The Woodend Winter Lodge
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House Notes – The Woodend Winter Lodge
This Family House is built on a bush setting, and is the second house to be built on this parcel of land. The site is in an older part of the Woodend Township, and it was felt that the look and feel of the home should complement the neighboring houses which are of a Californian Bungalow to 1950’s era. Features such as heavy posts, strong roof pitches and lightweight cladding are typical of this era and further complement the first house built on this lot in 2015.
Material choices are made with considerations to the longevity, future maintenance and the embodied energy of each product.
Integrated Energy Efficiency is important – the house is well oriented, and super insulated (most of the enviro boxes are ticked at this point) thus making the need for additional heating less of an issue. Main house heating source is wood, but with a hydronic back up system.
Due to site constraints (existing trees) the house is 2 story, with a master bedroom on the ground floor. Upper rooms can be isolated from the ground floor so that only the areas occupied are heated.
Build Quality and Design is critical to Environmental Responsibility – the house must be adaptable and last for generations to justify it’s construction.
Solar hot water is utilised, and there is a lot of North facing roof for Photo Voltaic Panels, although…. The trees do not help on this point.
Designed by Bruce Kirkman Architects and built by John Winter Master Builder.
Enter Browning St via Layde Place, and follow the signs
Sustainability Features
- Energy efficiency:
- Efficient lighting
Draught proofing
Efficient appliances
- Passive heating cooling:
- Shading
Cross ventilation
- Active heating cooling:
- Hydronic
Ceiling fans
- Active heating cooling:
- Wood fire heating with natural gas back up
- Water heating:
- Solar hot water (evacuated tube)
- Sustainable materials:
- Light weight cladding, cement sheet, low embodied energy with high durability. Non rain forest timbers (plantation pine).
- Insulation Type:
- Ceiling
Internal and external walls
Floor
- Ceiling Type:
- Dacron
- Ceiling Rating:
- R 6
- Floor Type:
- 30 mm closed cell polystyrene
- Floor Rating:
- R 1.3
- Internal / External Walls Type:
- Dacron
- Internal / External Walls Rating:
- R 2 plus airspace plus styrene foil sheeting (total R 3.5)
- Energy star rating:
- 6 star
- Renewable energy
- Passive solar
- Estimate of annual savings:
- $3000 pa
- House Size
- 276 m2 plus garage (48 m2)
- Window and Door Types
- Double glazing
- Window and Door Types
- Thermallly broken tilt and turn windows.
- Universal Design Features
- Multi-generational
Adaptive design
- Number of bedrooms
- 4
- Number of bathrooms
- 2
- Garden / Outdoors
- Water wise plants
Composting
Native plants
- Healthy home features
- Vinyl floors - except for bedrooms
- Housing Type:
- Standalone House
- Project Type:
- New Build
- Builder
- John Winter Master Builder
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