Sustainable Eco Features
It is great to see more and more architects, building companies and suppliers taking interest in sustainable, energy efficient housing. But what does make a house a truly eco-friendly, sustainable, energy efficient and healthy home of the future?
Eco-friendly homes use resources that came from the earth in such a way that if you put them back, they would not cause any harm. Sustainable & eco homes are related but are not exactly the same thing. Sustainability implies using land and energy with the maximum efficiency that will not compromise the needs of future generations.
Eco-friendly or sustainable design is not just a question of choosing between the bad and the good, the easy and the difficult – it makes you look at the broad picture and the long-term view and the impact of the house on the environment and the energy dependency though out its life. It is about making responsible decisions.
Here are both sustainable and eco-friendly features that we incorporate into our homes and benefits these bring to your every-day quality of life:
Energy efficiency
Benefit: Cost Savings / Health Benefits
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- PV Panels
- Passive solar design for natural heating & cooling
- Thermally broken framing & structural design
- Up-rated (above standard) roof & wall woollen insulation
- Thermally broken low-e double glazing
- Solar hot water
- Energy efficient lighting & appliances
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Sustainable/Eco-Friendly Building Materials
Benefit: Low environmental impact/ Health benefits
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- Non-treated locally grown Douglas Fir framing
- Recycled timber mulch weatherboard and permapenel cladding
- Recycled plastic & wood decking that requires no maintenance or staining
- Recycled architraves & skirting boards
- Bamboo & cork flooring
- Natural wool insulation
- Low VOC paints
- Minimising of building materials waste and recycling
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Water Efficiency
Benefit: Cost savings/ Health benefits
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- Rainwater collection system
- Greywater recycling system
- Controlled irrigation system
- Water efficient appliances & taps
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Site Impact
Benefit: Environmental benefits/quality of life
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- We work with the contours of the land to minimise cuts & the impact
- Design the house to take full advantage of the sun
- Minimise disruption to the existing landscape
- Landscape gardens with natives, fruit trees and veggie patches
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Creating Good Architecture
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- Architecturally designed
- Sea & rural views
- Sought after locations
- City living
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