Adelaide s Greener Future. Melbourne Urban Forests Workshop

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1 Melbourne Urban Forests Workshop Presentation by Daniel Bennett City Design and Transport Program Manager Adelaide City Council National Vice President, Australian Institute of Landscape Architects

2 Outline _Facts, Evidence and Data _Adelaide City Council Policies _Adelaide City Council Strategies

3 Heritage The Planned City Adelaide s Parks are the pride and glory of this city...let us keep them inviolate, keep them intact, keep them sacred from the hands of the despoiler

4 Heritage The Planned City Adelaide s Parks are the pride and glory of this city...let us keep them inviolate, keep them intact, keep them sacred from the hands of the despoiler Lewis Cohen, Deputy Mayor, 1910

5 Heritage Is this still relevant? Is climate change adaption possible? Are we ready? What are we doing? What do we know? Can we chart a course?

6 Heritage Is this still relevant? Is climate change adaption possible? Are we ready? What are we doing? What do we know? Can we chart a course? Can we have utopia?

7 Facts Adelaide in ha 760 ha 1: ,000 17, CBD/urban area park lands urban area to park lands ratio workers per hectare dwellings per hectare residents per hectare residents per dwelling car spaces total kerbside car spaces percentage of remnant ecology times the size of Central Park (NY)

8 Facts Adelaide in % 25% 77% 18% 5% >1% 1 31% 40% 25% 30% private transport public transport bus train tram bike separated bikeway road space for public transport total carbon emissions from transport traffic in city looking for parking traffic in city trying to get through

9 Facts Adelaide in 2015 ~550mm 0L 30,000,000L 50% 50% new $1.8b semi arid north west CBD Adelaide average rainfall captured rainfall potential captured rainfall water use indoor water use outdoor reusing recycled water desalination plant (little used) climate hottest part of the city (UHI) driest capital city in the driest inhabited continent on earth

10 60% 15% 10.3% Reducing Carbon Emissions Adelaide in 2015 ACC reduction since 1994 target reduction energy use (2007) energy use reduction 13/14 19% reducing demand 2% 37% South Australia overall carbon reduction energy efficient buildings (new/extg) SA renewable energy 2005 SA renewable energy 2014

11 Strategies Securing further carbon reduction: _Building Upgrade Finance _Currently before SA Parliament _Progessing Carbon Neutral City _World first Partnering with Sydney, Melbourne and Perth City Councils _CitySwitch Program _718 tenancies _2.87m sq m NLA

12 Strategies Sustainable City Initiatives, from 1 July 2015 for ACC residents and businesses: _$5k for solar PV _$5k for energy storage (eg Tesla) _$5k apartment bldg upgrades _$1k converting halogen lights _$1k solar hot water _$500 electric vehicle charger _$500 rain water tanks

13 Strategies Creating Great Streets Creating great streets in the City of Adelaide through the integration of the Smart Move Transport Strategy and the Adelaide Design Manual

14 Strategies $200K $584K Creating Great Streets, $3.7m $580k Greener Streets Program Great Streets Team City Design & Transport Creating Great Streets $1.5M $450K Smart Move Projects City and Park Lands Furniture Suite $500k State Bicycle Fund Projects Master Plan the Squares $1M $150K $150K $150K Station to Market Laneways Master Plan Lighting Master Plan Co-creation Startup Fund

15 Master planning Research & development Project delivery on site Informing and promoting Master planning Project delivery on site Co-creation Startup Fund Adelaide s Greener Streets Program Buildings & interfaces Informing and promoting Project delivery on site Green infrastructure Master Plan the Squares Great Streets Team Project delivery on site Lighting Master Plan City and Park Lands Furniture Suite Great Streets Team Materials and open spaces Master planning Concept design Research & development Station to Market Laneways Master Plan Great Streets Team State Bicycle Fund Projects Smart Move Projects Street furnishings State Bicycle Fund Projects Smart Move Projects Street design Research & development Master planning Concept design Project delivery on site Transportation modes Integrated city

16 Adelaide s Strategies Greener Streets Program _$1m capital works _green infrastructure _greening initiatives _aligned to asset renewal _WSUD projects _piloting new approaches _delivering rapidly where possible

17 Adelaide s Strategies Smart Move Projects _Free City Connector Bus _Travel Behavior Change _Ride2Work _Love2Ride _Be Aware and Share _Bike2Eat _Education _Cordon Counts _Free Bike Share Scheme _Frome Street Bikeway _N/S Cross City Bikeways _NE Access Study

18 Thank You

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