Strom House 2016

House Notes – Strom House

Classical solar passive thermal mass house. Traditional Scandinavian dew point control and PassivHaus ventilation.
North face of house is rotated 40 degrees to long side of block.
Backyard at front of house block.
Radiant heat control eave of 4m overhang.
Light and warmth of 45sqm of Nth facing glazing.
Solar heat distribution N to S of house through hydronics.
Temperature stability of 120+tonnes of concrete thermal mass inside the insulation envelope.
Thermal mass heat exchange to air via 350m2 of surface area.
Insulation of slab with continuous R3 edge and under, R4.5 walls and R6 crisscross ceiling.
Durable, simple and trade friendly timber frame, brick veneer construction.
Triple glazed PVC framed windows to non-North walls (U=1.1W/m2/k).
Underground ventilation preconditioning “earth tube” (1.3kW at dT=15’C).
Ducted Heat Recovery Ventilation system “HRV”.
Solar hot water with hydronic crossover.
Rainwater storage tank is under patio with overflow to water banking sump.
DC ceiling fans throughout house.
Lights LED and CFL.
Kitchen recycled Blackbutt benches and stainless steel preparation areas.
Patio cladding in Blackbutt from Yadboro State Forest Ulladulla (durability class 1 above ground).
Bricks from Bowral, framing timber from Tumut, blocks from Appin, sand from Bungendore.
Internal focus on tactile with timber, limestone, clay and sand in rough and polished finish.
Raked ceilings to 3m internal and 6m external.
Hydronic heating.
Sound insulation to internal walls with batts and foam core doors.
4 car LUG.
Fire place (ornamental alcohol burner).
Drying room laundry.
Pantry walk-through garage to kitchen.
Comms of dual cat6 and single Coaxial cable patched to rooms.
OdourVac toilet bowl extractors.