The NHCC Jubilee Township is seen as a demonstration model that serves as an engine for distribution of wealth by addressing the need of middle and lower income sections of the urbanizing population, providing employment and income opportunities locally, integrating with and serving its neighboring areas and assuring long-term environmental sustainability. The township development concept is to simultaneously address the three dimensions of sustainable development – social, economic and environmental; through its design of the physical fabric and the processes of development over time. The proposed plan translates these three dimensions into an action plan to: build stable communities as a base for citizenship and local management of public assets and services seed a local economy as a platform for economic development of the town, its residents and  people living in neighboring areas secure environmental services of water, waste management, energy, cooking fuel and bio-diverse forestry and plantation for the long term needs of the township population Site specific strategies for physical design and implementation of the township plan in phases are based on a hierarchy of issues and considerations. At a broad scale the plan responds to the road and transport connectivity of the Township to become a potential “centre” for services and economic activity by proposing first a modest town centre development on the Jonai Estate-Kitukitwe Road. It then anticipates a more substantial development later on the Natonko-Mawangala Road connecting to the highway northwards. A strategy of low-rise high-density development is adopted as the response to the negative consequences of urban sprawl and environmental degradation. Also, mixed development is integrated into the town to provide local employment and income generation opportunities. The town ship layout is determined by the logic of the site topography and its eco systems. Phases of construction are congruent with the natural patterns of drainage, valleys and hills. The Township Master Plan is illustrative of the DNA concept rather than being a fixed or final design for the development parcels. The meso level strategy of aligning the design of the infrastructure according to natural topography automatically produces the greatest possible economy on the engineering and construction of roads and services. On the basis of the development potential with low-rose high density planning as discussed above approximately 7000 homes or a resident population of 31000 can be housed at the township. Optimizing thermal comfort in the warm humid climate requires passive design strategies to be integrated into the DNA of the building systems and the design of open spaces around buildings. At the building level this is addressed  ensuring shading of openings, minimizing the externally exposed wall surfaces, painting them white, and using hollow concrete blocks as an insulating envelop.