Sustainability
We seek to 'tread a light environmental footprint
The Village Building Company prides itself on achieving sustainable outcomes for all its developments, delivering not only tangible positive benefits for our communities today but maintaining and enhancing prospects for the future.
We target development sites located in close proximity to public transport, providing easy access to shopping and employment centres for our residents and helping reduce the carbon footprint.
We encourage a mix of integrated small lot single title and multi-unit housing in order to create strong, vibrant and diverse communities and to achieve socially responsible densities.
Every house we build has a minimum 5 star energy efficiency rating with most houses incorporating solar hot water and achieving 6 stars. Water efficient fixtures and appliances are standard features in our homes as are energy efficient lighting.
Our building methods are designed to minimise waste and our practice is to target 95% on-site recycling of all building materials resulting in the utilization of existing resources while simultaneously reducing land fill.
We seek to maximise the use and harnessing of renewable resources to achieve long term sustainability. We encourage recycling of stormwater or grey water for irrigation purposes for larger developments instead of using town water or on-block rainwater tanks. We also encourage the use of renewable energy technology such as photovoltaic arrays.
Project by project, predominantly but not always in the affordable market segment, Village Building is providing housing that better meets people’s needs and contributes to a more sustainable urban and social form. Day by day, we strive to achieve a real balance between social and environmental responsibility, sustainability and economic feasibility.