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Sustainable House Day 2009, Maxwell, NSW |
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Category: Sustainable House Day 2009 |
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by maxwell  (August 2009) (rank 500+) |
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A simple 12 sq. cosy cottage tucked away on 100 secluded acres.
Our home was built to be as light a footprint on the environment as practical using natural and recycled elements.
New or Retro: Designed and built by owners in 2002.
Unique Sustainable Elements featured in this home
Water Harvesting: 5000 gal. house tank, 3000 gal. shed tank, 20 000 gal. dam water tank for toilet and gardens.
External walls: Rammed earth (partly sourced from property), insulated timber plywood and zinc corrugated iron on timber frames.
Internal walls: Rammed earth, zinc mini-orb, plywood and some plasterboard.
Roof: Exposed cypress roof frame on cypress bush poles with zinc corrugated roof sheets
Floor: Concrete slab on ground.
Window treatments: Recycled windows and doors.
Solar or Wind generation: 2.3 kW stand alone photovoltaic system (soon adding 5 more panels and wind turbine)
Heating & Cooling: Heating – second hand wood heater using wood from the property. Cooling – ceiling fans and evaporative air-conditioner used when full sun.
Water Heating: LPG bottled gas hot water system.
Other: Vegie garden and CHOOKS – the most sustainable of pets.
