Celilo Springs
Mount Lawley WA 6050 • This is a 2024 featured home. Bookings have now closed but you can ask questions about this home below.
House Notes – Celilo Springs
Sustainability must be the absolute priority of architecture. But technical sustainability is not enough. The world’s highest uptake of rooftop solar in Western Australia hasn’t slowed the destruction of the banksia woodland, nor will mandated 7-star energy ratings do anything for the endangered Carnaby’s cockatoo. CO2 reduction is essential, but immediate and more achievable conservation is forgotten due to the malaise of a population that has been disconnected from place.
If we don’t love the earth why would we bother saving it, and if we don’t live in the earth why would we ever love it.
Celilo Springs is a single-family home built on a subdivided site in inner Perth. It is an architecture in pursuit of complete immersion in its local context with the objective of re-engaging the occupants with place.
Celilo Springs is an energy positive house with a relatively small footprint and a raft of passive and active sustainability initiatives. It has a garden with near 200 species of endemic plants and is a positive contribution to its neighborhood.
Sustainability Features
- Energy efficiency:
- Draught proofing
Efficient lighting
Efficient appliances
Energy monitoring
Smart home features
- Passive heating cooling:
- Cooling tower
Cross ventilation
Earth covering
External planting
Passive solar designed home
Shading
Thermal chimney
Thermal mass
- Active heating cooling:
- Indirect Evaporative - Climate Wizard
- Water heating:
- Hot water heat pump
- Water harvesting and saving features:
- Rainwater storage - Above ground
Stormwater management
Drip irrigation
- Above ground rainwater storage Type:
- Swale
- Above ground rainwater storage Size
- 7m3
- Energy Efficient Lighting
- LED lights throughout
Natural daylight
Skylight
- Window Protection:
- Eaves
- Recycled and reused materials:
- Joinery
- Sustainable materials:
- Infra-Red heating strategy. Using reflective ceiling and glazing.
Low thermal mass strategy for rapid adjustment of temperature
Stack Ventilation
Displacement cooling
Indirect-evaporative air conditioning (Climate Wizard)
- Recycled and reused materials:
- Aggregate
Floorboards
- Insulation Type:
- Under-roof
Ceiling
Internal walls
External walls
Floor
- Ceiling Type:
- Bulk – glass wool
- Ceiling Rating:
- R7.0
- Floor Type:
- Bulk - polystyrene board
- Floor Rating:
- 2
- Under Roof Insulation Type:
- Reflective foil
- Under Roof Insulation Rating:
- R0.1
- Internal Walls Insulation Type:
- Bulk – polyester
- Internal Walls Insulation Rating:
- 2.5
- External Walls Rating:
- 3.1
- All-Electric Home?
- Yes
- Renewable energy used:
- Solar PV grid connect
- Size of PV system:
- 3.0
- Average Daily Energy Consumption:
- 3.1
- Total cost of home when constructed:
- 310000
- Cost estimate of sustainable home/features:
- 30000
- Estimate of annual savings:
- 1000
- House Size
- 120
- BAL Rating
- No BAL rating requirements at time of construction
- Roof
- Green roof
Metal (Zincalume)
- Wall Materials
- Brick veneer
Lightweight construction (timber frame)
- Wall Materials
- Weathering Steel
- Window and Door Types
- Awning
Bi Fold
Casement
Low-e, films
Skylights
- Number of bedrooms
- 2
- Number of bathrooms
- 1
- Garden / Outdoors
- Drip irrigation
Frog friendly
Green roof
Local indigenous plants
Native plants
Swales
Water wise plants
Wicking beds
- Waste Reduction Practices:
- Compost all food scraps
Waste free/reduced construction site
- Healthy home features
- Airtight house design
Automated ventilation system
Cross flow ventilation
Indoor plants for air filtration
Low VOC paints/sealer/varnish
Natural fibre furnishings
Natural light and ventilation
- Housing Type:
- Standalone House
- Project Type:
- New Build
- Builder
- Owner Builder
- Designer
- Western Architecture Studio
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