Waterways Estate

Winner SEAV State Environment Development Award 2001
Australian Property Institute: Excellence in Property Awards

Awarded to Portland House Group

Waterways Estate

Winner National Award for Environmental Excellence 2001
Urban Development Institute of Australia Excellence Award

Awarded to Portland House Group

Winner Award for Excellence Water Sensitive Urban Design 2002
Urban Development Institute of Australia (Victoria) Excellence Award

Awarded to Portland House Group

From the UDIA website: "Rarely are environmental considerations such a dominant element in a residential project. The Waterways was predicated on a major restructure of drainage systems that not only meet local authorities’ requirements but also succeed in creating a tranquil and unique living experience for its residents. The scale of the project and the developers’ commitment to a complex and diverse range of environmental issues was particularly impressive."

Koolamara Waters

Winner National Award for Environmental Excellence 2005
Urban Development Institute of Australia Excellence Award

From the UDIA website: "Koolamara Waters is located on the edge of Ferntree Gully in Melbourne’s east. This former wasteland of low-lying, flood-prone land with poor-quality soil is now a unique small residential housing estate of the highest quality incorporating a truly exclusive environmental feature. Developers Wilbow Corporation, working with the Australian Platypus Conservancy and Melbourne Water, have created the only known purpose-built platypus breeding environment, indeed something that is worthy calling 'unique'."

Manks Road Orchid Conservation

Winner Land and Biodiversity Award 2006
Banksia Environmental Foundation

Awarded to DSE (who employed AE on the project at Manks Rd site)

Australian Ecosystems is also associated with the winning awards;

Caroline Springs

Winner Award for Master-planned Development 2006
Urban Development Institute of Australia

Awarded to Delfin Lend Lease

"Caroline Springs on the western plains of Melbourne, is a prime example of excellence in master-planned developments and a fine case study." UDIA Judging citation

Koolamara Waters

Winner Award for Residential Development 2006
Urban Development Institute of Australia (Victoria)

Awarded to Wilbow Corporation Pty Ltd

"This former wasteland of low-lying, flood-prone land with poor-quality soil is now a unique small residential housing estate of the highest quality incorporating a truly exclusive environmental feature. Developers Wilbow Corporation, working with the Australian Platypus Conservancy and Melbourne Water, have created the only known purpose-built platypus breeding environment, indeed something that is worthy calling unique". UDIA Judging citation

Winner National Award for Environmental Excellence 2006
Urban Development Institute of Australia

Awarded to Wilbow Corporation Pty Ltd

Kubu River Hippos' Exhibit, Werribee Open Range Zoo

AILA Victoria Award for Excellence in Land Management

Awarded to Urban Initiatives

From the AILA web site: "In 2004, Zoo's Victoria and Werribee Open Range Zoo embarked on an innovative scheme for the Hippo Marsh Exhibit that delivers a unique experience of Hippos in a landscape thematically representing the Okavango Delta of Botswana. The project reflects a new approach in the world of zoological design and includes a unique merging of constructed ecology, engineering and design. Key elements being the exhibit pools, filtration wetlands and treatment systems for Kubu River Hippos'.

This significant land management project not only challenged the traditional form of a Hippos exhibit, but the whole way it presents the critical issues to the public, engages with the visitor, cares for it's constituents, and most importantly establishes a new approach to 'sustainability' within the exhibit."

Lollypop Creek

Award for National Excellence (Surface and/or Groundwater Management) 2008
Stormwater Industry Association

Awarded to Wyndham City Council

Mernda Villages

Winner State Award for Water Sensitive Urban Design 2006
Urban Development Institute of Australia (Victoria)

Awarded to Stockland

Winner State Award for Landscape Design 2006
Urban Development Institute of Australia (Victoria)

Awarded to Stockland

Finalist Greensmart Estate of the Year 2007
HIA Greensmart Award

Awarded to Stockland

Morningside

Winner State Landscape Award 2007
Urban Development Institute of Australia (Victoria)

Awarded to Dennis Family Corporation

Morningside by Dennis Family Corporation

The rolling hilly terrain takes on, in part, the character of a linked collection of large and small amphitheatres while also in part there are views of Mount Macedon and the local golf course.

Development considerations meant it had to remove 62 trees. Consequently, the law told DFC to meet the required replacement ratio by planting in the order of 30,000 trees. Instead, DFC put in 60,000.

Sanctuary Lakes Resort

Winner National Environmental Excellence Award 2005
Urban Development Institute of Australia

Awarded to Links Group Holdings

Sanctuary Lakes Resort by Links Group Holdings is on the site of a former saltworks, which as a by-product of the water management regimes of the saltworks, created a habitat for a wide variety of bird species. Approximately 50% of the original site has been gifted to the state of Victoria as a nature sanctuary of world significance and the remaining 50% was reclaimed and reworked to result in a lake based, golf course inclusive, revegetated housing estate with effective architectural controls to maintain an urban form sympathetic to its environment.

Seagrove

Environmental Excellence Commendation 2007
Urban Development Institute of Australia (Victoria)

Awarded to Southern Sustainable Developments

Seagrove, which is just outside the township of Cowes at Phillip Island, sets a whole new benchmark for development in the area which, unfortunately lacks proper planning and controls in much of the surrounding projects.
The latest in sustainable and environmentally sensitive principles have been employed and this, plus other features earned the applause of the judges.

Tenterfield

Winner Residential Development of 250 lots+ Award 2007
Urban Development Institute of Australia (Victoria)

Awarded to Vic Urban

Tenterfield is a 108ha masterplanned development at Burnside Heights which reflects VicUrban's philosophy of providing sustainable developments of affordable housing for prosperous and successful communities.
Its central spine is an integrated wetland linear landscape that contributes to one third of the development being dedicated to open space. When completed the $125 million project will provide homes for some 3000 people.
Already surrounded by a host of existing and planned education, shopping and other facilities, it eventually will have road access to Caroline Springs

Commendation for Environment in Landscape Architecture 2005
Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA)

Awarded to Collie Pty Ltd