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Sustainable Designer’s Toolkit/ Database
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A database of products to help builders, architects, landscapers, designers etc identify products or features to improve the sustainability of products in design and development. Eco-ratings for products are through descriptions in terms of sustainability goals. Products can be searched for in terms of actions (eg reducing waste, conserving water), product types (eg materials, building elements, services), keywords or local sourcing and production.
Accompanied by a manual detailing the facts and key issues: See below

Green Technology Guide Manual
Holos Consulting, 2002


An Adobe Acrobat PDF 883kb
Accompanying manual to above Sustainable Designer’s Toolkit/ Database

Sustainable Urban Settlement Guidelines for Regional NSW
DUAP and NRRS Secretariat, 200
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A Weblink
Guidelines to assist planners, architects, developers, councillors in how to incorporate sustainability objectives into settlement planning. Guidelines for:
• strategic planning
• local environment planning
• site planning
• building

Model Conditions Extractive Operations
Stephen Fletcher & Associates, 2002


An Adobe Acrobat PDF 491kb
A two part document that includes:
• a discussion paper on opportunities for incorporating good practice planning approaches for extractive operations; and
• a set of model conditions of consent for extractive industry operations.

Industrial Land Audit
Pickles and Steel & Associates, 1996


An Adobe Acrobat PDF 91kb
An audit of all industrial lands in the Northern Rivers region. The pdf file provides a brief summary and overview of the original audit process and findings. A direct link to the database of industrial lands which includes current and up to date data is at www.investnorthernrivers.com.au

Urban Settlement Strategies: Guidelines for the North Coast
DUAP, 2000


An Adobe Acrobat PDF 347kb

Urban Land Demand/Supply Manual and Spreadsheet
NRRS and PlanningNSW, 2002

Government policy on the form and content of urban settlement strategies for the North Coast of NSW, including minimum requirements and a suggested preparation process.

Accompanied by a manual and spreadsheet to assist local government with the preparation of land demand and supply analysis. NOTE: If using the manual, you will need to contact the Grafton office of PlanningNSW for the relevant up to date population projections


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