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Cob house 2015

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Cob house

Cob house

We have two houses on our property. One is a traditional family brick home 3 bedrooms incorporating passive solar design principles. The other is a cob studio built with earth materials and recycled items sourced locally and from our property. It incorporates our own grown timber, cob, straw bale and a living roof. The cob studio is still in the process of being finished. Our daughter and her partner are building it and would love to share their journey of learning natural building techniques.

Sustainability Features

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2015
ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENT FEATURES
    • Energy efficiency:
    • Efficient lighting
      Draught proofing
      Efficient appliances
    • Passive heating cooling:
    • Shading
      Cross ventilation
    • Active heating cooling:
    • Ceiling fans
    • Water heating:
    • Solar hot water (evacuated tube)
      Wood fire wetback
    • Water harvesting and saving features:
    • Above ground storage
      Low flow shower heads
    • Above ground rainwater storage Type:
    • 2 concrete tanks one plastic tank
    • Above ground rainwater storage Size
    • 20000 litres
SUSTAINABLE & RECYCLED MATERIALS
    • Sustainable materials:
    • Windows and doors, stone, wool, earth, render, straw, plants
    • Recycled and reused materials:
    • Timber
      Windows
      Doors
      Insulation
      Glass
      Kitchen/bath cabinets
INSULATION SPECIFICATIONS
    • Insulation Type:
    • Ceiling
      Internal and external walls
    • Ceiling Type:
    • Living roof, hessian wool timber earth plants, main house polyester batts
    • Ceiling Rating:
    • 4.5 in main house not sure in cob
    • Internal / External Walls Type:
    • cob is earth and straw bale, house in external bricks and internal plaster
RENEWABLE ENERGY SPECIFICATIONS
    • Renewable energy used:
    • Solar PV grid connect
COSTS AND COST SAVINGS
    • Cost estimate of sustainable home/features:
    • $8000
    • Estimate of annual savings:
    • $2000
HOUSE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS
    • Window and Door Types
    • Double glazing
    • Universal Design Features
    • Multi-generational
      Adaptive design
    • Number of bedrooms
    • 1
    • Number of bathrooms
    • 1
GARDEN AND WASTE REDUCTION
    • Garden / Outdoors
    • Water wise plants
      Edible garden
      Organic
      Permaculture
      Composting
      Native plants
      Green roofs
      Chickens
HEALTHY HOME FEATURES
    • Healthy home features
    • renders made with natural substances
Location
Deans Marsh VIC 3235
    • Housing Type:
    • Tiny Home
    • Project Type:
    • New Build
      Continual Improvement

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