Sustainability
Discovery Rise builds on JCU's growing repuation as a leader in the field of sustainability to provide a distinctive community within a tropical environment.
Discovery Rise is a green community committed to environmental best practice including:
- Retention of trees and landscape
- Walk to work, schools, education and recreation services
- Low energy climate appropriate housing
- Maintenance of native flora and fauna
- Self contained energy systems
- Support for green household intiatives
The campus lanscaping design promotes:
- Green corridors and shaded walkways
- Water sensitive Urban Design
- Green Walls/Green Roofs
- Planting for a Tropical Campus
- Efficient energy systems