The path to living more sustainably is well underway at Hobsonville Point, its latest sustainability report shows.
HLC, the masterplanners behind Hobsonville Point, has now issued its tenth annual sustainability report for the neighbourhood. The measures and results are guided by a Sustainable Development Framework (SDF) that looks beyond the environmental to also encompass economic, social and cultural objectives.
The latest results show that Hobsonville Point exhibits a high level of achievement with regard to its sustainability goals.
Residents are using 25 per cent less electricity compared to the Auckland average, Vector data shows. “At Hobsonville Point we’ve asked builders to build to a very high standard, much higher than the building code in terms of levels of insulation, and we’ve also asked them to incorporate double glazing in all new builds,” says Louelle Botes, Programme Manager – Sustainability, for HLC.
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All builders at Hobsonville Point are required to incorporate 3,000 litre water tanks into all residences except for apartment buildings, with water catchment used for laundry and outdoor garden hoses, for example. “We’ve also incorporated water efficient fixtures in all buildings, and made that a standard. Altogether that’s led to residents using 32% less water than wider Auckland,” Botes says.
Beyond environmental goals, the SDF also incorporates other measures, like neighbourhood satisfaction. 71 per cent of residents say they felt a ‘sense of community’, significantly higher than 50 per cent for wider Auckland (from Auckland Council’s 2018 Quality of Life survey). Perceptions of safety when out walking were also comparatively high when measured against the Quality of Life survey , with 97 per cent stating that it was fairly safe or very safe walking during the day, and 78 per cent felt safe walking alone after dark.
HLC continues to work with a range of local and central government agencies, private sector partners, and local community groups to achieve its sustainability goals, and is a member of the Sustainable Business Network and the New Zealand Green Building Council.
- Content supplied by the Urban Development Group
