Bindi’s strawbale house at ‘Moora Moora Co-op’
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House Notes – Bindi’s strawbale house at ‘Moora Moora Co-op’
Off grid, passive solar, strawbale and poured earth construction, home milled timber, recycled red brick and timber floors, recycled/re-purposed double glazed windows, 100% rainwater, wood fired heating and cooking.
Sustainability Features
- Energy efficiency:
- Efficient lighting
Draught proofing
Efficient appliances
Energy monitoring
- Passive heating cooling:
- Shading
Cross ventilation
- Active heating cooling:
- Hydronic
- Water heating:
- Solar hot water (flat panel)
Wood fire wetback
- Water harvesting and saving features:
- Above ground storage
- Above ground rainwater storage Type:
- Water tank
- Above ground rainwater storage Size
- 240000
- Sustainable materials:
- Timber milled on-site, radially sawn weatherboards, stawbales, clay/ lime render, re-purposed double glazed windows
- Recycled and reused materials:
- Bricks
Aggregate
Timber
Windows
Doors
Paving
Glass
Kitchen/bath cabinets
- Insulation Type:
- Ceiling
Internal and external walls
- Ceiling Type:
- Aircell, Insulfoam and plasterboard
- Ceiling Rating:
- R5.6
- Internal / External Walls Type:
- Strawbale and render
- Internal / External Walls Rating:
- R10
- Energy star rating:
- 7 stars (Score:27) Date: 2006
- Renewable energy used:
- Solar PV off-grid
Energy storage
- Cost estimate of sustainable home/features:
- $200,000
- Estimate of annual savings:
- $100,000
- House Size
- 270m2
- Window and Door Types
- Double glazing
Clerestory windows
- Universal Design Features
- Multi-generational
Adaptive design
- Number of bedrooms
- 4
- Number of bathrooms
- 1
- Garden / Outdoors
- Edible garden
Organic
Permaculture
Composting
- Healthy home features
- Non toxic paint
- Housing Type:
- Standalone House
- Project Type:
- New Build
- Builder
- Owner and various tradesmen
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