What's Happening Right Now
4/11/09 - Beyond wins Best Development in SA for 2009:
On October 30th 'Beyond Today' was awarded for excellence in 'Residential Development' by the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA SA). The development industries leading body, recognised Beyond for forward thinking regarding sustainable outcomes and the 'generous vision' of developing a community with the benefits of so much open space.
Beyond received the 'Award for Excellence' for 'Residential Development 50-600 Allotments', however no development was awarded in the category for developments larger than this, placing Beyond head and shoulders above the rest of the developments in South Australia for 2009.
The best four award winners from the night were then selected by the UDIA(SA) to go on to the national awards that are to be held in Sydney in March 2010. Beyond was also selected within this successful group of four to represent South Australia in the national awards.
12/11/09 - Beyond wins 'Sustainability' award at SA Great Regional awards:
The 10th Annual SA Great regional awards were held last Tuesday the 10th of November to recognise the top achievers within the Fluerieu and Kangaroo Island regions. Environmentally Sustainable Developments (ESD) won the award for 'Sustainability' for the Beyond project.
"In a clear statement of their environmental principles, ESD have demonstrated through the Beyond project, that developing a residential community can be done in a way that actually benefits the surrounding environment and its ecosystem. Creating a place to live that is like no other."
25/10/09 - Beyond Sales and Info Centre wins two top HIA sustainability awards:
The Beyond Sales and Information Centre was awarded by the Housing Industry Association (HIA) for most 'Energy Efficient Housing' and 'Sustainable Housing' at the 2009 awards night a week ago.
The Beyond display home has been designed as a best practice example of sustainable design principles and product selection. It demonstrates a home that will never receive a bill and is completely self sufficient with regard to energy and water. In fact the home should return approximately $1200-$2000 per annum for energy fed back into the grid.
Product selection and building techniques throughout the home represent some of the best performing options within their respective fields. "Throughout winter the home remained incredibly warm with minimal demand on energy and right now, during a 10 day heat wave, the internal temperatures have remained very comfortable with absolutely no air conditioning."
25/10/09 - Bailey Homes wins 4 HIA awards, including 3 for their constructions within Beyond:
Last week Bailey homes won four Housing Industry Association (HIA) awards for an outstanding year of quality building work. Three of these awards were for their work within the Beyond display village. The first award, for their own display home, was for best 'Light Weight Construction'. Both other awards were won for the construction of the Beyond Sales and Information Centre, including the major Greensmart award for 'Energy Efficient Housing'.
20/10/09 - Beyond builder, South Coast Constructions swoop MBA awards:
South Coast Constructions won 'Master Builder of the Year' at the Master Builders Association (MBA) Awards a few weeks ago. A big part of South Coast winning this award was due to their clear direction as a builder to move in a more sustainable direction.
Over the past 6 weeks South Coast Constructions have won 3 MBA awards and a Housing Industry Association (HIA) award for their constructions. Two of these awards were for their Acacia display home within the Beyond development. This follows their HIA Greensmart award for the Acacia in 2008.
6/4/09 - Australia's most energy efficient and ecologically sustainable display village opens at Beyond:
Over the weekend Australia's most ecologically sustainable display village was opened at Beyond on the south coast of SA. The five home display village, situated between Victor Harbor and Port Elliot, demonstrates best practice design principles and product selections to assist homeowners in reducing their ongoing living expenses.
A range of modern and contemporary designs showcase homes that range from very efficient options to completely self sufficient dwellings. The development itself has been designed specifically to make building energy efficient homes simple.
Each allotment has its own building envelope, which ensures no neighbour will ever overshadow living spaces from winter sunlight, whilst also protecting view lines. And almost every site shares at least one boundary with a reserve, creating an amazing sense of space, while providing micro-climates that create more comfortable living environments for residents.
15/11/08 - Beyond wins UDIA Award for 'Environmental Excellence':
At the annual Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) Awards last week, Environmentally Sustainable Developments (ESD), developers of Beyond were awarded for 'Environmental Excellence', in particular for water sensitive urban design and management.