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Robs Lennox Head Project Home All Electric Retrofit
Lennox Head NSW 2478
PROJECT HOME ALL ELECTRIC RETROFIT. Due to local housing stock conditions in NSW Northern Rivers a smart retrofit was..
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Kohi Kohi
Cape Paterson VIC 3995
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Faced with the prospect of becoming empty nesters, the Melbourne based couple decided to take on a trifecta challenge..
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GX Ginninderry Display Village
Strathnairn ACT 2615
GX is a new way of experiencing a new way of living. More than a display village, here you’ll find 16 cutting-edge..
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Maurice and Lyn's Gisborne Retrofit
Gisborne VIC 3437
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Suck it up princess!” is not the most auspicious way to start to a major project. The retrofit journey started in..
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Tom's Passive Solar Home
Hilton WA 6163
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This rear strata home was designed with passive solar principles in mind. The house is situated at the back of the..
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Petersen Street Powerstation
Freshwater QLD 4870
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Our house was built in 1967 and is a mix of brick veneer and fibro cement. Our project is that of continual..
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Eco Studio
Wonthaggi VIC 3995
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The newest addition to our Ecoliv Display Centre - The Eco Studio comprises of a kitchenette, bathroom and open plan..
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Lake Tahune Hut
Franklin Gordon Wild Rivers National Park TAS 7139
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Lake Tahune in the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park is one of the most spectacular locations one could wish to..
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Ecological 3 Display
Wonthaggi VIC 3995
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Winner of the HIA National GreenSmart award in 2010, this 3 bedroom display features all our standard inclusions to..
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North Keppel Island Environmental Education Centre
North Keppel Island QLD 4703
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North Keppel Island Environmental Education Centre is a residential facility controlled by Education Queensland for up..
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Off Grid Contemporary Rural Farmhouse
Tambo Crossing VIC 3893
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The client brief was to create an off grid solar passive designed home, that takes in the beauty of the surrounding..
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Sustainably Designed Townhouses
Kew VIC 3101
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The client brief was to develop two solar passive designed homes that would be suitable for multi generational living,..
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Orion Zero Net Carbon home
Braybrook VIC 3019
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The Apollo Zero Net Carbon home has been produced in collaboration with Sustainability Victoria, under the..
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Primrose Sands Solar Passive House
Primrose Sands TAS 7173
I designed a small two bed-roomed solar-passive house (67.5m2 internal floor area with 36m2 outside deck). Key design..
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MYBUILD Solutions Tiny home
Edge hill QLD 4870
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We started MYBUILD Solutions two and a half years ago and we undertake all aspects of the build and construction..
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Natural Swimming Pond
Macquarie ACT 2614
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Natural swimming pond based on European principles. A DIY pond created by the retired owner set in a small private..
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Tropical Pavilions
Cairns QLD 4870
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Tropical Pavilions was designed as a series of Pods to maximize their potential use now & in the future. Site..
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Coppia
Belgrave VIC 3160
Coppia is a Tiny House on Wheels (THOW) designed and built for autonomous couple living. A custom inbuilt sofa bed..
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Long Beach Eco Home
Long Beach NSW 2536
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We created sustainable straw bale solar passive, high fire rated home appropriate to a coastal urban environment, using..
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Mount Hawthorn Sustainable House
Mount Hawthorn WA 6016
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Mount Hawthorn Sustainable House
We have a strong desire to live sustainably in many ways and it had been our dream..
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1950s Renewal
Glen Iris VIC 3146
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This is a significant renewal to a 1950s home. The renewal is intended to provide another 60+ years to the 60 years it..
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Treehouse North Narrabeen
North Narrabeen NSW 2101
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The owners of this award-winning house wanted a sustainable home that would cater for their growing family and a..
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Piano House
Gilberton SA 5081
The brief was to create a home for a professional couple with 3 bedrooms and two family areas on a small site while..
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Toodyay Sustainable Home
Hoddys Well WA 6566
We moved to our rural block which is part of a larger family farm, after five years in the Pilbara. We wanted to make..
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Kinship - Kinglake Earthship
Kinglake VIC 3763
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‘Kinship’ emerged out of a desire to create a positive legacy from the wreck of Black Saturday.
The building is..
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SUHO (Type B) 8.2 Star Home Adelaide
Woodforde SA 5072
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SUHO's 'Type B' home is 8.2 stars and boast some additional features to a standard home keeping it adaptable for the..
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Belmont Sustainable House
Belmont VIC 3216
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The sustainable home, built in 2012, employs passive solar design to achieve an energy efficiency rating of 8.5 at that..
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10 Star Home Adelaide
Woodforde SA 5072
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As a winner of the Carbon Neutral Adelaide 'Leadership and Influence' award in 2020, The 10 Star Home Adelaide will..
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Eco Living Display Centre
Mount Martha VIC 3934
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The Eco Living Display Centre is a retrofitted building that displays a range of energy saving ideas, including passive..
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Estuary Hillside House
Illawong NSW 2234
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Charles & Christine had spent 20 years living in earth covered house beyond the city fringe, and when the needs of..
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Sustainable Perfection
White Gum Valley WA 6162
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Both my partner, Wendy, and I are from Germany and arrived in Australia over 10 years ago. We fell in love with Perth..
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Ocean Grove Townhouse
Ocean Grove VIC 3226
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Welcome to our Townhouse by the Sea which is very close to completion!
Our aim has been to create an energy efficient..
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120 Year Old Toowoomba House Upgrade
Newtown QLD 4350
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The house was purchased in 1988 & continual improvement has been a labour of love for the last 32 years. At the..
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Lancefield Country Life
Lancefield VIC 3435
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The client brief was to create a solar passively designed home, where the clients could age in place and have direct..
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Mayflower Tiny House
Narara NSW 2250
The house enters into a living area complete with a corner couch and generous-sized coat cupboard. The storage..
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Swinley Approach
Dunsborough WA 6281
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This passive solar, energy efficient home can be found in the heart of Dunsborough Lakes on a smaller suburban block...
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Fabode House: a Light House
Kaleen ACT 2617
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Fabode is a fabulous new light-filled, highly energy-efficient, super-functional family home within the footprint of..
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The Food Forest Homestead Extension
Hillier SA 5116
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Our heritage listed homestead built in 1840 and is one of the oldest buildings in the district. Although laden with..
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Bellbird House
Narara NSW 2250
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Our old heritage-listed weatherboard home dates from 1915 and had almost no redeeming sustainable properties before we..
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CLT Passivehouse Balgowlah
Balgowlah NSW 2093
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This 2-storey extension to an existing house from the late 1920s was erected in a tight backyard in the northern..
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Retractable PV Awning
Ingleside NSW 2101
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The house was built in the early 90s, and had a curious mix of double glazing but no insulation in walls or roof. The..
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Solar/Battery Kinglake West House
Kinglake West VIC 3757
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I bought this home 5 years ago. I was lured by the size of the land (5500m2) which provided an opportunity to be more..
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Suburban Treehouse
Kensington WA 6151
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Our late 1930’s bungalow has been a well loved home, but it was time to sort out the thermally inefficient old..
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Parkside Passive Perfection
Jolimont WA 6014
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This home, while not a Certified Passive House, is built according to the same principles and comes close in..
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Caringbah House
Caringbah NSW 2229
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This 1950s fibro four-bedroom house has been retrofitted with 15,000L of rainwater storage and associated guttering,..
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Korora Coastal Forest House
Korora NSW 2450
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The vacant, unserviced 34 acre Korora block we found in 2016 was majority south facing steep coastal rainforest, but..
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Passiv Laneway - certified passive house
Freshwater NSW 2096
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This compact granny flat sits atop an elegant garage on a discreet laneway on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. A tightly..
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Stanmore Renovation
Stanmore NSW 2048
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The house needed renovating because the existing roof was rusting, the upstairs bedrooms overheated in summer and were..
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Rob & Bobbie's House
Mount Lofty QLD 4350
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Our goal in building this house was livability and flexibility. We wanted a house with an abundance of natural light,..
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Trafalgar Sustainable Renovation
Trafalgar VIC 3824
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Our renovation has been a long time coming. When we moved here, we knew we would need to renovate; it just took us 13..
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Duncraig Passive Solar Home
Duncraig WA 6023
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This home was designed exactly how we wanted it, to be a comfortable, functional space that met our family’s needs..
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MAAP House - The Cellito Custom MAAP 04.01
Bulahdelah NSW 2423
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Our passion was to have an individual, functional, customised home that is low maintenance, environmentally..
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Pond House
Moonee Ponds VIC 3039
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We wanted a forever house that pushed the boundaries of what a volume builder could do in terms of sustainability...
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Eltham Treehouse
Eltham VIC 3095
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Located on a steep, previously vacant, lot in Eltham at one of the highest points in the township, the distant views to..
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Desert Rose House
North Wollongong NSW 2500
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Through practical collaboration between students and industry, Team UOW in the Solar Decathlon 2018 endeavour to change..
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Falcon Passive Solar Home
Falcon WA 6210
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This two story home has been designed to stay warm in winter and cool in summer with little to no mechanical heating or..
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Scarborough Sustainable Home
Scarborough WA 6019
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This two story sustainable home takes advantage of the ocean views and cooling breeze. Designed with the main living..
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Harmony House
Inverloch VIC 3996
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Our project aim was to build a house as energy efficient and affordable as possible. We wanted a house that could heat..
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The Hill House
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This is a 3 bedroom house, on 17.5 acres. The house is made from new and recycled materials. Facing north, it is heated..
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Suiza Sustainable House Two
Carine WA 6020
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This single storey home was designed using passive solar principles and for aging in place. We built this home to be..
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Suiza Sustainable House One
Carine WA 6020
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This 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom home was designed for a family to be as sustainable and multi-generational. The design..
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Backyard Retirement
Macquarie ACT 2614
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This is a fantastic secondary residence in a family collective built for one family member’s retirement. It is north..
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Mid Century House Extension
Blackburn South VIC 3130
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Mid century architecture is known for its merging of form and function, where both building form and function are..
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Georgia & Greg's House
Yarralumla ACT 2600
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The Extension and refurbishment at 10 Francis represented an opportunity to preserve an important, but fast..
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Radiata
Wendouree VIC 3355
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The Radiata display home showcases an alternative to conventional building that is environmentally friendly, thermally..
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Peet Passive Solar Home
Trigg WA 6029
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The initial brief was to renovate the existing house that was attached to the home that still exists on site. After..
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Dacelo House
Inverleigh VIC 3321
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This house is the personal home of one of Victoria's few professional strawbale builders. Shamus O'Reilly and his young..
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Aster House
Willetton WA 6155
We are passionate about sustainable living and incorporating it into everyday life. After much research online, we..
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Gundaroo Passive House
Gundaroo NSW 2620
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This rural sanctuary comprises of an open plan living, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house plus a shed and self contained..
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Hillside House
Croydon North VIC 3136
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In 2016, John and Trudy wanted to build a home that will allow their grown-up children and one elderly parent to come..
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Cheese House
Coburg VIC 3058
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The Cheese House is a cost effective example of using a renovation to create a great, sustainable and comfortable..
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Murrogun
Central Coast NSW 2250
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We co-designed this home with a local architect/builder in 2018-19. The aim was to be as sustainable as we could, by..
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Abbetthaus - Certified Passive House
Scarborough WA 6019
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Certified Passive House on a compact 213m2 laneway block. Abbetthaus is sustainable and affordable residential..
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Strawbale Student Studio
Wembley WA 6014
I wanted to create a “homegrown “ straw-bale eco friendly student studio for my children to live in. This..
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Wavertree House
Darwin River NT 0841
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The house incorporates design elements that have proved to be appropriate for living in the wet-dry tropics over a..
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Clayton Bay House
Clayton Bay SA 5256
Being the eighth house I have designed and built, or had built, one would think I have mastered a few tricks. Yes a..
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Westbury Hemp House - an owner builder continuing journey
Westbury TAS 7303
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An owner built (still in progress) hempcrete house on a small (840m) block in the centre of the small village of..
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Kurrajong Hill House
Cobargo NSW 2546
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Kurrajong Hill is a home built of rammed earth, and straw bale infill to a timber frame of poles sourced on the..
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Research Renovation
Research VIC 3095
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Our home is situated on 6 acres of steep woodland in Melbourne's north-east. A major renovation of the 1970s house was..
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Candy's Earthship
Narara NSW 2250
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Candys Earthship is designed to make minimal use of public utilities and fossil fuels. Natural heating and cooling..
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Milton's Hidden Eco Oasis
Milton NSW 2538
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Nestled between the wilderness of the Budawang Ranges and a crystal clear ocean is a hidden eco home that integrates a..
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Folk Of All Trades Strawbale Home
Aldinga, Kaurna Yarta SA 5173
This small strawbale house is our first home, after years of planning (and watching too many episodes of Grand..
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House With No Bills
Gherang VIC 3240
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Now occupied for 11 years the house has delivered on if not exceeded all expectations and is a prime example of..
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The Blanchard House
Torrensville SA 5031
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The bulk of houses in 2050 will be houses that exist today. If we are to ensure greenhouse gas emissions from houses in..
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The Greenhouse, Alawa
Alawa NT 0810
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This is a retro fitted old school suburban house; built in 1968 and miraculaously withstood cyclone..
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Warehouse/Greenhouse
Brunswick VIC 3056
The design allows our family to live comfortably and peacefully just meters away from busy main roads in a draughty..
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Lakeside Drive Community Garden
Alawa NT 0810
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Lakeside Drive Community Garden is a welcoming space where all members of the community can come together to share..
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Kirrawee Hempcrete Duplex
Kirrawee NSW 2232
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The aim for building this home was to incorporate social and environmental sustainability features to provide..
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Dulwich Loft
Dulwich SA 5065
Dulwich Loft addition is a project about reduction rather than addition. Rather than removing the lean-to, we simply..
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Bendigo Blue
Kennington VIC 3550
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I wanted to create a small, sustainable build on a subdivided suburban block that was affordable, as well as a..
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Recycle Home
Darwin NT 0800
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I have recycled a shipping container into a cool tropical dwelling, all recycled materials except for some fittings and..
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Natalie and Daryl's Urban Earth House
Hurstbridge VIC 3099
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We wanted a modest home that represented our desire to live a healthy and environmentally conscious lifestyle. Our home..
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Sapphire Passive House
Faulconbridge NSW 2776
Blue Eco Homes’ ‘Sapphire’ display home is a Certified Passive House, completed in 2019. The Sapphire Passive..
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Lagom House
Watervale SA 5452
Lagom is a Swedish word meaning 'not too little, not too much, just right'. This is the philosophy we designed and live..
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Exeter Ecoshift Home
North Wollongong NSW 2500
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This original post-war brick home was the first project for owners Jarrod (Builder) and Anneleise (Building Designer)..
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Passive Solar in South West WA
Peppermint Grove Beach WA 6271
In 1981, my wife and I agreed to move south from Perth for work. Motivated by our desire to live as sustainably as..
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Elemental House
High Camp VIC 3764
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Elemental House fulfilled the wish of a semi-retired couple for a simpler, more economical existence in rural Victoria...
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Dan and Manu's Townhouse
Braybrook VIC 3019
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My wife and I purchased our townhouse in 2018. The house was built in 2006 and already had basic ceiling insulation and..
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Happy Haus
Warragul VIC 3820
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Happy Haus is an all-electric home that has been designed to be an adaptive, sustainable and multi-family home. It has..
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Impossible House
Newtown NSW 2042
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Hello! I’m Laura Ryan and these are the plans for my tiny worker’s cottage in Newtown, Sydney. My goal is to..
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Jed and Claire's Timbercrete Passive Solar Home
North Casino NSW 2470
Claire and I built our passive solar design home on a 4 acre block in the Northern Rivers, just over the hill from..
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The Little Hobart House
New Town TAS 7008
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Our little house has been inspired by visits to other sustainable houses, so we thank those home owners. It is..
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Djildjit
White Gum Valley WA 6162
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We have lived in our one-bedroom apartment for just 2 years now, after he we bought the land with friends and..
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Candlebark House
Daylesford VIC 3460
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The focus of the project we designed and built ourselves was to create a long-term productive haven for ourselves, our..
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Beekeepers
Tarwin Lower VIC 3956
Beekeepers is an off-grid house overlooking the ocean and being made from concrete, it has great thermal mass. Roof is..
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The Smart Eco Queenslander
Albion QLD 4010
The project demonstrates the ability to renovate a house from the 1920’s, to being a modern 8-star energy efficient..
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Kenzai
South Coogee NSW 2034
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Kenzai is a beautifully renovated home overlooking the ocean, inspired by Japanese/Scandinavian design.
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Davison Collaborative
Brunswick VIC 3056
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The Davison Collaborative is a three-townhouse project in Brunswick delivered by HIP V. HYPE and designed in..
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The Sandhill
Kyvalley VIC 3621
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A neglected block of land has been given a second chance at life, resurrected from a deserted sand mine to a modern..
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Tamborine 10-Star Rated Positive Energy Home
Tamborine Mountain QLD 4272
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Tamborine 10 star rated, single level family home with passive solar design.
The home harvests more energy than it..
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Curtin Passive House
Curtin ACT 2605
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A perfectly orientated block arises an opportunity to build a well performing Passive House - that's exactly what this..
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Iris House (Affordable Sustainable House #1)
Camperdown VIC 3260
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For a single parent, the dream of achieving an energy-efficient, beautiful comfortable house seems to be out of reach...
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Coast Guard Yeppoon
Rosslyn QLD 4703
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Coast Guard Yeppoon occupies a two-storey brick building at Rosslyn Bay Harbour. This is the base for marine rescue..
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Waramanga Rammed Earth House
Waramanga ACT 2611
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Built on a vacant ‘Mr Fluffy’ block, this comfortable, 8.8 star solar passive house is designed to maximise the..
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The Bungalow
Cape Paterson VIC 3995
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The Bungalow is a small footprint, minimalist three-bedroom home that invites the inhabitants to strip back their lives..
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The White House: a Light House
O'Connor ACT 2602
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A fabulous new, all-electric, light filled home has been designed to be warm naturally in the winter. Keeping us warm..
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The Recyclable House – Beaufort
Beaufort VIC 3373
Completed in December 2015, The Recyclable House was designed and built by Quentin Irvine, Managing Director of Inquire..
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Seastar
Cape Paterson VIC 3995
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Seastar was a joy to build and it is a true celebration on the beauty and ingenuity of what a sustainable house should..
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Canberra Beach House: a Light House
Wright ACT 2611
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The client was Jenny Edwards, the managing director and scientist at Light House Architecture & Science, along with..
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Three Tinnies
Cape Paterson VIC 3995
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Three Tinnies is a classic and comfortably coastal home for the whole family. Designed by the award winning Beaumont..
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Karrinyup Sustainable House
Karrinyup WA 6018
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This home has been built to passive solar design principles. The position of the house on the block makes the most of..
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The 10 Star Home – The Sociable Weaver
Cape Paterson VIC 3995
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Built by The Sociable Weaver and designed in collaboration with Clare Cousins Architects, The 10 Star Home is..
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Finniss House: a Light House
Narrabundah ACT 2604
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Finniss House provides an excellent example of an efficient and flexible family home. Mindful of the future, the..
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Toolangi Forest Off-grid House
Toolangi VIC 3777
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We designed our family farmhouse to be part of our 120acre bush block in the Toolangi Forest. Rated BAL 40, off-grid,..
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Carbonlite Home
Eltham VIC 3095
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We aimed to keep the charm and character of the existing house and land whilst upgrading to Passive House performance...
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Whiptail Strawbale House
Rathdowney QLD 4287
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Whiptail is a recently completed strawbale home which forms part of the Wild Mountains Environmental Education Centre...
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The Shed – Eco Granny Flat
Naremburn NSW 2065
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A passive solar home tucked neatly into the backyard in place of the original shed, this light-filled secondary..
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DUNE 1
Cape Paterson VIC 3995
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The Dune showcases all the fundamentals of best-practice energy-efficient design and construction – including good..
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Solar Sollew
Seaholme VIC 3018
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Solar Sollew is a model example of how low-impact a home can be when all the elements of sustainable design are..
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Our SDG house for people and planet
Carlisle WA 6101
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We have built a little house out the backyard to try and be more sustainable with energy, water and native habitat for..
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Spindrift
Cape Paterson VIC 3995
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Spindrift represents a new paradigm in sustainable housing-- an 'Energy Freedom House'. We call it such because the..
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Thornleigh Passive House
Thornleigh NSW 2120
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Sydney’s first certified Passive House!
This Envirotecture-designed, compact two-storey home replaces a defunct..
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The House On The Hill
Upper Beaconsfield VIC 3810
From the outset our dream was to build a home not only for us but for our children and the children's grandparents...
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The Russell Vale Reno
Russell Vale NSW 2517
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This humble weatherboard cottage had all the features common to the typology – lightweight structure, minimal..
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The Paddock Eco Village
Castlemaine VIC 3450
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Our vision is to create a new standard for sustainable living that fosters a sense of community and closer connection..
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Affordable Lakelands House
Lakelands WA 6180
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As we approached retirement we began to research options for our forever home. Building sustainably just made sense so..
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Conscious Home
Eltham VIC 3095
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Winner of the 2006 HIA National Greensmart Award for Resource Efficient Housing this building showcases environmentally..
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Green Home Build
Ringwood East VIC 3135
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This light-filled contemporary home, completed in 2018, showcases what is possible when sustainability is embedded in..
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Blackheath Strawbale House
Blackheath NSW 2785
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Winner of 2017 National Design Award for sustainable design.
My straw bale and cob home is warm, welcoming, light, a..
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Hawthorn House
Hawthorn VIC 3122
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We Renovated a west-facing Victorian cottage on a small block, with very limited access to north sun, to make it more..
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Balthayock
Yarragon South VIC 3823
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Balthayock is an off-grid property and self-sufficient new build on 75 acers with views over the Yarragon..
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The Cove – The Sociable Weaver
Cape Paterson VIC 3995
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Designed and built by The Sociable Weaver, the Cove design wraps around a central courtyard to provide a hidden oasis,..
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Weelam-ik*
Cape Paterson VIC 3995
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Weelam-ik means “our house - where do you live?” in the Boon Wurrung language. Our home was built to provide a..
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Noonameena – Our Bush Resting Place
Redesdale VIC 3444
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Noonameena is an owner-built, strawbale 'SITUP' prefab panel, Certified Passive House Institute Low Energy Building..
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Geordie’s house
Rathdowney QLD 4287
Co-founding members of Wild Mountains Environmental Education Centre are nearing completion of their private home on a..
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"Convertible" House at Stringybark
Scarsdale VIC 3351
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The unique design of the Convertible House with its barrel vault ceiling gives a small space a big feel. The aim was..
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Zacoli Organic
Blackburn VIC 3130
Four years ago, we purchased a beautiful 2 bedroom heritage home built by Elmore Algernon in the leafy Blackburn area...
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Hazeldene No.2
Manning WA 6152
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Incorporating solar passive design principles in this traditional two storey home was inspired by the owners love of..
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Barlow's Hill House
Barlows Hill QLD 4703
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Since purchasing this 36 year-old two-storey concrete block home 20 years ago, it has been progressively renovated to..
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Ram Rock House
Benloch VIC 3435
The goal was to create a self-sustainable house that did not compromise on modern comforts or conveniences. Anyone..
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Equanimity Foundation
Coopers Plains QLD 4108
This family home is for sale. The undivided block allowed enough space for us to build a mini-farm. The rainwater..
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Maureen and Trevor's House
St Andrews VIC 3761
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Our house started to take shape about 3 years ago, it is a work in progress.
Designed using passive solar principles..
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Henry House
St Andrews VIC 3761
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This is a simple house professionally built 10 years ago on a steep, windy 8 ha property. In a bushfire area but the..
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Yarragon Strawbale House
Yarragon VIC 3823
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Our house has strawbale and rammed-earth walls, Apricus evacuated tube and wood heater boosted hot water, all-electric..
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Fibro Cottage Deep Energy Rerofit
Mittagong NSW 2575
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Many past SHD visitors will be familiar with the Greeny Flat which has been open almost every year since 2014. But this..
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Sunlight
Cape Paterson VIC 3995
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Built by Harris Build and designed by Adapt Design Group. Sunlight is rated at 7.6 Stars with a 4.88kW Solar System. A..
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Sydney's Sustainable House
Chippendale NSW 2008
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It's easy. All I'm doing in the city is what farmers do every day in the country - use the sun and rain that falls..
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Geoff's Hemp House
Narara NSW 2250
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Geoff’s house is a highly thermally efficient 8.8 star hemp house with exposed slab on ground and slab edge..
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Stage 1 Solar Skillion Studio Stage 2 Solar Skillion Sleepout
Benalla VIC 3672
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Howard and Berni are now neighbors after completion of a multi stage project over 10 years.
The timing of the steps..
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Core 9
Cape Paterson VIC 3995
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CORE is a collaboration between builders, building designers and thermal performance professionals with the aim of..
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Footprint Garden Farm
Willunga SA 5172
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Following on from our SHD openings of Eco Home Stirling, this is the third year we will be opening our Footprint Garden..
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Oaks – TS Constructions
Cape Paterson VIC 3995
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The Cape Display is an 8.2 Star energy-efficient, all-electric double-storey home featuring very high levels of..
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Karrinyup House
Karrinyup WA 6018
Designed as a easy care home for a young family it is orientated with the front street elevation facing north. With the..
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Hamilton Hill House
Hamilton Hill WA 6163
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The renovation to our old house has been designed around passive solar design principles. The rear of our home is..
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Sustainable Horticulture
Darra QLD 4076
Sustainable Horticulture is a space to practice and implement changes and technology to reduce impact on the..
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A Modern Townhouse
Box Hill North VIC 3129
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This generous 645 square metre site is redeveloped to accommodate two 7.7 Star townhouses, each with space for parking,..
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Illawarra Flame House
North Wollongong NSW 2500
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The retrofitted house has been designed to appeal to older clients nearing retirement. Many of these people are 'empty..
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Green Design
Warranwood VIC 3134
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Janine's passive solar home features an exposed concrete slab facing northwest, narrow build to increase air exchange,..
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Tiny House
Riddells Creek VIC 3431
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Motivated to design and build a thermally efficient, easy-to-construct tiny house, Tiny House Solutions has created a..
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Wilkinson's House
Harrisdale WA 6112
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This house is being supported by Solar Dwellings. This is the third passive solar house that I have had built, and the..
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Wision House
Doubleview WA 6018
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This two-and-a-half-storey, architecturally-designed and owner-built house is located at the highest point of..
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The Peak 2
Clayton VIC 3168
Nestd™️ is a social enterprise that sells compact housing solutions to the retail, tourism, property..
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RUNS ON SUN (and rain)
Gooseberry Hill WA 6076
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Less CO2, more H2O!
This is a retrofit of a double-brick and tile home built in 1971. The orientation is..
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The Link Building – Ginninderry
Strathnairn ACT 2615
The Link at Ginninderry is a multi-purpose community and information centre adjacent to the Strathnairn Arts..
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O'Connor Dual Occupancy
O'Connor ACT 2602
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These two houses on one block are the homes of a husband and wife (in their 70s), and of their son and his family of..
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Permanora
Elanora Heights NSW 2101
Permanora is a sustainable house located on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. It is a renovated 1960s cottage with..
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Petersen Street Powerstation
Freshwater QLD 4870
Our house was built in 1967 and is a mix of brick veneer and fibro cement. Our project is that of continual..
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Urban Forest House
Bardon QLD 4065
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Our house was hot in summer, cold in winter. The garden was full of noxious weeds. We wanted to change this and make..
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The Confluence
Anglers Rest VIC 3898
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We have a unique off-grid mountain-bush home, that is 11km off the grid. It is well insulated, cool in summer and warm..
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The Old Corner Shop
West Kempsey NSW 2440
The owner purchased The Old Corner Shop opposite Kempsey High School as a home and sustainability project 10 years ago...
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Ipswich Granny Flat - Affordable Housing
North Ipswich QLD 4305
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House under construction - will add more information and photos as the build goes on
To create an affordable..
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Dreamcatcher
Smithfield QLD 4878
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Dreamcatcher is an award winning sustainable home perched atop a hill surrounded by mountains and rainforest in..
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Established Passive Solar House in Rural Wanneroo
Wanneroo WA 6065
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This house follows standard Western Australian building concepts. It's a double-brick and colorbond construction on a..
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Trigg House
Trigg WA 6029
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This sustainable home in Trigg was designed specifically as a long term residence for a mature aged couple. The home is..
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Thylogale
Kettering TAS 7155
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Going off grid in retirement is a dream for many, and reality for this couple who run their house and car from a solar..
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Sustainable House Holland Park
Holland Park QLD 4121
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Our 2020 theme is revamp, don't replace. With that in mind we've been busy with overdue maintenance, such as external..
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Our Comfy Home
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We thought long and hard about how we could change our uncomfortable concrete box into our dream home.
Starting with..
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