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Fishermans Bend Future Industry Precinct An opportunity to shape the future of Melbourne Vision Statement 2014

Fishermans Bend - One Planet Vision Statement

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Fishermans BendFuture Industry PrecinctAn opportunity to shape the future of MelbourneVision Statement 2014

In the past, industrial precincts have been places of high environmental impact and low human amenity -- strictly utilitarian and often at odds with other human activities.

In the future, industry will not only co-exist with communities, it will have to contribute to human amenity by creating vibrant places where people flourish, environmental impact is reduced to zero and businesses maintain high productivity and profitability.

An opportunity to shape the future

The world is on the cusp of the most profound reimagining of industry since the industrial revolution. Victorians have a unique opportunity to shape that future.

...It all starts at Fishermans Bend.

The Victorian Government has committed to redeveloping about half of the existing industrial/commercial area at Fisherman’s Bend for high density residential use. This creates a singular opportunity to reconstitute the remaining industrial/commercial area as a world-first Future Industry precinct.

Landmark projects such as Masdar in the UAE, Kalendborg in Denmark, Greensburg in the USA are already expanding the envelope of possibilities for technology and design for sustainability and human wellbeing.

Fishermans Bend should be the first industrial precinct in the world that not only aims for zero environmental impact, but simultaneously seeks to deeply integrate culture, social, recreational and tourism activities in a working industrial area.

500 m

PortPhillip Bay

HobsonsBay

Westgate Highway

FishermansBend

DocklandsYarra River

CBD

It will need the focused commitment of key businesses, state and local governments, and community groups to turn this grand vision into a grand reality.

Site Boundary

Melbourne CBD

What is One Planet Living?

One Planet Living is a vision for a world where its easy affordable and attractive for people everywhere to lead happy and healthy lives within a fair shares of the earths resources.

Our vision for the renewal of the Fishermans Bend Industry Precinct combines the guiding One Planet Principles with the practical appraoch to sustainability for industry called industrial ecology.

Health and happiness

making buildings more energy efficient and delivering all energy with renewable technologies

Zero waste reducing waste arisings, reusing where possible, and ultimately to send zero waste to landfill

Sustainable transport encouraging low carbon modes of transport to reduce emissions, reducing the need to travel

Sustainable materials using sustainable products that have a low embodied energy

Local and sustainable food choosing low impact, local, seasonal and organic diets and reducing food waste

Sustainable water using water more efficiently in buildings and in the products we buy; tackling local flooding and water course pollution

Land use and wildlife protecting and expanding old habitats and creating new space for wildlife

Culture and community reviving local identity and wisdom; support for, and participation in, the arts

Equity and local economy inclusive, empowering workplaces with equitable pay; support for local communities and fair trade

Zero carbon

encouraging active, sociable, meaningful lives to promote good health and well being

The ten guiding sustainability principles for Fishermans Bend:

The ten principles provide not only a practical sustainability framework for the delivery of the innovative Fishermans Bend vision, but also provide a set of guidelines and a common language for companies located in the precinct.One Planet Living is being used by the United Nations to help develop the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals that will replace the Millienium Development Goals.

A Future Industry precinct at Fishermans Bend would:

Be a world-class showcase in the heart of Melbourne for cutting-edge industrial design and integrated resource management.

Complement the existing plans for residential redevelopment of a portion of the site. Attract international

investment from companies committed to demonstrating global leadership.

Create a lasting environmental legacy for the governments and businesses involved;

Help catalyse similar efforts around Australia, and around the world.

Photomontage: Demonstrating global leadership by retrofitting Fishermans Bend with integrated environmental technology

Photomontage: Demonstrating global leadership by retrofitting Fishermans Bend with integrated environmental technology

Use the internationally recognised “One Planet Principles” framework

Draw upon the ambitious environmental commitments of key businesses in the area;

Create an employment location of choice, while reducing business resource costs;

Use the internationally recognised “One Planet Principles” framework;

Photomontage: Salmon Street becomes an integrated green technology precinct, reducing business costs and demonstrating “One Planet Principles”

Existing Site - Salmon Street

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The site would function as:

A water connection. A unique opportunity presents through a direct water link into the existing CBD that may developed as a public transport water ferry service, given it is such a short distance. It’s utilisation would reduce pressure on existing road reserves/land for transport, allowing for alternate utilization of the reserves for environmental & social benefit at a range of scales.

The Victorian Government has committed to redeveloping about half of the existing industrial/commercial area at Fishermans Bend for high density residential use. This creates a singular opportunity to reconstitute the remaining industrial/commercial area as a world-first Future Industry precinct.

A network of green spaces. Strategically link existing parks to create a precinct-wide network of ‘green streets’. This can be developed to include environmentally sustainable measures to benefit the entire precinct as a whole. Streets can be used as green corridors to link open spaces.

Integrated land use: The existing industrial area and the proposed Capital City Zone are transected by the Westgate Freeway, effectively a wide traffic barricade. The opportunity exists to integrate the two areas by punching through major streets and widening them to open up views and uses, providing greater access opportunities and integrated land-use.

A number of eco-initiatives would be incorporated in different ways across the site, retrofitting existing buildings and spaces. Examples include:Sustainable technologies would be integrated

Wind Energy

Solar Energy

PermeablePavement

Building Shading

SustainableTransport

Passive Heating and Cooling

GreenWalls

GreenRoofs

Rain Gardens

BioSwales

Wetlands/Water Retardation

Urban Agriculture/Food Production

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Industrial Ecology - Case Studies Z-Squared Concept, United Kingdom

Hammarby Sjostad, Sweden

Kwinana

Precinct,

Western

Australia

Kalundborg Precinct, Denmark

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ContactsDugald Murray & Ed Cotter

Join us in making this vision a reality.

Australian Conservation FoundationFloor 1, 60 Leicester St, CARLTON VIC 3053, AustraliaPh +61 3 9345 [email protected] / [email protected]@AusConservation