Mitchell Enviro Industrial Estate

Mitchell Enviro Industrial Estate is the only one of its kind in Australia. Boasting a carbon neutral footprint, the estate is the first and only industrial property in Australia to be granted as an authorised EnviroDevelopment by the Urban Development Institute of Australia. The ten acre ‘eco-estate’ is located in the highly sought after Yatala Industrial Precinct, only minutes to the Pacific Highway.

Various technologies and processes have been carefully considered and then implemented on Mitchell Enviro Industrial Estate to assist it in being self-sustainable and creating its unique nature.  These are as follows:

1.       Only environmentally responsible materials have been used in the construction of the estate. All sheds on the estate have been salvaged from other sites, reconditioned, painted and rebuilt. These sheds were sourced from the Port of Brisbane, Surfers Paradise (Expo 88 Ice World Shed), Burleigh Heads, and Nadawading in Victoria.

2.       All timber has been sourced from sustainable forestry plantations or recycled sources; not from the rainforests.

3.       The property features a four megalitre dam in the middle of the site, which is shaded by native flora and fauna and provides a home to wildlife and a recreation area for employees.

4.       The estate has an in-house water and sewerage system, and is only connected to the mains water supply for firefighting purposes.

5.       All rainwater is collected and treated on-site to provide potable drinking water, while runoff from the road is stored in tanks and used for irrigation purposes.

6.       Water pumps, street lighting and the security system are driven by grid-connected solar power.

7.       All warehouses on the site have energy-efficient lighting and gain passive solar access through the northerly orientation of the buildings and day lighting.

8.       Warehouses also incorporate insulation for the roofs and walls, which maintains a comfortable working temperature for all tenants and eliminates the need for artificial heating and cooling.

9.       The design of the sheds has reduced the need for artificial heating and cooling, as canopies have been fitted to entire lengths of the sheds to protect the northern walls from the sun in summer and all western walls have been insulated.

10.   Furthermore, artificial lighting requirements have also been eliminated due to the installation of high quality translucent sheets that provide natural day lighting for all of the sheds.

 

Eco Display Centre

Overview

Perhaps the most anticipated feature of Mitchell Enviro Industrial Estate is the Eco Display Centre, set to open in early October this year. The Eco Display Centre is set to be the region’s marketing and educational hub on sustainability, the environment, renewable energies and climate change solutions, whilst also giving eco-conscious companies the opportunity to market their company in a unique location. It is envisaged that Mitchell Enviro Industrial Estate and the Eco Display Centre will be recognised worldwide for their pioneering qualities and commitment to the environment.

               

               

 

Environmental Showroom

Similar to a home show or exhibition, the Eco Display Centre will provide visitors with a singular location in which they can personally experience and learn about the various products and services of environmentally sensitive companies of which will be on display. The primary purpose of the Eco Display Centre is to provide the general public with an environmental showpiece where eco-conscious companies, organisations, government bodies and educational institutions can market their “green” products and/or services in an exhibition manner. At the same time, the Eco Display Centre will endeavour to educate visitors about sustainability, the environment, renewable energies, and climate change solutions.

The Eco Display Centre will be open six days a week and will be attended by our friendly staff at all times. The primary duty of staff will be to welcome visitors, distribute brochures and to assist visitors with their enquiries.

Our primary goal is to offer integrated marketing solutions to a variety of stakeholders in this niche industry through a business model that will deliver measurable results to our clients and value to our visitors.

If you would like further information on the Eco Display Centre or have a leasing enquiry, please click here

 

 

Organic Eatery and Conference Facilities

Also set to feature in the Eco Display Centre is an organic eatery and conference facilities. The organic eatery will be located on the bottom floor of the centre, and will serve organic produce only sourced within a 100km radius of the site. In addition, a lecture room and two serviced offices will be located on the top floor of the centre, providing groups and businesses with facilities to undertake workshops, tours and meetings. Exhibitors can also use the conference facilities at no extra cost.

 

 

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About Bruce Mitchell

Mitchell Enviro Industrial Estate was an idea conceived by eco-conscious businessman and entrepreneur Bruce Mitchell. After owning a popular chain of vegetarian restaurants in Sydney, Brisbane and the Gold Coast, Mr. Mitchell decided that he wanted to personally address the incessant issue of climate change and do something that nobody had done before. The result; the discovery that self-sustainable industrial sites can be developed and have significantly less adverse impacts on the environment.

After attending the 2006 Eco Asia Trade Fair in Hong Kong with Gold Coast City Council representatives, Mr. Mitchell saw what the rest of the world was doing and effectively discovered that sustainable industrial estates had not yet been tapped into.

Now setting the benchmark for future industrial developments in Australia, Mitchell Enviro Industrial Estate is attracting worldwide attention, having been visited by delegations from China and Japan, interstate visitors, the Urban Development Institute of Australia, the Local Government Association, and various universities.

In addition, Mr. Mitchell has been invited to formally speak on several occasions with Bond University and the Association of Consulting Surveyors, whilst also appearing in numerous newspapers and magazines including the Australian Financial Review and Gold Coast Bulletin.

 

 

This environmental self sustainable Industrial Estate became official by the Gold Coast City Council on the 19th Dec. 2006. The 10 acre Estate is in the Industrial area of Stapylton and current plan is shown on the PDF on the right side of this page.

All of the body corporate public street lighting & water pumps & security systems etc will be run by solar power, all the factories have been bought from demolition companies, saved from destruction, been reconditioned, made to look like new prior to being built on site. The sheds all face North with canopies to shade any sun during summer, the southern long sides are built into the hill so as to give a cooling effect, all the roofs are insulated & are white Colour Bond for the coolest effect, the western walls are to be insulated. The sheds will be significantly cooler than what is acceptable in the industry at present.

Click here for the "cleaning Up Your Own Backyard" PDF document.

The whole site has many features to save water, they are;

(1) All the water off the roads passes through Gross Pollutant traps & then into 45000 litre concrete under ground tanks & all the over flow (surplus) from the tanks passes through a bio filter wet land area then into a 4 million litre dam.

(2) All the roof water is also collected in separate 45000 litre concrete tanks & then filtered to world standards for use as potable water. All the surplus water is directed into the dam.

(3) The road water is saved for our irrigation needs, used for the rain forest plantings as well as the other trees, some 2000 at least to be planted including what will be saved during construction work.

(4) The property has creeks built about the site so as to re circulate the lake water to give the lake all the oxygen that is needed to keep the mosquito situation well below the normal acceptable level.

(5) We have installed a Konia Mineral water purifier which produces 22 litres of water per day out of the atmosphere for drinking water for the workers during construction.

(6) The Biolytix septic systems that has been chosen for the sewage system produces clear (smell free) water for our irrigation of many of the plants

The Offices that are to be built with the Factories will have innovated energy saving technology & all this information will be made available on the completion of the project in a form of an on site display.
 

There is:

(1) A designated foot path that will allow the Factory staff & the public to walk from one side of the property to the other.

(2) A barbecue area complete with a gazebo is set aside over looking the lake that will be available for the on site workers & their families during working hours & weekends etc.

(3) A fully monitored security system for the security of the site.


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The site will have the following; Various sheds, 2 - ,500m2, 1000m2, 2000m2 & a 4000m2, plus all the sheds to have associated offices varying in sizes. There is to be a small take away & café style shop and an extensive display centre with an administration office.

We will be providing at all the sheds & offices a full recycle waste system that will have the 4 waste management recycled process.

The development on this site is designed on Environmental grounds so as to show that Industrial sites can be developed economically without compromise & still show a handsome return on investment. As water will become an expensive commodity, it is imperative that  future development of Industrial sites will need to take on board some of these initiatives if not all, as the cost of water will be a major factor in the future.

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National Wine Centre of Australia, Adelaide, South Australia - situated at the corner of Hackney Road and North Terrace is an exciting new showcase of the entire Australian Wine Industry. It has an architecturally impressive and unique design with the largest rammed earth wall in Australia. National Wine Centre Image       National Wine Centre Image
Some other projects are:

  • Griffith University Eco Centre in Brisbane, Queensland. The walls are the main feature that runs through the entire length of the building.
 

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