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Our Never Ending Project

Our split-level ‘recycled house’ is a Post-WW11 open-plan house, rescued from the wrecker’s ball in Vermont, near Melbourne. Ceiling to floor windows along the living areas (elevated lounge/living and two large bedrooms) made the house ideal for passive solar living once we oriented the house to capitalise on the latent design features.

Since the relocation we have added considerable double glazing, under-floor, wall and ceiling insulation, grey water recycling, solar hot water, 5kw solar generation, and a 1 acre fruit orchard, with fruit in production 12 months of the year.

Our home features includes;

Heat exchange ventilation system
Efficient lighting
Draught proofing
Cross ventilation
Solar PV grid connect
Solar hot water (flat panel)
Greywater system

Gold coin donation will go to Portland RSPCA

Sustainability Features

ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENT FEATURES

- Energy efficiency:
- Efficient lighting
  Draught proofing
- Passive heating cooling:
- Shading
  Cross ventilation
- Active heating cooling:
- Heat exchange ventilation system
  Ceiling fans
- Water heating:
- Solar hot water (flat panel)
- Water harvesting and saving features:
- Above ground storage
  Greywater system
  Storage connected to
- Above ground rainwater storage Type:
- 30,000L poly tank
- Storage connected to
- Garden
  Toilet

SUSTAINABLE & RECYCLED MATERIALS

- Recycled and reused materials:
- Timber
  Paving

INSULATION SPECIFICATIONS

- Insulation Type:
- Ceiling
  Internal and external walls
  Floor
- Ceiling Type:
- fibreglass bats
- Floor Type:
- polystyrene sheets
- Internal / External Walls Type:
- fibre glass bats

RENEWABLE ENERGY SPECIFICATIONS

- Renewable energy used:
- Solar PV grid connect

COSTS AND COST SAVINGS

- Cost estimate of sustainable home/features:
- $65k reno
- Estimate of annual savings:
- $400,000

HOUSE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS

- House Size
- 22m2 reno
- Window and Door Types
- Double glazing
- Universal Design Features
- Adaptive design
- Number of bedrooms
- 3
- Number of bathrooms
- 1

GARDEN AND WASTE REDUCTION

- Garden / Outdoors
- Water wise plants
  Edible garden
  Permaculture
  Composting
  Native plants
  Chickens

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