Carlton Eco-Neighbourhood
Smart buildings, smart residents, add up to even smarter neighbourhoods
The Carlton Eco-Neighbourhood project is helping residents in the new sustainable public and private developments in Carlton make the most of their beautiful new buildings. Environment Victoria is working with the City of Melbourne and the Department of Human Services to help the local community understand and appreciate their building’s leading edge sustainability features, some of which are obvious, and some of which are designed to be barely noticeable.
The first phase of the project is to identify neighbourhood leaders, in both the public housing and privately-owned parts of the development, and bring them together to learn about the building features and the environmental benefits they bring. The leaders will complete the Eco Champion training program covering water, energy and waste, as well as communication skills and behaviour change techniques.
Once they’re all trained up the Eco Champions will help us spread the word about the great opportunities of living in sustainable dwellings. Environment Victoria will work with the Eco Champions to make sure all the residents in the 174 units have the chance to learn about the buildings and take part in community sustainability events.
These developments represent the first stages of the Carlton Housing Redevelopment, and one of the aims of Carlton Eco-Neighbourhood is to bring public and private housing residents together, to learn, share and enjoy their sustainable structures.
The project will culminate in a celebration event early in 2012 where the Eco Champions and project partners will review what they’ve learnt and start the next steps.
Many of the new residents are rightfully proud of their environmentally friendly new address, and by the end of the Carlton Eco-Neighbourhood project we hope there’ll be hundreds of Carlton locals enjoying the benefits of living sustainably and sharing the message about their beautiful buildings and their sustainable lifestyles.
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