Wyndham City Council implements the Sustainable Design Assessment in the Planning Process (SDAPP) Framework to ensure positive sustainable design outcomes are achieved for all new developments.
The SDAPP framework includes 10 sustainable design categories which consider a broad range of design issues.
To assist you on how to consider these categories and achieve the best outcome for your building, council has adopted a series of SDAPP fact sheets.
The fact sheets provide background information, design guidance and best practice standards across the 10 key categories relevant to your development
Indoor environment quality
Objectives
- To achieve a healthy indoor environment quality for the wellbeing of building occupants, including the provision of fresh air intake, cross ventilation and natural daylight
- To achieve thermal comfort levels with minimised need for mechanical heating, ventilation and cooling
- To reduce indoor air pollutants by encouraging use of materials with low toxic chemicals
- To reduce reliance on mechanical heating, ventilation, cooling and lighting systems
- To minimise noise levels and noise transfer within and between buildings and associated external areas
Wyndham Council expectations
- Adequate daylight to all living areas and bedrooms (as defined in BESS)
- Openable windows in all habitable rooms
- Cooling loads to not exceed 30MJ/sqm for any dwelling
- Appropriate shading to all windows receiving direct sunlight
Factsheet: 01 Indoor Environment Quality
Factsheet: 01-1 Daylight
Factsheet: 01-2 Natural Ventilation
Energy performance
Objectives
- To improve the efficient use of energy, by ensuring development demonstrates design potential for ESD initiatives at the planning stage
- To reduce total operating greenhouse gas emissions
- To reduce energy peak demand through particular design measures (e.g. appropriate building orientation, shading, optimised glazing, space allocation for solar panel and external heating and cooling systems
Wyndham Council expectations
- Minimum 50% score in BESS Energy category
- Cooling loads to not exceed 30MJ/sqm for any dwelling
- External natural clothes drying facilities where possible
Factsheet: 02 Energy Efficiency
Factsheet: 02-1 Sunshading
Factsheet: 02-2 Building Envelope Performance
Factsheet: 02-3 Zero Carbon
Water resources
Objectives
- To improve water efficiency
- To reduce total operating potable water use
- To encourage the collection and reuse of stormwater
- To encourage the appropriate use of alternative water sources (e.g. greywater)
Wyndham Council expectations
- Rainwater capture and reuse for toilet flushing at a minimum
- Minimum 50% score in BESS Water Category
Stormwater management
Policy objectives
- To reduce the impact of stormwater run-off
- To improve the water quality of stormwater run-off
- To achieve best practice stormwater quality outcomes
- To incorporate the use of water sensitive urban design, including stormwater re-use
Wyndham Council expectations
- 100% STORM score or MUSIC modelling demonstrating best practice stormwater management
Factsheet: 04 Stormwater Management
Factsheet: 04-1 Site Permeability
Construction and building management
Objectives
The overarching objective is that development should achieve best practice in environmentally sustainable development from the design stage through to construction and operation
Transport
Objectives
- To ensure that the built environment is designed to promote the use of walking, cycling and public transport, in that order
- To minimise car dependency
- To promote the use of low emissions vehicle technologies and supporting infrastructure
Wyndham Council expectations
- Bicycle parking - 1 per dwelling
Waste management
Objectives
- To promote waste avoidance, reuse and recycling during the design, construction and operation stages of development
- To ensure durability of long term reusability of building materials
- To ensure sufficient space is allocated for future change in waste management needs, including (where possible) composting and green waste facilities.
Wyndham Council expectations
- Recycling facilities are at least as convenient to future occupants as general waste facilities.
Urban ecology
Objectives
- To protect and enhance biodiversity within the municipality
- To provide environmentally sustainable landscapes and natural habitats, and minimise the urban heat island effect
- To encourage the retention of significant trees
- To encourage the planting and indigenous vegetation
- To encourage the provision of space for productive gardens, particularly in larger residential developments.
Factsheet: 08 Urban Ecology
Factsheet: 08-1 Green Roof Wall Facade
Innovation and Melbourne’s Climate
Objectives: To encourage innovative technology into the design of the development that will deliver enhanced environmental and social benefits to the community.