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Charley’s Home

Come and visit Charley’s home and gardens; we have the following house features for discussion:

Solar panels provide low-cost electricity
LED/energy efficient lights replacing conventional globes
Roof insulation making the home more efficient
Re-glazed and draught-proofed sash windows provide enhanced insulation
Water tanks provide for all water requirements throughout the house, including drinking water
Grey water filtration bed capturing shower water

In the garden:

A greywater filtration system feeds the garden beds
Water features helps increase the frog population (and reduce slugs further) and log piles, drilled logs and other habitats increase local wildlife.
Recycled timber from railway bridges and sleepers is used for the deck and raised garden beds
Worm farms compost all vegetable waste from the kitchen
Zero-artificial-inputs garden
Ducks for pest control and manure for fertiliser
Deep mulch for water retention
9 native bee hives
Raised vegetable beds
Fruit trees – apples, apricots, mango, sharen fruit, lemons, oranges, limes, bananas
Berry canes

ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENT FEATURES

- Energy efficiency:
- Draught proofing
  Efficient lighting
  Efficient appliances
- Passive heating cooling:
- Cross ventilation
  Deciduous planting around house
  External planting
  Shading
- Active heating cooling:
- Ceiling fans
  Hydronic
- Water heating:
- Currenlty gas fired; moving to solar shortly
- Water harvesting and saving features:
- Rainwater storage - Above ground
  Grey water system
  Stormwater management
  Drip irrigation
- Average water consumption per day:
- 100L
- Above ground rainwater storage Type:
- Tanks x2
- Above ground rainwater storage Size
- 2750L each
- Energy Efficient Lighting
- LED lights throughout
  Natural daylight
  Skylight
- Window Protection:
- Blinds
  Deciduous tree/vegetation
  Drapes/curtains

SUSTAINABLE & RECYCLED MATERIALS

- Sustainable materials:
- Timber, bricks, doors have been recycled; garden is designed using permaculture principles
- Recycled and reused materials:
- Bricks
  Doors
  Sleepers
  Timber

INSULATION SPECIFICATIONS

RENEWABLE ENERGY SPECIFICATIONS

COSTS AND COST SAVINGS

- Total cost of home when constructed:
- Built in 1911 so not sure of the cost
- Cost estimate of sustainable home/features:
- $50,000
- Estimate of annual savings:
- $2000 p.a. in reduced power and water consumption

HOUSE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS

- House Size
- 140m2
- Roof
- We have a mix of slate, Colourbond and a green roof on the shed
- Wall Materials
- Double brick
- Window and Door Types
- Sash windows re-glazed with V-lam Hush glass (laminated) with draft excluders routed into the frames
- Universal design accessability
- Adaptive design
- Number of bedrooms
- 3
- Number of bathrooms
- 1

GARDEN AND WASTE REDUCTION

HEALTHY HOME FEATURES