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VBC is committed to ecological sustainability in all developments. This commences with subdivision designs including maximum energy ratings, environmental best practice for water quality control and where appropriate, total on-site recycling of old materials.
Housing designs are rated at the upper end of solar/energy ratings. Integrated design of land development and housing maximises savings in earthworks and maximisding ponds for endangered species and reducing downstream storm water run-off problems. This work has produced extensive landscaped recreational areas. 0 tadpoles of the endangered species have already bred in the specially constructed breeding ponds surrounded by the lower escarpment overlooking Edgewood.
A four-year study that began in 1998, found Green and Golden Bell Frogs living adjacent to a pond in a disused quarry in the estate. Initially, two frogs were found. Subsequent monitoring has revealed fluctuations from no frogs to six frogs in any given year prior to establishing our breeding ponds. Hence, our breeding efforts have yielded spectacular results with several hundred juvenille frogs now in the area.
We have worked with the National Parks and Wildlife Service in establishing a permanent and viable frog colony at Edgewood. The existing degraded habitat, adjacent to an old brick pit, was dramatically upgraded by building a new habitat in an environmental protection zone, where a viable ongoing frog population is more likely to survive.