Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability
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House Notes – Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability
The Coal Loader showcases innovation, enables hands-on learning about sustainability in everyday life, and serves as a community meeting point and hub for North Sydney Council’s extensive range of environmental and sustainability programs
The Coal Loader transforms an ex-industrial site to a place where you can be inspired by:
– best-practice sustainable technology
– community gardens
– food gardens
– native bush nursery
– regenerated waterfront parklands and much more.
Sustainability Features
- Energy efficiency:
- Efficient lighting
Efficient appliances
Energy monitoring
- Passive heating cooling:
- Shading
Cross ventilation
Thermal chimney
- Active heating cooling:
- Solar hydronic
Heat exchange ventilation system
Ceiling fans
- Water heating:
- Solar hot water (evacuated tube)
- Water harvesting and saving features:
- Underground storage
Stormwater management
- Recycled and reused materials:
- Bricks
Timber
Windows
Doors
Paving
Insulation
Glass
- Renewable energy used:
- Solar PV grid connect
- Window and Door Types
- Double glazing
- Universal Design Features
- Adaptive design
- Number of bedrooms
- 1
- Number of bathrooms
- 1
- Garden / Outdoors
- Drip irrigation
Edible garden
Organic
Permaculture
Composting
Community garden
Green walls
Bee keeping
Chickens
- Housing Type:
- Standalone House
Community Garden
- Project Type:
- Retrofit
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