FAQ
This means there is no reticulated natural gas connection available within the street for your lot.
This also means you have no gas connection charges.
With no natural gas connection, you are not able to have a gas cooktop from mains supplied gas.
Yes, you can have gas appliances (such as a BBQ’s and gas cooktop) which run off gas refillable cylinders.
Electric cooking has come a long way from the old ceramic elements, and we encourage residents to look at induction cooking technology. This is a faster, safer, more efficient and healthier way to cook.
Unlike gas, electrical appliances are able to utilise the creation of energy from renewable sources such as solar, wind and hydro.
This is not a simple answer, and depends on the appliance, use and cost of energy. Other factors include the location of the energy creation, and energy loss/leakage.
When gas is burned it releases a number of substances that can be harmful to human health including carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and formaldehyde, as well extremely small particles that can pass through the nose and throat and enter the lungs known as fine particulate matter and ultra-fine particles.
Cooking with gas is estimated to be responsible for up to 12% of the burden of childhood asthma in Australia. A child living with gas cooking in the home faces a comparable risk of asthma to a child living with household cigarette smoke.
Ventilation including extraction fans over stoves, and flues over gas heater can reduce the impact of these substances, however, does not eliminate the risk.
Information from:
https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/gas-habit-how-gas-harming-health/
There are no mains recycled water connections to the estate, and therefore, no recycled water connections in the streets.
The water authority did not provide a recycled water connection to our piece of land.
Building costs need to be discussed directly with builders.
Society 1056 does mandate house design inclusions; however, these are in line with the broader market.
It is a requirement under our permit from Melton Council that every lot (>300sqm) installs a rainwater tank.
These are a low-cost way to utilise stormwater to help reduce mains water use and save on household water costs.
Urban Heat Island Effect is a growing issue in Victoria, and new land estates. Restricting certain roof colours can help to reduce the impact of the Urban Heat Island Effect.
Yes, solar panels are mandated on all lots.
- Solar panels will allow for the creation of energy from a renewable energy source, and reduce the reliance offossil fuel energy generation, and subsequent greenhouse gas creation and emission.
- The creation of this energy can also help reduce your electrical energy bill, as you are creating and not just using energy.
This is a free initiative which will provide front of lot landscaping to all lots.
Residents will be able to choose from a list of available packages.
More details on this will come out for sales launch.
This is a free initiative on the project, which will provide solar panels to all lots.
More details on this will come out for sales launch.
We are targeting 4+ trees for every house in the project, therefore ~over 5,200 new trees.
This is 300% greater than the Council requirement (1 tree at the front of blocks, and 2 at the side in nature strips).
Recycled and sustainable material alternatives are becoming cheaper, however, any additional cost of building the infrastructure in the ground is well known to YourLand and is not passed onto purchasers.
Recycled and sustainable material alternatives are well made and tested, and are already in use across Victoria, Australia and the World.
Their lifespan is equivalent to non-recycled alternatives.
An urban heat island occurs when a city experiences much warmer temperatures than nearby rural areas. The difference in temperature between urban and less-developed rural areas has to do with how well the surfaces in each environment absorb and hold heat.
Trees and vegetation can cool our cities by providing shade, reflecting sunlight and by releasing moisture into the air through their leaves in a process called transpiration.
Reducing the Urban Heat Island Effect will result in cooler streets, and improved living conditions.
With cooler streets, this will reduce the amount of energy residents need to utilize to help cool their homes, and therefore have cost savings to residents.
The benefit of having cooler streets in summer does not offset the negative impacts of having during warmer streets during the summer periods. Additionally, the initiatives we have in place (specifically additional trees), help to provide better thermal insulation for the streets, and therefore, in winter, can better retain heat from houses/structures, and provide lower temperate fluctuation and therefore better temperature moderated streets.
This is a heavily planted street, which will provide very dense canopy to provide a highly shaded street.
This will promote active transport on hot days, and will help reduce the Urban Heat Island Effect.
’Normal Street’
’Shadeway Street’
This is a heavily planted street, which will include a variety of plants to promote the movement of flora and fauna between green spaces.
This corridor will encouraging birds, insects, reptiles and other small animals help to pollinate plants in the local area, and therefore help improve overall growth of surrounding plants.
This is a rating under the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme or NatHERS.
Compared to lower star rating, 7-star homes are cheaper to heat and cool, more comfortable to live in, and more resilient to extreme weather.
Currently, all new houses must be built to 6-Stars.
A 7-Star house will require the inclusion of fixed appliances like heating, cooling, hot water and lighting, and offset energy use through solar PV when assessing energy efficiency.
7- Star builds will be mandated by the Victorian Government in May 2024.
- Trams, no.
- Trains, no. However nearby is Rockbank Station, Keilor Plains Station and Watergardens Station.
- Buses, yes. Bus capable roads will be provided through the project however exact timing of the bus route extension will be provided by Public Transport Victoria and is currently unknown.