Templates to assist with Sustainable School Design and Construction EcoMasterplans are designed to reduce the environmental footprint of a campus, increase student connection to nature and to prepare for climate change and population impacts.

As a case study, Footscray Primary School has many lessons to share with other schools. These templates are a guide only and are not designed to replace your own contract procedures.

Templates for All The following templates and checklists are available for download and use: 1. Parent Skills: It is helpful to draw advice and help

from people within your school community when developing an EcoMasterplan. Adapt our template questionnaire to call for Involvement and advice.

2. Feature Site Survey: To best understand how water flows across the school, its important to know contours, pits, downpipe locations and more. We have developed a template Feature Site Survey request for quote (RFQ) to help you on your way.

3. School Water Balance: The water balance will help work out where you most need (and can save) water. Use the school water balance RFQ template. And check out these water balance and WSUD options examples. Or for a simpler approach, just find ways to connect tanks to toilets and allow rain to run into garden areas.

4. iTree Assessment: Gone are the days of not valuing our trees for all the benefits they provide. Use the iTree Eco Assessment RFQ template to put a value on the trees at your school. Check out this example iTree report.

5. EcoMasterplan: EcoMasterplans are an evolving concept as we increasingly link new research and sustainability goals to our urban land development. Use our EcoMasterplan RFQ template to get underway. For more detailed design, you may like to use our Nature Play template or Roofgarden RFQ template.

6. Shared Use Agreement: Example of Agreement between Local Government and School.

7. In Ground Works: If building raingardens, swales and wetlands you will need soil contamination assessment and detailed construction drawings. After you have these, then you are ready to construct and can use the Raingarden Construction RFQ template to find a good contractor. Use this Water Saving (Plumber) RFQ template to start your water saving works.

8. Monitoring and Maintenance: Be sure to use the Schools Water Efficiency Program (SWEP) for an easy way to monitor and learn about your water use.

9. Information Sharing: Here is some example signage.

10. Environment in Curriculum: Take advantage of having great examples of urban water management outside the classroom door by drawing upon these School as a Catchment sample lesson sequences.

Environment in Curriculum

Information Sharing Monitoring &

Maintenance

School Council Report

Parent Skills

Survey

School Council

Report

Feature Site

Survey

School Water

Balance

iTree Survey

Shared Use

Agreement

Eco Master

Plan

Simpler Water

Balance In Ground Works