ABSTRACT: The Zero Emissions Neighbourhood (ZEN) program is a Victorian Government initiative to demonstrate sustainable urban residential neighbourhoods. The program works collaboratively with developers, local government, utilities, industry bodies and the community to develop neighbourhoods with zero net operating greenhouse emissions from the use and management of water, energy, waste and transport. The ZENs will be achieved using current technologies in the current regulatory framework across a range of contexts, including regional and metropolitan greenfield and brownfield developments, urban infill and the retrofitting of existing neighbourhoods.