Katoomba Electrified Cottage 2025

Katoomba Electrified Cottage

We have electrified our traditional mountains cottage while undertaking minor renovations. This has made our home more comfortable to live in, cheaper to run and reduced its carbon emissions.

Sustainability features we included:
– ceiling and underfloor insulation. We fortunately already had wall insulation installed.
– 9.68 kW solar system
– upgraded to 3 phase power to enable us to electrify our home and support faster EV charging at home in the future
– induction cooktop
– 7-star fridge
– LED lights
– multi-split reverse cycle air-conditioning system (mostly floor-based consoles)
– heat pump hot water system
– low VOC paint
– respraying bath, kitchen splashback and old bathroom wall tiles rather than removing and replacing them

We’ve had our solar system for over a year now and it produced over 60% more electricity than we consumed in total over a year.

We also buy 100% GreenPower renewable electricity to match our limited grid electricity usage.

We estimate we’re saving $1,200-$1,600 a year in energy savings.

Sustainability Features

Years Open
2024, 2025
ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENT FEATURES
SUSTAINABLE & RECYCLED MATERIALS
INSULATION SPECIFICATIONS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SPECIFICATIONS
COSTS AND COST SAVINGS
HOUSE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS
GARDEN AND WASTE REDUCTION
HEALTHY HOME FEATURES
Location
Katoomba NSW 2780

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