Environmental and Innovation

• G Line will be a benchmark for Australian development — showcasing what zero-carbon construction and zero-waste operations can look like at city scale.
  
  Environmental strategies run through every part of the development. They include retaining, storing and reusing water; transforming food and green waste into valuable resources; reusing materials so nothing goes to waste; expanding green space and tree coverage; and zero-carbon transport that supports an active, liveable community.

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  Water play, shade trees and grassed mounds soften the plaza in the shadow of the MCG.

  Water play, shade trees and grassed mounds soften the plaza in the shadow of the MCG.

• Environmental and Innovation Targets

  Net-Positive

  Produces more energy than it consumes through on-site renewables.

  Water Resilient

  Water is retained, stored and reused across the city.

  Zero-Waste

  Food and green waste are processed and support the city’s energy and soil systems.

  Circular

  Existing materials are recovered, sorted and re-entered into the supply chain.

  Active

  100% Electric Transport and streets that are easy and safe to walk and cycle.

  Food Positive

  The city grows a portion of what it eats through productive landscapes.

  Biodiverse

  Planting with species that lower air temperatures and support urban ecosystems.

  Net-Zero Building

  All new buildings are zero emissions and high performance buildings.

  Net-Positive

  Produces more energy than it consumes through on-site renewables.

  Water Resilient

  Water is retained, stored and reused across the city.

  Zero-Waste

  Food and green waste are processed and support the city’s energy and soil systems.

  Circular

  Existing materials are recovered, sorted and re-entered into the supply chain.

  Active

  100% Electric Transport and streets that are easy and safe to walk and cycle.

  Food Positive

  The city grows a portion of what it eats through productive landscapes.

  Biodiverse

  Planting with species that lower air temperatures and support urban ecosystems.

  Net-Zero Building

  All new buildings are zero emissions and high performance buildings.

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• Energy production (MWh)

  9000

  Water usage (kL)

  0

  Waste diverted from landfill

  94%

  Embodied carbon reduction

  80%

  Food production on site

  30%

  Payback for Sustainability Technology

  5years

• Explore environmental & innovation in the Neighbourhoods

  • Jolimont Fields

    The Front Lawn’s deep soil zones anchor G Line’s canopy ambition, with a Greenline connection extending green space north to the Birrarung.

  • Olympic Plaza

    Even in G Line’s grandest civic space, The Hills bring grassed and treed mounds into an otherwise hard-surfaced plaza, cooling the ground and softening the scale.

  • Yarra Park Residences

    Community garden plots bring G Line’s food-positive ambition directly to residents’ doorsteps.

  • Richmond Circus

    G Line’s most technically demanding environmental achievement: deep soil planting engineered onto a podium built directly above a live rail corridor.

  • The Village

    Rooftop gardens and a maker culture built on reuse bring G Line’s circular economy ambition to life at a human scale.

  • Cremorne Commons

    G Line’s most densely planted neighbourhood, where Garden Blocks and pocket parks deliver the highest concentration of native species and canopy cover.

  

• G Line is designed as a net-positive precinct — one that produces more than it consumes. These are our key moves to achieve this.

  High-performance building fabric

  Insulation, glazing and airtightness engineered to reduce energy demand before any technology is added.

  100% electric

  Every building runs entirely on electricity, with no reliance on gas.

  Efficient electric HVAC and HRV

  High-efficiency heating, cooling and ventilation systems that recover and reuse energy rather than waste it.

  Maximise rooftop and facade solar

  Every available roof and facade surface is considered for solar generation, turning the precinct into a source of energy, not just a consumer of it.

  Efficient water F&F, and maximise rainwater collection and reuse

  Water-efficient fittings throughout, paired with rainwater capture and reuse to reduce demand on the mains supply.

  Enhance local connectivity and biodiversity

  Landscape and building design work together to support local ecology and strengthen green connections across the precinct.

  Circular and zero carbon materials

  Construction materials selected for low embodied carbon and designed to be recovered and reused at the end of their life.

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• Integrating the physical infrastructure that makes our cities work with the cultural infrastructure that enables us all to thrive — let’s not try to change culture, let’s embrace culture to accelerate change.

  G Line will be a world-leading city that sets the benchmark for Australian development, showcasing zero-carbon construction and zero-waste operations.

• Common questions

  Who’s behind the environmental strategy?

  Finding Infinity has worked closely with the project team to develop the environmental strategy for G Line. Finding Infinity is a creative and technical environmental consultancy providing unique and bespoke advice to assist clients in minimising their environmental impact and operational expenses simultaneously via the most financially viable pathway. Working on small scale and large scale projects, locally and internationally, they focus on ambitious targets and find pragmatic and creative methods of achieving them.

  How is water managed?

  Rainwater is collected from all non trafficable surfaces for reuse within buildings. Trafficable surfaces are designed to be permeable and direct any runoff towards deep root zones to minimise any stormwater runoff from the site. All wastewater from the site is treated via a central wastewater treatment plant for reuse both within the precinct and within the surrounding parklands.

  How is waste managed?

  Across the site, vacuum waste collection points are integrated into each neighbourhood which direct waste to a central resource recovery facility. Organic waste is separated and treated through an on site anaerobic digester, which converts food waste into energy and fertiliser, powering about 30% of the development. Other waste is separated into specific streams to maintain maximum recycling value, with on site treatment / recycling where possible.