# Circular Economy 5.1a - Embodied carbon assessment / lifecycle assessment
# Applies to
Large (60-249 lots) and very large (250+ lots) subdivisions
# Relevant Victoria Planning Provisions
# 15.01-2S Building design (opens new window)
Strategies include
Improve the energy performance of buildings through siting and design measures that encourage:
- Use of low embodied energy materials.
Encourage use of recycled and reusable materials in building construction and undertake adaptive reuse of buildings, where practical.
# 15.01-3S Subdivision Design (opens new window)
Creating an urban structure that:
- Supports waste minimisation and increased resource recovery.
# 19 Infrastructure (opens new window)
Infrastructure planning should avoid, minimise and offset environmental impacts, and incorporate resilience to natural hazards, including future climate change risks.
# 19.01-1S Energy Supply (opens new window)
Support the development of energy generation, storage, transmission, and distribution infrastructure to transition to a low-carbon economy.
# Summary
# Excellence
Awarded where an upfront carbon or lifecycle assessment is used to identify and demonstrate lower carbon material and construction choices across methodology, asphalt, concrete, aggregates, bedding sands, and pipe/conduit.
A minimum 10% reduction in embodied carbon compared to Business As Usual must be achieved.
Examples include minimising earthworks, using recycled content in asphalt and concrete, reducing water use, and selecting pipes laid on recycled glass sand or made from recycled PVC or HDPE.
# Documentation & evidence required
# Subdivision Design Response
- Include a written commitment: 'An up front carbon or lifecycle assessment will be undertaken and emissions reduced by 10% against BAU'