Solar Installations - Small-scale 3778 solar panel system installations (no.) Solar Installations - Solar water 1521 heater installations (no.) Source: Australian Bureau of Statistic, Data by Region, Local Government Areas, Maroondah (C), 2011 Maroondah is ranked 5th in the EMR for installation of solar panel system installations and lowest in the in the EMR for installation of solar water heaters. The spatial distribution of heat related vulnerability in the Maroondah area suggests that areas of high risk (marked as red on the figure) are concentrated in our municipality. These are areas with a higher concentration of aged persons and households where English is not the primary language. Map 4: Heat Vulnerability Index, Maroondah, 2010 Source: Monash University, Heat Vulnerability Index 2010 The following map shows the spatial distribution of emergency ambulance callouts between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2010 on extreme heat days defined using a daily mean temperature threshold of 34 degrees Celsius. The highest numbers of emergency ambulance calls (marked as red on the figure) were in Warranwood, Ringwood North, Ringwood, Croydon North and Croydon. Map 5: Emergency Ambulance Callouts on Extreme Heat Days, Maroondah 2002 - 2010 Source: Monash University, Heat Vulnerability Index Summary Key findings - Liveability include: New open space land opportunities within Maroondah will need to come from existing site redevelopments, land swap negotiations or from planned acquisition utilising open space contributions as the investment mechanism Maroondah has the second highest percentage of persons visiting green space on a weekly basis or more than the EMR and higher than Victorian percentage.
Solar Installations - Small-scale solar panel system installations (no.) 3778 Solar Installations - Solar water heater installations (no.) 1521 Source: Australian Bureau of Statistic, Data by Region, Local Government Areas, Maroondah (C), 2011 Maroondah is ranked 5th in the EMR for installation of solar panel system installations and lowest in the in the EMR for installation of solar water heaters. The spatial distribution of heat related vulnerability in the Maroondah area suggests that areas of high risk (marked as red on the figure) are concentrated in our municipality. These are areas with a higher concentration of aged persons and households where English is not the primary language. Map 4: Heat Vulnerability Index, Maroondah, 2010 Source: Monash University, Heat Vulnerability Index 2010 The following map shows the spatial distribution of emergency ambulance callouts between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2010 on extreme heat days defined using a daily mean temperature threshold of 34 degrees Celsius. The highest numbers of emergency ambulance calls (marked as red on the figure) were in Warranwood, Ringwood North, Ringwood, Croydon North and Croydon. Map 5: Emergency Ambulance Callouts on Extreme Heat Days, Maroondah 2002 - 2010 Source: Monash University, Heat Vulnerability Index Summary Key findings - Liveability include: New open space land opportunities within Maroondah will need to come from existing site redevelopments, land swap negotiations or from planned acquisition utilising open space contributions as the investment mechanism Maroondah has the second highest percentage of persons visiting green space on a weekly basis or more than the EMR and higher than Victorian percentage.