Australian First For Alkimos Beach

Australian First For Alkimos BeachThe Alkimos Beach project by Lend Lease and LandCorp has been awarded Australia’s first 6 Star Green Star – Communities rating.The award was made at Green Cities – Australia’s premier sustainability conference, co-hosted by the Property Council of Australia and the Green Building Council Australia.Green Star – Communities is operated by the Green Building Council Australia and is one of the world’s first independent, transparent, national schemes designed to assess and certify the sustainability of large-scale master-planned development projects.Tarun Gupta, Chief Executive Officer, Property, Australia for Lend said “Our team in partnership with the Western Australian land development agency LandCorp has achieved world leadership in environmentally sustainable planning, design and construction at a precinct scale.”LandCorp chief executive officer Frank Marra said LandCorp’s key focus is growing WA in a planned and sustainable way.Romilly Madew, Chief Executive Office of GBCA, said “Lend Lease, LandCorp and the people of Alkimos Beach now have independent proof that this community will deliver economic, social and environmental sustainability. And the industry has proof that ‘world leadership’ benchmarks in community development are achievable”.In February, Curtin University was awarded Australia’s first 5 Star Green Star – Communities rating.