Chataway Street Sustainable House and Organic Garden 2015

House Notes – Chataway Street Sustainable House and Organic Garden

Come and visit our passive-solar home and organic garden that was certified organic 2008 to 2013 with OGA/BFA. The house also has a 2.4kW solar PV system, solar hot water, rainwater harvesting and insulation in the ceiling and walls. Every hour on the half-hour there will be a talk focusing on a sustainable feature followed by a house tour. Self-guided tours of the garden can be done at any time.

Sustainability Features

Years Open
2015
ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENT FEATURES
    • Energy efficiency:
    • Efficient lighting
      Efficient appliances
      Energy monitoring
    • Passive heating cooling:
    • Shading
      Cross ventilation

    • Passive heating cooling:
    • solar-passive design
    • Water heating:
    • Solar hot water (flat panel)
    • Water harvesting and saving features:
    • Above ground storage
      Low flow shower heads
      Low flow taps
      Drip irrigation

      Storage connected to
    • Above ground rainwater storage Type:
    • steel tanks
    • Above ground rainwater storage Size
    • 3 x 5,000lt
    • Storage connected to
    • Garden
      Whole house
    • Water harvesting and saving
    • rainheads over first-flush devices
SUSTAINABLE & RECYCLED MATERIALS
    • Sustainable materials:
    • plantation timber from SE Qld
INSULATION SPECIFICATIONS
    • Insulation Type:
    • Ceiling
      Internal and external walls
    • Ceiling Type:
    • polyester roll
    • Ceiling Rating:
    • 2.0
    • Floor Rating:
    • not insulated
    • Internal / External Walls Type:
    • polyester roll
    • Internal / External Walls Rating:
    • 2.0
RENEWABLE ENERGY SPECIFICATIONS
    • Energy star rating:
    • 3.5
    • Renewable energy used:
    • Solar PV grid connect
COSTS AND COST SAVINGS
    • Cost estimate of sustainable home/features:
    • $75,000
    • Estimate of annual savings:
    • $10,000 pa
HOUSE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS
    • House Size
    • 300 sq m
    • Number of bedrooms
    • 4
    • Number of bathrooms
    • 2
GARDEN AND WASTE REDUCTION
    • Garden / Outdoors
    • generous supply of mulch on vegetable gardens & around fruit trees
    • Garden / Outdoors
    • Drip irrigation
      Water wise plants
      Edible garden
      Organic
      Composting

HEALTHY HOME FEATURES
    • Healthy home features
    • good ventilation and design and orientation to north
Location
Carina Heights QLD 4152
    • Housing Type:
    • Standalone House
    • Project Type:
    • New Build
    • Builder
    • Fred Dainty

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