By Oliver Lees
A residential estate in Sunbury is hardening its roads with concrete made with recycled, post consumer materials in a bid to boost sustainability.
Development specialists Moremac have committed to paving their new Kingsfield estate on Lancefield Road with Reconaphalt – a road surface material that melts down recycled materials to be used as bitumen.
The estate is the first residential development in Victoria to use recycled content in its roads, according to Moremac.
The goods used in Reconaphalt include glass, soft plastics, tyres and cartridges that would otherwise be sent to landfill.
Moremac Property Group director Bryce Moore said the road is just one component of a number of sustainable solutions in their community development project.
“Fifty per cent of the [estate] project has been dedicated to open space for parks and walking tracks as well as to maintain and protect the natural wetlands and conservation reserve,” he said.
“This is all part of our commitment to leaving the site in a better place than when it was purchased.
“In addition to this, each purchaser at Kingsfield will receive a $2000 incentive to put towards solar powering their homes.”
When completed Kingsfield aims to house 6500 residents, with 300 lots already sold.
A study commissioned by the World Green Building Council in 2019 found the building and construction account for about 40 per cent of global carbon emissions.
In an effort to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, Hume council last year committed to switching to renewable energy sources for all light fixtures on council roads and buildings.
To find out more about Kingsfield estate, visit www.kingsfieldsunbury.com.au.
