Location: Bathurst, NSW
Who lives there: Display Home
How many rooms: 192sqm home (plus double garage) with 4 bedrooms, 2 living areas, kitchen, meal room with large patio, and garage Designer:Envirotecture
Awards: None yet - brand new
What makes this home special?
- It is very low energy demand with PV system grid-connect.
- It is very low water demand with high level of efficiency of use and 50kl rainwater harvesting. I
- t has good passive design with 7.2 Star rated thermal performance (far exceeds BASIX min reqts).
- It is a sustainable project-style home that breaks ranks with the usual old-style houses, with its vernacular Aussie style, uncompromised passive design and site-specific shading for controlled solar access. Key features:
- Passive design is achieved through insulated cavity full brick walls coupled with lightweight walls, all on an insulated concrete slab, high levels of external envelope insulation, large north-oriented double glazing, site-specific shading for controlled solar access, cross ventilation and the layout zoned for varied uses.
- In the floor plan, orientation is the primary consideration.
- With good day lighting and efficient lighting, operational energy, provided for by the integrated PV system, is minimised.
- Rainwater is harvested and used for the majority of household purposes and provision has been made for future reuse of treated waste water on site.
- Bricks - although high in embodied energy - were sourced locally, and will repay their energy debt from reduced heating energy in under 10 years. the house has a design life of beyond 100 years.
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