Willowdale Community Place 2019

House Notes – Willowdale Community Place

This home was designed to achieve a very energy-efficient 8 Star NatHERS rating and a Silver level Livable Housing Australia (LHA) rating. Designed and built by Eden Brae Homes, it will be used as a hub and meeting place for the local community, to run community programs and environmental initiatives.

Features include:

  • Comfort Plus glazing to all windows/sliding doors (which have a better U-value than is required), with double-glazed aluminium windows
  • Thermoseal XP Wall Wrap to entire dwelling (external walls)
  • Anticon blanket to roof (aka ‘sarking’)
  • All ceiling insulation has a very high R-value, plus internal and external walls are insulated to a decent R-value also.

Additional features:

  • Passive solar orientation of the dwelling
  • Wall wrap and insulation
  • Rainwater tank
  • Greywater system
  • Low VOC or environmentally responsible sourcing of materials
  • Glazing
  • LED lighting throughout
  • Solar PV system
  • Odyssey smart air exchange system
  • 6 Star tapware
  • Weather seals on external hung doors
  • Silver LHA compliance
  • Low maintenance/low water use plants used in landscaping
  • Proposed vegetable garden to be installed by Bunnings/Stockland.

 

This house achieved a NatHERS rating of 8 stars using NatHERS accredited software (BersPro). Find out how the star ratings work on the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) website.

Sustainability Features

Years Open
2016
2017
2018
2019
ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENT FEATURES
    • Energy efficiency:
    • Draught proofing
      Efficient lighting
      Efficient appliances

    • Energy efficiency:
    • Dishwasher 4 stars for energy, 5 stars for water
    • Passive heating cooling:
    • Shading
    • Active heating cooling:
    • Ceiling fans

    • Active heating cooling:
    • Reverse air conditioning
    • Water heating:
    • Solar hot water (flat panel)
INSULATION SPECIFICATIONS
    • Insulation Type:
    • Ceiling
      Floor
    • Ceiling Type:
    • Internal timber above plasterboard, external metal deck (Anticon R1.3)
    • Ceiling Rating:
    • R4.1 – R5.0
    • Floor Type:
    • Waffle pod slab
    • Floor Rating:
    • R5.0
    • Internal / External Walls Type:
    • Plasterboard and brick veneer
    • Internal / External Walls Rating:
    • R1.7 – R2.7
RENEWABLE ENERGY SPECIFICATIONS
    • All-Electric Home?
    • No
    • Energy star rating:
    • 8
COSTS AND COST SAVINGS
    • Cost estimate of sustainable home/features:
    • $402,590 inc. landscaping
HOUSE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS
    • House Size
    • 240m2
    • Window and Door Types
    • Double glazing

    • Window and Door Types
    • Timber-framed, double-glazed to the front facade and sliding doors per plan
    • Number of bedrooms
    • 4
    • Number of bathrooms
    • 2
GARDEN AND WASTE REDUCTION
    • Garden / Outdoors
    • Water-saving landscaping design
Location
Leppington NSW 2179
    • Housing Type:
    • Development
    • Project Type:
    • Display
    • Open with support of
    • Cambden Community Connections
    • Builder
    • Eden Brae Homes

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