Trentleck House
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House Notes – Trentleck House
This family home is all electric with solar, wind and hydro power. We have a battery storage system so we can be off grid. Water is heated using solar power and wood fired hydronic heating for the home. Biogas generator and cooking. Energy efficient appliances and lighting has been used throughout the home to reduce running costs.
Fully insulated and draught proofed to keep the house warm in winter and cool in summer.
Water is collected and stored in large rainwater tanks and we have a blackwater system to recycle waste water.
We work on a paddock to plate philosophy with fruit, veggies, chooks, cattle and bees and also have alpacas for wool.
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Sustainability Features
- Energy efficiency:
- Draught proofing
Efficient lighting
Efficient appliances
Energy monitoring
- Passive heating cooling:
- Shading
- Active heating cooling:
- Ceiling fans
Evaporative
Hydronic
Solar hydronic
- Water heating:
- Solar hot water (evacuated tube)
Water heated by PV system
Wood fire wetback
- Water harvesting and saving features:
- Above ground rainwater storage
Blackwater system
Low flow shower heads
Low flow taps
Drip irrigation
- Above ground rainwater storage Type:
- Concrete tanks, plus plastic tank for gravity feed
- Energy Efficient Lighting
- LED lights throughout
Natural daylight
- Recycled and reused materials:
- Doors
Windows
- Insulation Type:
- Ceiling
Internal walls
External walls
Floor
- Ceiling Type:
- Bulk – glass wool
- Floor Type:
- Bulk - polystyrene board
- Internal Walls Insulation Type:
- Bulk – glass wool
- External Walls Type:
- Bulk – glass wool
- All-Electric Home?
- Yes
- Renewable energy used:
- Biogas
Energy storage/battery
Micro-hydro
Solar PV grid connect
Solar PV off-grid
Wind
- Cost estimate of sustainable home/features:
- $35,000
- Roof
- Metal (Zincalume)
- Wall Materials
- Timber
- Window and Door Types
- Low-e, films
- Number of bedrooms
- 5
- Number of bathrooms
- 2
- Garden / Outdoors
- Bee keeping
Chickens
Composting
Drip irrigation
Edible garden
- Waste Reduction Practices:
- Compost all food scraps
Recycle
Repair
Swap with friends and neighbours
- Housing Type:
- Standalone House
- Project Type:
- Continual Improvement
- Open with support of
- Baw Baw Sustainability Network
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