Urban Development
Adelaide City Council has set itself challenging goals to increase the numbers of residents, workers, students and visitors within the City. In order to achieve this, Council has become greatly aware of the need to increase urban density and advocate improved services such as public transport to accommodate these population increases.
The recent revision of the Adelaide Development Plan aims to promote and support environmentally friendly "green" buildings and the use of technologies such as solar, wind energy and water recycling systems. The Plan also supports higher density built form which in itself reduces environmental impact due to elements such as public transport availability, proximity of services and shopping and reduced garden water usage.
Ecological Footprint
Adelaide City Council is working with the University of South Australia to calculate the City of Adelaide’s ecological footprint.
The ecological footprint concept, developed in 1993, is now being increasingly utilised by governments, communities and businesses to monitor environmental resource use and develop management strategies for the future. In developing our Footprint, Council aims to enhance the well-being and quality of life of our residents by implementing energy and water saving initiatives for all developments throughout the City.
Reducing our populations demand for non-renewable resources to a level which does not exceed nature’s ability to renew them is a challenging goal which will ultimately reduce the Adelaide City Council’s ecological footprint and make Adelaide a truly green and liveable city.
Adelaide Building Tune Ups Project
The Adelaide Building Tune Ups Project was initiated by the Adelaide City Council and the South Australian Government. It was developed by the Capital City Committee’s Green City Programme, working towards establishing Adelaide as an internationally renowned green and sustainable city centre by 2010.
The project incorporates 3 stages. The first stage involved recruiting 10 commercial office buildings within the City of Adelaide and assessing their energy and water consumption. Plans for improvement were made in stage 2 to increase each building’s energy and water efficiency. Stage 3 is a re-evaluation of the energy and water performance of each building completed 1 year after the improvements from Stage 2 have been implemented.
Air Quality Incentive Scheme
Smoke from wood fired heaters is a major cause of air pollution in Adelaide, second only behind motor vehicle emissions. Adelaide City Council have developed an incentive scheme to promote natural gas heating as a more sustainable alternative.
Tools
» Air Quality and Noise
» Ecological Footprint Calculator
» Environmental Management
» Management of Hazardous Materials
» Waste Management
Fact Sheets
» Geoexchange
» Glazing
» Lighting
» Rooftop Gardens
» Solar PV
» Water