Nirimba TAFE Green Skills Hub
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House Notes – Nirimba TAFE Green Skills Hub
The Greenskills Hub models sustainable technology, design, and practices and demonstrates a range of green/environmentally friendly building realted disciplines areas including building, electrical, electrical engineering, plumbing, refrigeration and information technology.
For more information go to the GreenSkills Hub section of the Nirimba TAFE website. or view the embedded video below or view it on YouTube at youtube.com/watch?v=GK4amF-63fQ
A number of presentations on various aspects of contemporary sustainable house design will be made on the day covering such topics as:
– Solar panels – getting value for money?
– Air conditioners- Who needs them and how to keep them efficient
– Design for a sutainable house – Key design aspects
– Sustainable Building materials
– What is a liveable Home – 17 key principles to look for
More presentations may be added so keep checking to find a session that may interest you.
You can vist the Building Industry Skills Centre for the latest news on what’s happening at the Green Skills Hub on Sustainable House day
Sustainability Features
- Energy efficiency:
- Smart home features
- Passive heating cooling:
- Shading
Cross ventilation
- Active heating cooling:
- Hydronic
- Water heating:
- Hot water heat pump
- Water heating:
- various water heatings such as heat pumps on display
- Water harvesting and saving features:
- Above ground storage
Low flow shower heads
- Recycled and reused materials:
- demonstrates recyclable materials
- Sustainable materials:
- corrugated iron, recyled materials
- Recycled and reused materials:
- Concrete
Timber
- Insulation Type:
- Ceiling
Internal and external walls
- Ceiling Type:
- timber panel
- Internal / External Walls Type:
- corrugated iron
- Internal / External Walls Rating:
- palsterboard and plywood
- Renewable energy used:
- Solar PV grid connect
Wind
- Cost estimate of sustainable home/features:
- N/A
- Estimate of annual savings:
- N/A
- Window and Door Types
- Louvre windows
- Universal Design Features
- Disability access
- Number of bedrooms
- 1
- Number of bathrooms
- 2
- Garden / Outdoors
- Drip irrigation
Water wise plants
Native plants
- Healthy home features
- non toxic paintsand surface finishes
- Housing Type:
- Commercial
- Project Type:
- Continual Improvement
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