In 2003, the SA government made it a requirement for all new residential related development applications to comply with a minimum standard to energy efficiency. However, important as it is to require less energy consumption in new domestic residential development, the travel demand associated with new urban development is at least as significant a component of the total level of energy consumed by new development, particularly in areas that are largely car dependent. In a city such as Adelaide with around 1.1 million people in a sprawling urban area stretching approximately 70km north to south, overall residential densities are still too low to allow all of Adelaide’s residents to walk or cycle or even use public transport to access local facilities. New development, particularly in outlying urban fringe areas, has occurred that is not optimally located with regard to accessibility issues. This paper argues the need for an accessibility energy rating development assessment planning tool and examines some of the accessibility issues that need to be taken into account when establishing such a tool. (Author/publisher) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E211825.
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