South Perth House 2016

House Notes – South Perth House

Ours is a large family home that was designed to cater for a family of five, and extra house guests when required, as well as providing completely accessible facilities. We also wanted to use materials that would be low maintenance, long-lasting and provide energy efficiency.

To achieve this, the house is built of rammed limestone for it’s thermal properties, appearance and low maintenance, eliminating the need for regular painting. The majority of the upper storey is constructed in reverse brick veneer, again for thermal properties.

Flooring is travertine in the majority of the house, with timber in the bedrooms. Along the northern side of the living area, there is a large verandah, roofed at double storey height to enable solar access in winter, with shading provided by deciduous vines, trees and vertical outdoor blinds in summer. Appropriately placed louvre and casement windows provide cross ventilation in summer, and ceiling fans are used in all the living areas and bedrooms.

Power is supplemented with a 5kw grid connected solar panel system. The main roof drains to a 6000L water tank which is plumbed to the toilets and washing machines, with a minor roof draining into a 1000L tank used for the garden (or topping up the 6000L tank!!). Recycled timber (marri) and blackbutt are used for kitchen cabinets, built in shelving, sliding door and room dividers. The garden is water wise with prominent native planting, some edible garden and deliberately selected deciduous planting.

Sustainability Features

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2016
ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENT FEATURES
    • Energy efficiency:
    • Efficient lighting
      Efficient appliances
    • Passive heating cooling:
    • Shading
      Cross ventilation
    • Active heating cooling:
    • Ceiling fans
    • Water heating:
    • Hot water heat pump
    • Water harvesting and saving features:
    • Above ground storage
      Low flow shower heads
      Low flow taps
      Drip irrigation
    • Above ground rainwater storage Type:
    • water tanks
    • Above ground rainwater storage Size
    • 7000L
SUSTAINABLE & RECYCLED MATERIALS
    • Sustainable materials:
    • Rammed limestone
    • Recycled and reused materials:
    • Timber
      Insulation
INSULATION SPECIFICATIONS
    • Insulation Type:
    • Ceiling
      Internal and external walls
    • Ceiling Type:
    • Zincalume with fibreglass foil backed insulation blanket under metal sheeting and insulation batts to all ceiling areas.
    • Ceiling Rating:
    • 4
    • Internal / External Walls Type:
    • Reverse brick veneer to upper floor
    • Internal / External Walls Rating:
    • 2.5
RENEWABLE ENERGY SPECIFICATIONS
    • Renewable energy used:
    • Solar PV grid connect
HOUSE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS
    • House Size
    • 300 square metres
    • Window and Door Types
    • Low-e, films
      Louvre windows
    • Universal Design Features
    • Disability access
      Multi-generational
      Adaptive design
    • Number of bedrooms
    • 5
    • Number of bathrooms
    • 3
GARDEN AND WASTE REDUCTION
    • Garden / Outdoors
    • Drip irrigation
      Water wise plants
      Edible garden
      Composting
      Native plants
Location
South Perth WA 6151
    • Housing Type:
    • Standalone House
    • Project Type:
    • New Build

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