Creating a resilient future – research to enable carbon neutral communities
To ensure our communities both mitigate and adapt to the impacts of a changing climate we have set ourselves the stretch goal of enabling carbon neutral, water positive, zero waste and net positive ecological outcomes by 2028.
Alignment between the decreasing cost of climate resilient technologies, increasing support among Australians for action on climate change, and growing consumer preferences for greener development offers new opportunity.
Our challenge is to find climate resilient solutions which are commercially feasible, resonate with consumers and can be delivered at scale across our communities.
In line with our Sustainable Places Strategy ambitions, the amenity, size and staging of our North Wilton project offers an important opportunity to explore the potential for 100% renewable energy to enable carbon neutrality and, importantly, learn as we go.
This year we initiated our Smart Energy Precincts Program to enable this at North Wilton and to create a 100% renewably powered, all-electric, smart energy precinct.
Key objectives being addressed are:
- Overcoming barriers to energy sharing in Torrens Titled communities
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infrastructure delivery and ownership solutions that do not encumber the community, and solutions that are scalable and replicable.
At every opportunity we will share our learnings with government and industry.
