Maybeoneday 2018

Maybeoneday

With our home, we have tried to use locally sourced and recyclable materials as much as possible. This includes secondhand windows and doors, locally sourced and recycled timbers, locally produced Rockcote paint and an upcycled kitchen. A small house, it has been designed to extend as the family grows and allows for financial sustainability.

Other features include Weathertex cladding, a gabion basket (local rock) retaining wall, feature cob wall and a bridge-pier pergola for shade, privacy and food production. Water tanks collect water for the toilets and laundry, with plumbing set up for future greywater use. We are starting to develop a permaculture garden and re-vegetation of the waterway.

Designed by Ecolibrium Designs. Owner-built.

Read more about our home in the Noosa News here, written by Peter Gardiner

Note re parking: Please park on the street. This is a battle-axe block, with no parking available on the day within the property. Simply park in the street when you see the signs and walk down the concrete driveway to the house.

Sustainability Features

Years Open
2016
2017
2018
ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENT FEATURES
    • Energy efficiency:
    • Efficient lighting
    • Passive heating cooling:
    • Cross-ventilation
      Shading

    • Passive heating cooling:
    • Deciduous vine-covered pergola
    • Active heating cooling:
    • Ceiling fans
    • Water heating:
    • Solar hot water (flat panel)
    • Water harvesting and saving features:
    • Above-ground rainwater storage
      Low-flow shower heads
      Low-flow taps
    • Above ground rainwater storage Type:
    • Stainless steel tank
    • Above ground rainwater storage Size
    • 5000L
SUSTAINABLE & RECYCLED MATERIALS
    • Recycled and reused materials:
    • Ceiling fans, lights, sleeper retaining walls
    • Sustainable materials:
    • Weathertex cladding, ply flooring and ceilings
    • Recycled and reused materials:
    • Doors
      Timber
      Windows

INSULATION SPECIFICATIONS
    • Insulation Type:
    • Ceiling
      Floor
    • Ceiling Type:
    • Poly batts
    • Ceiling Rating:
    • R3.0
    • Floor Type:
    • Poly batts
    • Floor Rating:
    • R1.5
    • Internal / External Walls Type:
    • Poly batts
    • Internal / External Walls Rating:
    • R2.0
RENEWABLE ENERGY SPECIFICATIONS
    • All-Electric Home?
    • No
    • Energy star rating:
    • 6 Stars
    • Renewable energy used:
    • Solar PV grid-connected
COSTS AND COST SAVINGS
    • Cost estimate of sustainable home/features:
    • $230,000
    • Estimate of annual savings:
    • $80,000
HOUSE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS
    • House Size
    • 120m2
    • Window and Door Types
    • Clerestory windows
      Louvre windows

    • Window and Door Types
    • Mostly secondhand doors and windows
    • Universal Design Features
    • Entry to house will eventually be via disabled accessible ramp
    • Number of bedrooms
    • 2
    • Number of bathrooms
    • 1
GARDEN AND WASTE REDUCTION
    • Garden / Outdoors
    • Chickens
      Composting
      Edible garden
      Organic
      Permaculture
      Native plants
Location
Eumundi QLD 4562
    • Housing Type:
    • Standalone House
    • Project Type:
    • New Build
    • Builder
    • Owner

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