Ginninderry is a masterplanned community developed through a joint venture between the ACT Government and Riverview Developments. Designed to be an all-electric, sustainable community, Ginninderry will eventually house 30,000 people by 2050 across the ACT-NSW border and has earned a six-star Green Star – Communities rating by the Green Building Council of Australia.

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Ginninderry’s first suburb – Strathnairn, was the first suburb in the ACT consciously designed to be all-electric. With a suite of Housing Design Requirements including solar panels, home energy management systems and energy efficient appliances, residents benefit from lower energy costs.

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Ginninderry’s masterplan also includes land allocated for centralised community batteries and electric vehicle charging. Future proofing Ginninderry as a distributed energy network (including both generation and storage) has meant that components and upgrades to technology can be incorporated within the open spaces of Ginninderry as technology improves – while providing an all-electric backbone of infrastructure across the site.

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These initiatives have strengthened Ginninderry’s role in sustainability leadership, engaging peak bodies and influencing policy.

Ginninderry’s advocacy of an all-electric suburb led to the ACT Government’s removal of the mandatory requirements for gas connections for residential development and its subsequent ban on gas connections across the whole of Canberra.