RP2003 Scoping Study: (Phase 1: Interim Report) A Review of Low Carbon Precincts to Identify Pathways for Mainstreaming Sustainable Urbanism in Australia Authors Giles Thomson Title A Review of International Low Carbon Precincts to Identify Pathways for Mainstreaming Sustainable Urbanism in Australia. ISBN Format Keywords Low Carbon Precincts, Sustainable Urbanism, Urban Planning Editor PN Publisher Series ISSN Preferred citation Peer Review Statement This scoping study has been approved by CRC RP2003 project leader Peter Newman. RP2003: 1 Contents Peer Review Statement ...................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Contents ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 List of Tables ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 List of Figures ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Acronyms .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions ....................................................................................................................................... 11 Approach ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Project scope ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 What is meant by ‘low carbon’? .................................................................................................................................. 13 What is meant by a low carbon ‘precinct’? .......................................................................................................... 13 Known limitations ........................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Lack of consistent definitions and data ................................................................................................................ 15 Differentiating between aspirational and actual achievements ........................................................... 15 English language bias ....................................................................................................................................................... 15 Approach to examining exemplary low carbon precincts ................................................................................................. 16 Purpose ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Method ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 16 Long list of projects for consideration ...................................................................................................................................... 16 Criteria for Selection ......................................................................................................................................................... 16 Short list of exemplary low carbon precincts ......................................................................................................................... 18 Criteria for Selection ......................................................................................................................................................... 18 Case study exemplars ............................................................................................................................................................................ 21 BedZED, UK ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 21 BO01, Malmo, Sweden .................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Castleward, Derby, UK .................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Coopers Road Estate, UK ................................................................................................................................................................ 23 Dockside Green, Canada ................................................................................................................................................................ 25 Eco Viikki, Finland ........................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Graylingwell Park, Chichester, UK .............................................................................................................................................. 27 Greenwich Millennium Village, UK ............................................................................................................................................ 28 Grow Community, Bainbridge Island Washington State, USA ......................................................................................... 29 Hammarby Sjostad, Stockholm, Sweden ................................................................................................................................. 31 Hanham Hall, Carbon Challenge, UK ........................................................................................................................................ 33 Masdar, Abu Dhabi, UAE ................................................................................................................................................................ 33 Millennium Water (Vancouver’s Olympic Village), Canada ............................................................................................... 35 One Brighton, UK ............................................................................................................................................................................. 37 RP2003: 2 Peterborough Carbon Challenge, UK ........................................................................................................................................ 39 solarCity Linz-Pichling, Austria .................................................................................................................................................. 40 Sonoma Mountain Village, USA .................................................................................................................................................. 41 Stockholm Royal Seaport, Sweden ............................................................................................................................................. 42 Vauban, Freiburg, Germany .......................................................................................................................................................... 43 Vuores, Finland ................................................................................................................................................................................. 44 Case study discussion and conclusions ......................................................................................................................................... 47 Low Carbon Precinct emissions sources ................................................................................................................................. 47 Emissions related to embodied carbon .............................................................................................................................. 47 Emissions related to operational energy ........................................................................................................................... 48 Building performance: ............................................................................................................................................................. 48 Transport: ....................................................................................................................................................................................