand for recovered organics increase, the viability of composting or digestion facilities improves.
3.7.2 Waste trends Organic waste (food and green waste) makes up around 50% of municipal solid waste.21
The precinct-led and integrated scenarios collect three waste streams (landfill, recyclables and organics). By collecting the additional organics stream, up to two-thirds of waste is diverted from landfill. Combined with measures to reduce waste generation by 20% at source, this could lead to around 35-40% improvement on the market-led scenario.
19 EPA Victoria (2012), Recommended separation distances for industrial residual air emissions, Publication 1502, draft, available at http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/~/media/Publications/1506.pdf 20 Sustainability Victoria (2015), Victorian Organics Resource Recovery Strategy, available at http://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/~/media/resources/documents/our%20priorities/integrated%20waste%20management/organics%20strategy/victorian%20organics%20resource%20recovery%20strategy%20september%202015.pdf 21 Refer to the contextual information (Part 2) in Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group, 2015 Market Assessment, available at http://www.participate.mwrrg.vic.gov.au/application/files/9014/3642/5206/Market_Assesment_Guide_2015.pdf
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Figure 10 Results for waste goal for each scenario
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4 Recommendations
4.1 Summary of key actions and opportunities Table 9 extracts the key actions and opportunities identified throughout this report. These actions can be embedded into design guidance as part of the Fishermans Bend Strategic Framework Plan review, within the Infrastructure Plan, Neighbourhood Precinct Plans, as well as the overarching Sustainable Development Plan.
4.2 Headline targets for Fishermans Bend Sustainable Development Plan
Goals or targets in a future Fishermans Bend Sustainable Development Plan can be informed by this study. Table 10 suggests headline targets based on the scenario that delivers the best performance through measures onsite over the 50 year development timeframe for Fishermans Bend.
For most sustainability goals, these targets would need to be supplemented with off-site measures (e.g. renewable energy production) and enhanced sustainability strategies to achieve the best practice benchmarks outlined in Table 3.
Arup considers that the suggested headline targets are likely to be technically feasible based on the pathway of actions built into the IRM model. Should planning, technology and policy change substantially (as per the ‘watching briefs’ e.g. introduction of a carbon price, increase in employment onsite, changes to population), then these targets could potentially be stretched further.
Headline targets will need to be supported by building and infrastructure standards (e.g. solar PV coverage guidelines), which are relevant to the day-to-day decision making of developers, infrastructure agencies and government service providers. Again, these standards can be drawn from the IRM model, particularly the detailed assumptions and user-defined dashboard parameters in the model.
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Table 9 Key actions and opportunities to deliver sustainability goals
Goal Action / opportunity Implementation
Carbon CB1 Require residential buildings to achieve high levels of energy efficiency – better than 7 Star NatHERS which is slightly better than the minimum required for 4 Star Green Star Design & As Built.
Design guidelines
CB3 Require non-residential buildings to achieve high levels of energy efficiency – at least 50% better than current good practice, which is better than the minimum required for 4 Star Green Star Design & As Built.
Design guidelines
CB4 Maximise uptake of solar photovoltaic panels on building roofs (model assumes a maximum of 40% roof coverage for a building) and facades (model assumes a maximum of 50% façade coverage for a building). Ensure that building typologies (e.g. tower podium model, mid-rise / courtyard residential) safeguard solar access and minimise overshadowing.
Design guidelines
CB5 Preferentially allocate roof space to solar photovoltaic panels, rather than solar hot water, as these are more carbon efficient. Design guidelines
CB6 Precinct cogeneration or trigeneration should not be the primary strategy, but rather focused on the mixed use and dense hubs of the development, where these energy sources can operate most efficiently.
Neighbourhood Precinct Plans
Water WT1 Deliver more open space beyond what is currently noted in the Strategic Framework Plan to meet a range of benefits including amenity, water quality and urban heat island. This may be possible by setting standards for private open space, green roof and water sensitive design of road infrastructure.
Strategic Framework Plan Design guidelines Neighbourhood Precinct Plans
WT2 Achieve substantial substitution of water supply, focusing on sewer mining. Infrastructure planning by South East Water suggests that this is the most viable source of non-potable water.
Infrastructure Plan
WT3 Investigate the potential for wetlands to deliver stormwater treatment at Fishermans Bend. This would require substantial commitment within the land use budget.
Infrastructure plan
Climate adeptness
CA1 Seek to deliver more open space beyond what is currently noted in the Strategic Framework Plan to meet a range of benefits including amenity, water quality and urban heat island. Doubling the current requirements for open space would approach the urban heat island best practice benchmark.
Strategic Framework Plan
CA2 Require private space softscaping by controlling plot coverage (limiting to no more than 80%). Design guidelines
Connected & liveable
LI1 Enable the ‘sustainability cost premium’ to be minimised through mechanisms such as: providing a clear road map for industry to adapt and build capability towards delivering improved building standards; achieving critical mass in the sustainable supply chain; and rapidly disseminating lessons learned.
Governance
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Goal Action / opportunity Implementation
LI2 Ensure a level playing field in building standards, so that consumers benefit from competition in the Fishermans Bend housing and commercial real estate market.
Design guidelines
LI3 Prioritise walking, cycling and public transport as movement modes in the site’s planning and infrastructure. This needs to be informed by a comprehensive integrated accessibility / transport plan.
Strategic Framework Plan and Neighbourhood Precinct Plans
LI4 Investigate options to better link residential areas with employment precincts on or near the urban renewal area. Strategic Framework Plan and Neighbourhood Precinct Plans
LI5 Seek to deliver more open space beyond what is currently noted in the Strategic Framework Plan to meet a range of benefits including amenity, water quality and urban heat island. Confirm that the current provision of open space meets the amenity needs of future residents.
Strategic Framework Plan and Neighbourhood Precinct Plans
Waste WS1 Collect and treat household organic waste, as this represents up to 50% of waste generation. This will require regional scale infrastructure (beyond Fishermans Bend) or substantial investment in onsite anaerobic digestion or in-vessel composting. In the case of anaerobic digestion, it may be possible to combine organic waste treatment with the treatment train for sewer mining. This has the benefit of reducing the requirement for EPA amenity buffers around infrastructure.
Infrastructure Plan
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Table 10 Suggested headline targets based on onsite measures at Fishermans Bend
Strategic Framework Plan goal
Indicator Unit Suggested headline target
Relevant scenario
Related local government policy positions
A low carbon city
Proportion of electricity supply from on-site renewables % by MWh 10-15% Building-led
Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions per person compared to business as usual – buildings, infrastructure and transport
% reduction by tCO2e per capita compared to market-led scenario
40-50% Integrated CoPP: 50% reduction in per capita emissions by 2020 (from 2006 baseline) CoM: Carbon neutral by 2020
A water sensitive city
Reduction in potable water supply per person compared to business as usual – buildings and open space
% reduction by ML per capita compared to market-led scenario
50% Building-led Precinct-led Integrated
CoPP: 50% reduction in potable water use by 2020 (from 2001 baseline) CoM: 8% of water from alternative water sources by 2018, 20% by 2030
A climate adept city
Proportion of site that is vegetated (public and private open space, green roofs and water sensitively designed road infrastructure)
% of site footprint by hectare
30% Integrated CoM: Increase canopy cover from 22% to 40% by 2040
A connected and liveable city
Cost of living – reduction in housing, utilities and transport costs compared to business as usual
% reduction by 2015$ per annum per household
0% No additional increase in cost of living
All scenarios
Provision of public open space Square metres of public open space per resident
10 (strongly dependent on population assumptions)
Building-led Integrated
Proportion of travel distance by active and public modes % by passenger kilometres 50-60% Precinct-led Integrated
CoPP: Active and public transport to account for 48% of mode share CoM: Active and public transport to account for 80% of mode share
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Strategic Framework Plan goal
Indicator Unit Suggested headline target
Relevant scenario
Related local government policy positions
A low waste city
Reduction in landfill compared to business as usual % by tonnes per person 40-50% Precinct-led Integrated
CoPP: 75% reduction in residential per capita waste to landfill by 2020 CoM: 65% recovery of municipal solid waste by 2014
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4.3 Engagement with independent sustainability rating schemes
CoPP and CoM currently advocate that performance standards be set for development at Fishermans Bend, as expressed by Green Star Communities and Green Star Design & As Built (or tools that achieve equivalent performance outcomes).
The Green Star schemes are developed and managed by the Green Building Council of Australia in close collaboration with its industry and government members. The rating scheme is designed to recognise ‘best in market’ buildings and masterplanned communities (typically the top 20% of the market).
CoPP and CoM’s local planning schemes already nominate Green Star as one of a number of pathways/tools for developers to demonstrate the fulfilment of local policies for sustainability (described in 1.6).
The commitment of Fishermans Bend stakeholders to achieving an independent performance standard such as Green Star has a number of benefits:
• A well regarded rating scheme provides a common language for industry and therefore facilitates specification, competition and procurement processes,
• It enables the market to compare and value sustainability across individual development projects on a like-for-like basis,
• It enables a long term project such as Fishermans Bend to benefit from regular revisions of standard to ensure continued relevance and industry support,
• It is potentially less costly to administer the verification of performance, as certification costs are centralised under an administrator such as the Green Buildings Council of Australia,
• It provides certainty to utility and other service providers that there will demand for sustainable supply chain, thus potentially reducing commercial risks and overall costs to consumers,
• It provides the government, delivery agencies, developers and other stakeholders a way of achieving firm commitment by all parties to the ongoing achievement of sustainability standards.
Sustainability rating schemes generally provide built-in flexibility for projects to prioritise the achievement of individual credits (e.g. on renewable energy versus liveability). This means that in some cases, Fishermans Bend stakeholders may wish to specify the achievement of particular points under particular credits in order to achieve sustainability goals identified in the Strategic Framework Plan.
For example, currently to be certified under Green Star Design & As Built, buildings must achieve improvements on minimum compliance (Building Code of Australia) for building energy use. For residential buildings, this is currently slightly below the 7 Star NatHERS standard assumed in IRM. It may therefore be advantageous to specify (for example) energy efficiency or water efficiency
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standards compatible with the Green Star scheme (or its equivalent), but beyond the conditional requirements for certification.
4.4 Value proposition A key next step from this study is to translate the sustainability benefits of the various sustainability strategies into financial and economic value to specific parties.
Identifying and quantifying financial benefits enables delivery agencies to design transactions to fund and finance hard infrastructure, soft infrastructure (e.g. community facilities) and building-based improvements.
As an example, Table 11 qualitatively identifies mechanisms for the State Government to capture the value of sustainability benefits. Each benefit can then be quantified and be captured through a financial transaction.
Table 11 Capturing of a sustainable Fishermans Bend
Benefit Beneficiary Possible mechanism for Government or delivery agency to capture value
Low carbon city
Reductions in greenhouse gas emissions
Community Possible State or Federal grants available
Reduction in peak load on electricity grid
State Government through avoided costs of electricity grid upgrade and generation capacity
n/a
Avoidance of new substation or reduced requirement for substation
Electricity distributor Avoided ‘bring forward’ costs of substation development
For precinct energy systems, reduced capital expenditure for building-scale infrastructure
Developers Land value uplift and/or connection charges Quicker divestment of infrastructure or sale of land
Reduced capital expenditure for peak capacity within a building
Developers Land value uplift and/or connection charges Quicker divestment of infrastructure or sale of land
Reduced space requirements for chillers and heat exchanges for heating and cooling
Developers Land value uplift and/or connection charges Quicker divestment of infrastructure or sale of land
Reduced risk of achieving sustainability benchmarks (energy credits in Green Star)
Developers Land value uplift and/or connection charges Quicker divestment of infrastructure or sale of land
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Benefit Beneficiary Possible mechanism for Government or delivery agency to capture value
Reduced cost of utilities (electricity, heating and cooling) for buildings
End users Land value uplift Quicker divestment of infrastructure assets
Reduced exposure to carbon price and energy price changes
End users Land value uplift
Potential to provide for off-site users of heat and cooling
Neighbours Connection charges Quicker divestment of infrastructure assets
Reputational benefits – Leadership and innovation by Government
State Government Possible State or Federal grants available
Demonstrating and enabling sustainable technologies and business models
State Government n/a
Water
Improved resilience to drought conditions (e.g. to maintain green landscape, which enhances amenity and saleability) and future proofing
End users Developers
Land value uplift
Potential to provide for off-site users of recycled water
Neighbours Connection charges
Avoided cost of new water supplies
Water authority Co-contribution by water authority to project
Avoided cost of managing sewage at treatment plant
Water authority Co-contribution by water authority to project
Ease of developing higher value sustainable buildings (water credits in Green Star)
Developers Land value uplift and/or connection charges Quicker divestment of infrastructure or sale of land
Reputational benefits – Leadership and innovation by Government
State Government Possible State or Federal grants available
Demonstrating and enabling sustainable technologies and business models
State Government n/a
Low waste city
Reduced waste to landfill State Government through avoided landfill development cost
n/a Possible State or Federal grants available
Reduced landfill costs due to improved recycling and recovery rates and organics treatment
Community Local government
Rates reduction leading to land value uplift
Street level amenity improved due to fewer waste trucks
End users Marketability of development leading to higher rate of sales
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Benefit Beneficiary Possible mechanism for Government or delivery agency to capture value
Ease of developing higher value sustainable buildings (operational waste credits in Green Star)
Developers Land value uplift and/or connection charges
Space saving for waste and recycling rooms
Developers Land value uplift and/or connection charges
Reduced demands on manual handling of waste, which reduces waste management costs
End user Land value uplift
Reputational benefits – Leadership and innovation by Government
State Government n/a Possible State or Federal grants available
Demonstrating and enabling sustainable technologies and business models
State Government n/a
4.5 Ongoing monitoring The IRM model is a tool to consistently assess the sustainability implications of future planning changes to Fishermans Bend. It can provide the Victorian Government, the Metropolitan Planning Authority, CoPP and CoM with an evidence base for decision making.
CoPP is the custodian of the IRM model and will manage updates to its data and assumptions. There are a number of conditions that would trigger updates to the existing IRM model such as:
• Any changes that influence the population numbers,
• The release of refined land use and floor area schedules, including commitments to infrastructure such as leisure centres, schools, parks and public transport,
• Confirmation of height limits,
• Updates to design guidelines or sustainability requirements through the Strategic Framework Plan, local policies or State-wide sustainability requirements,
• Background changes such as updated forecasts for grid electricity intensity, utilities prices, technology improvements etc.,
• Any notable changes to the types of planning applications being received by the State and local governments, and
• Changes to the boundary of Fishermans Bend or the capital city zone within Fishermans Bend.
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5 Next steps To facilitate the implementation of key actions and opportunities (Section 4.1), the immediate next steps from this study are:
1. Discuss the findings of this study with the Metropolitan Planning Authority, the Fishermans Bend Advisory Committee, Property Council of Australia, utilities, and other interested parties.
2. Use the study findings to inform the preparation of the Neighbourhood Precinct Plans, Infrastructure Plan, Sustainable Development Plan and the revision of the Strategic Framework Plan.
3. Engage current utilities (e.g. South East Water) and private utilities to identify the conditions required for the delivery of precinct-scale infrastructure.
4. Engage groups of landowners at Fishermans Bend in discussion of the mutual benefits of infrastructure coordination.
5. Investigate the benefits, disadvantages and potential governance structures for a precinct sustainability rating such as Green Star Communities, Eco-Districts, EnviroDevelopment, Living Building Challenge or One Planet Communities.
6. Develop community-facing materials that draw on the findings, such as narratives, visualisations and possibly a web-based interactive tools for a non-specialist audience.
7. Investigate opportunities to implement recommendations through the Local Policies for energy, water and waste (CoM) and Environmentally Efficient Design (CoPP).
Appendix A
Scenarios discussed in workshop and relationship to IRM model
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A1 Land use / floor use schedule
Parameter 1. Market-led 2. Building-led 3. Precinct-led 4. Integrated IRM congruence
Private residential
Largely private residential
Largely private residential
Reduced private residential Reduced and diverse private residential
Compatible with IRM scenarios
Dwelling size Mainly 1 and 2 bedroom apartments (average 1.2 people per dwelling)
1-3 bedroom apartments Mainly 1 and 2 bedroom apartments (average 1.2 people per dwelling)
Larger dwellings (apartments and townhouses) to suit families. Population of 1.9-2.3 people per unit (1.9 Montague / Lorimer and 2.3 Wirraway).
Not modelled in IRM scenarios
Affordable housing
No affordable / key worker
10% affordable / key worker
5% affordable / key worker Community / social housing
15% affordable / key worker Community / social housing
Compatible with IRM scenarios
Retail Minimal retail (local serving, ground floor of towers), few supermarkets
Some neighbourhood-scale retail
Minimal retail (local serving, ground floor of towers), few supermarkets
Some neighbourhood-scale retail
Compatible with IRM scenarios
Commercial & industry
Small office to service population (e.g. accountants, legal)
Small office to service population (e.g. accountants, legal)
At least 3 industry hubs (IT, creative, clean tech) One major transport logistics hub (underground?)
One major research hub (e.g. designate a block as commercial) At least 3 industry hubs (IT, creative, clean tech) One major transport logistics hub (underground?) Urban manufacturing (e.g. microbrewery) Significant commercial / industrial
Not modelled in IRM scenarios
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Parameter 1. Market-led 2. Building-led 3. Precinct-led 4. Integrated IRM congruence
Community facilities
Minimal Some local community infrastructure Significant local community infrastructure Regional scale community infrastructure including schools for Docklands, sports infrastructure
Significant local community infrastructure Regional scale community infrastructure including schools for Docklands, sports infrastructure
Not modelled in IRM scenarios
Building typology
Towers, maximising to height limits
Towers A number of 4 and 8 storey interface areas on boundary of precinct, as per the SFP
Towers, maximising to height limits Some existing uses retained and refurbished
Towers A number of 4 and 8 storey interface areas on boundary of precinct, as per the SFP 6-10 storey medium density where appropriate Good medium density where appropriate including terraces, courtyard model
Compatible with IRM scenarios
Building heights
Maximum or even beyond maximum (previous height guidelines)
Maximum or even beyond maximum (previous height guidelines)
More height variation due to retention of existing uses (see below) Adhere to height limits
More height variation due to retention of existing uses (see below) Adhere to height limits (see building typology above)
Compatible with IRM scenarios
Retention of existing uses
No retention of anything without heritage overlay Only heritage facades retained – no refurbishment
Some refurbishment and renewal Existing laneways in Montague retained Retain Toyota office in Sandridge
Significant existing buildings are retained and refurbished with a buffer around them – mostly in Montague and along Williamstown Road Existing laneways in Montague retained Retain Toyota office in Sandridge
Significant existing buildings are retained and refurbished with a buffer around them – mostly in Montague and along Williamstown Road Existing laneways in Montague retained Retain Toyota office in Sandridge
Not modelled in IRM scenarios
Plot coverage 0.9 0.9 0.85 0.8 Direct input to IRM scenarios
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Parameter 1. Market-led 2. Building-led 3. Precinct-led 4. Integrated IRM congruence
Open space provision & distribution
Almost 100% site coverage by buildings / paved surfaces Mostly private open space Mostly built open space, not green open space Fragmented
Building-scale open space (equivalent to 10% of each plot) Green space as per Strategic Framework Plan Mostly private open space Mostly built open space, not green open space Fragmented
15-20% (?) of site as open space (mostly green, significantly public) 3 regional public open spaces in urban renewal area 1-2 local public open spaces per precinct
20-25% (?) of site as open space (mostly green, significantly public) 3 regional public open spaces in urban renewal area 1-2 local public open spaces per precinct Green corridors to existing regional open space Significant private open space (equivalent to 20% of each plot)
Compatible with IRM scenarios
Private open space
100% hardscaping 50% hardscaping, 50% softscaping 50% hardscaping, 50% softscaping
50% hardscaping, 50% softscaping
Direct input to IRM scenarios
Public open space
No additional public softscaping Additional 18.9 ha public softscaping Public softscaping as per SFP
Additional 20.8 ha public softscaping 10% increase in public softscaping from building-led scenario
Additional 22.7 ha public softscaping 20% increase in public softscaping from building-led scenario
Direct input to IRM scenarios
Parking provision
0.8 parking spaces per 1 bedroom apartment 1.0 parking spaces per 2+ bedroom apartments
0.8 parking spaces per dwelling
0.7 parking spaces per dwelling
0.5 parking spaces per dwelling
Direct input to IRM scenarios
Parking location
Parking built into tower podiums Parking built into tower podiums Shared car parking & car sharing 10% of car spaces in standalone neighbourhood facilities
Shared car parking & car sharing 10% of car spaces in standalone neighbourhood facilities
Direct input to IRM scenarios
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Parameter 1. Market-led 2. Building-led 3. Precinct-led 4. Integrated IRM congruence
Floor areas required for precinct utility
None None Approx. 8 hubs (5,000 m2 each) distributed amongst the precincts to accommodate shared energy and water treatment infrastructure
Approx. 8 hubs (5,000 m2 each) distributed amongst the precincts to accommodate shared energy and water treatment infrastructure
Direct input to IRM scenarios
Phasing As driven by the market As driven by the market May be partly driven by policy – the most viable plots are located near infrastructure investments (public transport and community infrastructure)
May be partly driven by policy – the most viable plots are located near infrastructure investments (public transport and community infrastructure)
Compatible with IRM scenarios
Demographics Largely investors Combined investor / owner occupier Combined investor / owner occupier
Reduced investor demand, more owner occupier (reflecting larger dwellings for families)
Not modelled in IRM scenarios
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A2 Building strategies
Parameter 1. Market-led 2. Building-led 3. Precinct-led 4. Integrated IRM congruence
Residential energy efficiency
Average 7 Star NatHERS by 2037, new build from 2037 to 2066 8 Star NatHERS
Average 8 Star NatHERS by 2037, new build from 2037 to 2066 9 Star NatHERS
Average 7 Star NatHERS by 2037, new build from 2037 to 2066 8 Star NatHERS
Average 8 Star NatHERS by 2037, new build from 2037 to 2066 9 Star NatHERS
Direct input to IRM scenarios
4 Star Green Star for multi-unit residential Behaviour: in-home displays with real time feedback, central off-switch
5-6 Star Green Star for multi-unit residential Behaviour: in-home displays with real time feedback, central off-switch Common area energy efficiency (e.g. foyers, lifts)
Compatible with IRM scenarios
Commercial energy efficiency
Average 5 Star NABERS by 2037, new build from 2037 to 2066 5.5 Star NABERS (25% reduction)
Average 6 Star NABERS by 2037, new build from 2037 to 2066 6+ Star NABERS (75% reduction compared to 5 Star NABERS)
Average 5 Star NABERS by 2037, new build from 2037 to 2066 5.5 Star NABERS (25% reduction)
Average 6 Star NABERS by 2037, new build from 2037 to 2066 6+ Star NABERS (75% reduction compared to 5 Star NABERS)
Direct input to IRM scenarios
Retail / community / education energy efficiency
Average good practice by 2037, new build from 2037 to 2066 25% reduction
Average 50% better than good practice by 2037, new build from 2037 to 2066 75% better than good practice
Average good practice by 2037, new build from 2037 to 2066 25% reduction
Average 50% better than good practice by 2037, new build from 2037 to 2066 75% better than good practice
Direct input to IRM scenarios
Electricity plug loads
Appliances MEPS (minimum compliance – new)
Appliances MEPS (minimum compliance – new)
Incentives to reduce plug loads by 20%
Incentives to reduce plug loads by 30%
Not modelled in IRM scenarios
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Parameter 1. Market-led 2. Building-led 3. Precinct-led 4. Integrated IRM congruence
Operational waste
Current waste generation rates
20% reduction on current waste generation rates
20% reduction on current waste generation rates
20% reduction on current waste generation rates
Direct input to IRM scenarios
A waste management plan that addresses waste and recycling collection Separate waste and recycling chutes for tall buildings
Compliance with SDAPP and LP 22.19 Green Star Mat-1 Separate waste and recycling chutes for tall buildings
A waste management plan that addresses waste and recycling collection Space for reuse / donations
A waste management plan that addresses waste and recycling collection Space for reuse / donations
Compatible with IRM scenarios
Water efficiency Standard practice at 2037, 10% reduction by 2066
10% reduction on standard practice by 2037, 20% reduction by 2066
Standard practice at 2037, 10% reduction by 2066
10% reduction on standard practice by 2037, 20% reduction by 2066
Direct input to IRM scenarios
Green Star Wat-1 Green Star Wat-1 Compatible with IRM scenarios
Building materials
Standard building materials Modular pre-fabricated construction Cross-laminated timber Reduced urban heat island materials (lower reflectance)
Standard building materials Cross-laminated timber Recycled content Portland cement replacement Reduced PVC Responsible sourcing
Not modelled in IRM scenarios
Cyclist facilities Minimal ( 1 space per 5 units as per planning scheme)
High level of cycling end of trip facilities (1 per dwelling)
Centralised cycle storage and end-of-trip facilities
High level of cycling facilities (1 per dwelling)
Compatible with IRM scenarios
Electric vehicles Negligible electric vehicles in transport mix
20% electric vehicles by 2037, 40% by 2066
40% electric vehicles by 2037, 60% by 2066
60% electric vehicles by 2037, 80% by 2066
Direct input to IRM scenarios
Centralised vehicle charging, act as precinct energy storage (‘smart garage’)
Act as precinct energy storage (‘smart garage’)
Compatible with IRM scenarios
Green infrastructure
Minimal 5% of roof area is green
10% of roof area is green
Minimal 5% of roof area is green
10% of roof area is green
Direct input to IRM scenarios
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Parameter 1. Market-led 2. Building-led 3. Precinct-led 4. Integrated IRM congruence
Roof gardens, green roofs, green facades
Roof gardens, green roofs, green facades ‘Green tramway’
Compatible with IRM scenarios
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A3 Infrastructure strategies
Parameter 1. Market-led 2. Building-led 3. Precinct-led 4. Integrated IRM congruence
Energy supply Grid-based electricity Mains gas supply Some rooftop PV (10% of max.) Some solar hot water (10% of max.)
Grid-based electricity Mains gas supply Building-based gas-fired cogeneration Significant rooftop PV (60% of max.) Building integrated PV (40% of max.) Significant solar hot water (60% of max.)
Grid-based electricity Mains gas supply Precinct shared gas-fired cogeneration Some rooftop PV (10% of max.) Some solar hot water (10% of max.)
Grid-based electricity Mains gas supply Precinct shared trigeneration Significant rooftop PV (80% of max.) Building integrated PV (60% of max.) Significant solar hot water (80% of max.)
Direct input to IRM scenarios
Off-site renewables generation (virtual net metering)
Not modelled in IRM scenarios
Water sourcing South East Water integrated water management options – Scenario 1 Predominantly mains water supply Some rainwater capture and reuse
South East Water integrated water management options –Scenario 5 Lot scale approach Class-A supply from building greywater plant
South East Water integrated water management options –Scenario 4 Precinct scale stormwater harvesting Sewer mining
South East Water integrated water management options –Scenario 3 Mix of lot and precinct scale initiatives Sewer mining
Direct input to IRM scenarios
Local water storage (Albert Park Lake / JL Murphy Reserve)
Local water storage (Albert Park Lake, JL Murphy Reserve plus two other sites)
Not modelled in IRM scenarios
Wastewater treatment
Off-site sewage treatment Off-site sewage treatment Off-site sewage treatment Sewer mining
Off-site sewage treatment Sewer mining
Compatible with IRM scenarios
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Parameter 1. Market-led 2. Building-led 3. Precinct-led 4. Integrated IRM congruence
Waste collection Conventional waste collection approach (Council and privately operated vehicles) 2 streams – landfill and recycling
Conventional waste collection approach (Council and privately operated vehicles) 2 streams – landfill and recycling
50% conventional waste collection approach (Council and privately operated vehicles) 50% precinct underground vacuum waste system 3 streams – landfill, recycling, organics
100% precinct underground vacuum waste system 3 streams – landfill, recycling, organics
Direct input to IRM scenarios
Waste treatment Offsite landfill and recycling No organics treatment
Offsite landfill and recycling No organics treatment
Offsite landfill and recycling On-site anaerobic digestion for organics, methane used in cogen / trigen
Offsite landfill and recycling On-site anaerobic digestion for organics, methane used in cogen / trigen
Direct input to IRM scenarios
Water sensitive urban design / irrigation
Public hardscaping not planned to manage water
10% of public hardscaping is water sensitive urban design
20% of public hardscaping is water sensitive urban design
30% of public hardscaping is water sensitive urban design
Direct input to IRM scenarios
Water sensitive urban design performance meeting current planning scheme requirements for individual developments
Enhanced precinct scale water sensitive urban design Landscape water retention Use of water features to reduce urban heat island
Maximum use of green infrastructure to passively collect and treat water Landscape water retention Use of water features to reduce urban heat island Water sensitive urban design performance meeting current planning scheme requirements for individual developments
Compatible with IRM scenarios
Food production None None One community garden in each precinct
One community garden in each precinct Street or large scale vertical gardens
Not modelled in IRM scenarios
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Parameter 1. Market-led 2. Building-led 3. Precinct-led 4. Integrated IRM congruence
Public transport Buses Community buses
Buses Community buses
Buses Tram through centre of urban renewal area Charging stations for electric vehicles
Heavy rail link to CBD and Western Suburbs Buses Tram through centre of urban renewal area x 2 Charging stations for electric vehicles
Compatible with IRM scenarios
Active transport Minimal Minimal Priority parking for cycling
Join up with existing cycling and pedestrian links Comprehensive cycling network on site
Join up with existing cycling and pedestrian links Comprehensive cycling network on site Priority parking for cycling, on site change and storage facilities
Compatible with IRM scenarios
Mode share (number of trips)
Private car 90% Public transport 6% Cycling 2% Walking 2%
Private car 50% Public transport 25% Cycling 7.5% Walking 17.5%
Private car 35% Public transport 35% Cycling 10% Walking 20%
Private car 25% Public transport 35% Cycling 15% Walking 25%
Direct input to IRM scenarios
Types of trips To shops To city and back
To shops To city and back
Fewer city trips – more internal jobs and schools / sports facilities
High internal job share and schools / sports facilities
Not modelled in IRM scenarios
Infrastructure materials
Standard materials Standard materials Reduced Portland cement Locally sourced materials Permeable surfaces
Reduced Portland cement Locally sourced materials Use of heritage character materials (brick, cobblestone)
Not modelled in IRM scenarios