Pimpama Coomera Waterfuture Master Plan

Client: Gold Coast Water
Project Manager: Gold Coast Water
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland

  • Winner: Global grand prize and Australia-South East Asia Regional Prize for Planning, International Water Association Project Innovation Awards 2006.
  • Master Plan aims to reduce the demand for drinking water by nearly 85%, using rainwater, recycled water and water conservation to supply the community's initiatives.
  • Reductions in wastewater flows achieved using reduced infiltration gravity sewers (RIGS).
  • Water-sensitive urban stormwater design minimises runoff rates and improves runoff quality into local waterways.
  • Bligh Tanner Director, David Hamlyn-Harris, was Principal Consultant to the Pimpama Coomera Waterfuture team.

 

 
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Sustainable Home Brisbane

Client: Natural Lifestyle Homes
Project Architect: Bligh Voller Nield
Location: Seventeen Mile Rocks, Brisbane
Value: $1.5M

  • Winner - Building of the Year and Water Efficient House of the Year, Housing Industry Association GreenSmart Awards 2006
  • Water management choices included rainwater capture, greywater and stormwater reuse, water-use monitors.
  • Sustainable materials choices included recycled materials, low toxicity materials and renewable materials.
  • The design worked with the natural contours and around existing trees to maintain biodiversity and retain local vegetation.
  • Minimal waste and transport costs reduced the embodied energy of construction materials

 

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