A new house built in 2012 located in Elwood, for a couple with two growing children.
The proposed floor area of this house is 200.0m² with a ground floor area of 123.5m², and together with external deck and paving areas limits the overall site coverage to less than 60% of the site allotment area.
The main Living, Dining and Kitchen is located on the ground floor with north/east facing windows and louvre windows which provides cross ventilation for fresh air.
The first floor accommodates 3 bed rooms and bath room with ceiling fans and a raised roof skylight which assists ventilation and cooling in summer. Consideration of cross ventilation has been foremost to allow greater air flow; even the refrigerator is provided with a separate vent to the roof to improve its efficiency.
Judicious use of lighting to minimize energy use with a Solar PV system. All fixed glazing is double glazed with low e film, with a combination of aluminium and timber framed cedar windows.
Rain Water is directed to an inground 23,000 litre tank which provides water for toilet flushing, washing machine and garden irrigation. Heating is provided with a gas hydronic heating system in slab to ground floor and with panels to the upper floor. A gas boosted solar hot water system has been installed with a recirculating pump and 4 star WELS fittings.
The ground floor is fly ash concrete and hardwood timber with recycled press red bricks walls provides thermal mass with plantation timber and laminated timber beams and plywood flooring. R6.0 insulation to roof insulation with minimal roof penetrations.
All walls have R2.5 earth wool with rigid foam waffle under slab. Natural oil wax paints and low VOC paints have been applied to internal finishes with brick walls, hoop pine plywood wall lining and joinery with limited plasterboard linings to the upper level.
In recent years a natural pool was constructed with new native landscaping with indigenous plants from the Bili Nursery.
The gas appliance will be replaced with electric at end of life.
