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Retrofits Versus Building New: The Fifth Estate

DADA has been making the case for retrofits for nearly a decade.  This has been especially highlighted in the fight to keep Preston Market where it is and prevent it from being demolished and rebuilt elsewhere on the site against the voting block of predominately the Greens and ex-Greens Councillors.

Which is better?

Dr Robert Crawford, an associate professor in construction at The University of Melbourne, says while there are valid arguments for both retrofitting and building new, from an environmental perspective it is almost always better to retrofit.

“Existing buildings have a significant amount of resources embedded within them, in the form of raw materials, energy and water,” he says.

“Demolishing a building and building new means that much of these resources are wasted, with many sent to landfill.

“Additional resource demands are needed, and greenhouse gas emissions, waste and pollutants are then released into the environment from the increased demand for virgin materials.”

Retrofits to make homes more sustainable and comfortable to live in can save over 50 per cent of the embedded resource demands and construction-related environmental impacts, he said.

Retrofits versus building new: we need whole of industry change

Preston Market Fast-tracked: The Age, 2nd September 2020

There has been many complaints that DADA is misleading and fear mungering with our claims that Darebin Council is keeping the option open of demolishing and moving Preston Market to the corner of the site.

There is nothing said in the article below that indicates that Preston Market will be protected where it is.

You can read between the lines and under the spin yourself.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/council-claims-a-sped-up-market-review-imperils-the-heart-of-preston-20200831-p55qwk.html

Are They Kidding? : Darebin Council claims surprise that the Preston Market development has been fast-tracked

It is incredulous that council had no knowledge of the possibility that Preston Market would be fast-tracked when it appeared on the State Government list long before the announcement.  If as they claim below, they have been ‘working alongside the Stage Government agency for two years’ what have they been doing?   Remember it was this council that handed the decision making to the Minister for Planning, Richard Wynne.  It was a great failing of the community and they should have been more prepared to fight for the market on behalf of us.

 

 

 

 

Susanne Newton misleading comments regarding the future of Preston Market

DADA continues to call out Councilors for misleading comment on the future of Preston Market.

Susanne Newton says there are no plans to move the market away from the current site. (see her twitter feed below) Those of us who objected to the Stage 1B and 1C redevelopment of Preston Market saw the plans, in the future staging document, for moving the market to the corner of the site into a building with apartments above.(evidence posted here: https://www.darebinada.org/campaigns/preston-market-update-21st-of-may-2020)

It is a lie to say that there are no plans and misleading to confuse the whole site with the current site.

If Susanne Newton really wanted to save the market she would have voted for council support of the community led heritage application.  She would also have voted for the suggested amendments for tighter planning controls at the general council meeting on May the 18th.  Instead she voted to keep options open including the option to demolish and rebuild the market on the corner of the site.

Happy Half Century Preston Market: 13th August 1970 – 2020

Show us how much you love Preston Market by chalking up the neighbourhood and posting it on the socials for Councilors and candidates to see.   

Happy 50th Birthday PRESTON MARKET: 13th August 2020

https://www.darebinada.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/fireworks-gif-1.mp4

We want to congratulate Preston Market on it’s 50th Anniversary.  We hope with all our hearts for another 50 years of successful trading, central to our diverse community.

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