Chataway Street Sustainable House and Organic Garden
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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
- 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 materials:
- plantation timber from SE Qld
- 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
- Energy star rating:
- 3.5
- Renewable energy used:
- Solar PV grid connect
- Cost estimate of sustainable home/features:
- $75,000
- Estimate of annual savings:
- $10,000 pa
- House Size
- 300 sq m
- Number of bedrooms
- 4
- Number of bathrooms
- 2
- 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
- good ventilation and design and orientation to north
- Housing Type:
- Standalone House
- Project Type:
- New Build
- Builder
- Fred Dainty
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