Fabulous Fleurieu 2015

House Notes – Fabulous Fleurieu

The Federal Government ‘Your Home‘ planning resource was used in our planning. The home is a reverse brick veneer on a concrete slab, with feature rammed earth walls (two external and one internal). External cladding is a mixture of fibre cement sheets and colorbond cladding. Living areas have polished concrete floors, bathrooms are tiled and bedrooms have low VOC wool carpets.

The local climate influenced our design, the house has excellent north orientation, summer shading and minimal east/west glazing, uses passive solar heating (with no heating required), passive cooling principles (fans used infrequently), excellent insulation, good thermal mass and doubled glazed uPVC windows and sliding doors.

Energy use is addressed through good design and construction, use of LED and compact fluorescent lighting, energy efficient appliances, gas-boosted evacuated tube solar hot water system and solar PV.

We use a range of approaches to reduce water demand, collect rainwater, send waste water to the local treatment plant and carefully manage our outdoor water use.

Full details of our home can be found at sustainablehome.wikispaces.com. The home was the SA GreenSmart Energy Efficient Home of the Year for 2014.

Sustainability Features

Years Open
2015
ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENT FEATURES
    • Energy efficiency:
    • Efficient lighting
      Draught proofing
      Efficient appliances
      Energy monitoring
    • Passive heating cooling:
    • Shading
      Cross ventilation
    • Active heating cooling:
    • Ceiling fans
    • Water heating:
    • Solar hot water (evacuated tube)
    • Water harvesting and saving features:
    • Above ground storage
      Low flow shower heads
      Low flow taps
      Drip irrigation
    • Above ground rainwater storage Type:
    • poly tanks
    • Above ground rainwater storage Size
    • 63,400 litres
SUSTAINABLE & RECYCLED MATERIALS
    • Sustainable materials:
    • Recycled Jarrah decking
    • Recycled and reused materials:
    • Timber
INSULATION SPECIFICATIONS
    • Insulation Type:
    • Ceiling
      Internal and external walls
    • Ceiling Type:
    • Plasterboard
    • Ceiling Rating:
    • R4
    • Floor Rating:
    • none
    • Internal / External Walls Type:
    • Int - plasterboard, ext - RBV, rammed earth
    • Internal / External Walls Rating:
    • Plasterboard - R1.5, RBV & rammed earth R2.5
RENEWABLE ENERGY SPECIFICATIONS
    • Energy star rating:
    • 8.1
    • Renewable energy used:
    • Solar PV grid connect
COSTS AND COST SAVINGS
    • Estimate of annual savings:
    • Power cost for 2014 - $30! Water reduced by at least half.
HOUSE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS
    • House Size
    • 234 sq m
    • Window and Door Types
    • Double glazing
      Low-e, films
      Clerestory windows
    • Universal Design Features
    • Disability access
      Multi-generational
    • Number of bedrooms
    • 3
    • Number of bathrooms
    • 2
GARDEN AND WASTE REDUCTION
    • Garden / Outdoors
    • Drip irrigation
      Water wise plants
      Edible garden
      Organic
      Permaculture
      Composting
      Native plants
      Chickens
HEALTHY HOME FEATURES
    • Healthy home features
    • Low VOC paint, furniture and fittings
Location
Port Elliot SA 5212
    • Housing Type:
    • Standalone House
    • Project Type:
    • New Build
    • Builder
    • South Coast Constructions

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