Breathe Neighbourhood
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House Notes – Breathe Neighbourhood
My vision is to build an Environmentally-Smart™ neighbourhood of 24 individual residences, for people who just want a home they can love, in a place that they’ll enjoy, with other like-minded people. It’s a neighbourhood where all can be confident that they will receive the support and care that they may need, now or in future.
Over 2,300 years ago, Aristotle noted that “More than anything else, men and women seek happiness.” That is the founding thought behind Breathe.
For the last 35 years, the site on which Breathe is being created has been a holiday village. We feel the laughter and joy, the fun and relaxation, the great friendships and shared experiences that have happened here for 35 years have somehow seeped into the soil below and flowed into the air above.
“The result is an atmosphere, a feeling, a sense of being on holiday.”
Sustainability Features
- Energy efficiency:
- Draught proofing
Efficient lighting
Efficient appliances
Energy monitoring
Smart home features
- Energy efficiency:
- Automated Climate Controls
- Passive heating cooling:
- Cross ventilation
Heat recovery ventilation system
Passive solar designed home
Shading
Thermal mass
- Passive heating cooling:
- BioPCM
- Active heating cooling:
- Ceiling fans
Heat exchange ventilation system
Split system airconditioner
- Active heating cooling:
- Clerestory Venting Windows
- Water heating:
- Hot water heat pump
- Water harvesting and saving features:
- Rainwater storage - Above ground
Worm farm septic tank system
Stormwater management
Low flow shower heads
Drip irrigation
- Average water consumption per day:
- unknow new build
- Above ground rainwater storage Type:
- Rainwater Tanks
- Above ground rainwater storage Size
- 23000
- Water harvesting and saving
- Cold Start mixing taps
- Energy Efficient Lighting
- LED lights throughout
Natural daylight
- Electric Vehicle Type
- Nissan Leaf - Potential for V2H and V2G
- Window Protection:
- External window hoods/surrounds
Honeycomb blinds
- Sustainable materials:
- Passive Solar Design
Passivehaus Principles - super insulated, passivhaus standard air tightness.
Automate Climate Controls with IoT hub - to control AC, Fans, HRV, Clerestory Windows, to control temp, air quality, humidity and energy use.
Energy Demand Management - to reduce and time shift, with pre cooling and heating systems
uPVC double glazing by Drutex
BioPCM in the ceiling
Thermal Mass Earth Floor using reclaimed granite core samples and soil taken from the site
VPP energy trading through PowerClub, in partnership with PowerLedger and sonnen
Designed for V2G energy trading
Designed for P2P energy trading
Measurement and monitoring of the house energy performance and comfort levels by UniSA. Breathe Neighbourhood will become a living Laboratory with a host of future studies.
- Recycled and reused materials:
- Excavated earth
- Insulation Type:
- Ceiling
Internal walls
External walls
Floor
- Ceiling Type:
- SIP Panel plus additional Glass Wool
- Ceiling Rating:
- R-6.3
- Floor Type:
- Bulk - polystyrene board
- Floor Rating:
- R-5
- Internal Walls Insulation Type:
- Bulk – glass wool
- Internal Walls Insulation Rating:
- R-2
- External Walls Rating:
- R-4.3
- External Walls Type:
- (SIP) Structural Insulated Panel
- All-Electric Home?
- Yes
- Renewable energy used:
- Energy storage/battery
Solar PV grid connect
- Size of PV system:
- 8.4kW
- Average Daily Energy Consumption:
- Unknown - new build
- Total cost of home when constructed:
- 360000
- Cost estimate of sustainable home/features:
- 10000
- Estimate of annual savings:
- 3000
- House Size
- 71
- BAL Rating
- No BAL rating requirements at time of construction
- Roof
- Insulated panel (sandwich panels)
- Wall Materials
- Structural insulated panels (SIP's)
- Window and Door Types
- Double glazing
Tilt and turn
- Window and Door Types
- Lift and Slide Door
- Universal design accessability
- Universal access
Wheelchair accessible
- Universal Design Features
- 100cm minimum door opening width
Flush thresholds (no lip) to all external doors
Hobless showers
Kitchen bench/table for wheelchairs to access (75-85cm high)
Lever handles for doors (no knobs)
Minimum 110cm wide hallways
No stairs/steps
Ramps and path gradients must be less than 20:1
Rocker style light switches
Shower head on rail for various heights
Slip resistant flooring
Space around toilets for ease of access in wheelchairs
Window openings easily accessible
- Number of bedrooms
- 2
- Number of bathrooms
- 1
- Garden / Outdoors
- Community vegetable garden
Composting
Drip irrigation
Swales
Water wise plants
Wicking beds
Worm farm
- Waste Reduction Practices:
- Compost all food scraps
- Healthy home features
- Airtight house design
Automated ventilation system
Carpet free - tiles/concrete/timber flooring throughout
Cross flow ventilation
Heat recovery ventilation (HRV)
Indoor plants for air filtration
VOC free paints/sealer/varnish
- Housing Type:
- Residential Park - Display Home
- Project Type:
- New Build
- Builder
- Stotty's Building
- Designer
- Salt Studio
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