Off Grid Contemporary Rural Farmhouse
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House Notes – Off Grid Contemporary Rural Farmhouse
The client brief was to create an off grid solar passive designed home, that takes in the beauty of the surrounding mountains and where they could age in place and clad in beautiful pink granite field stone from the site. Design features that contribute to solar passive design include exposed concrete slab with north facing windows, high insulation in walls and ceiling, high performing windows, cross flow ventilation, ceiling fans in all rooms and shading for summer. .
Sustainability Features
- Energy efficiency:
- Draught proofing
Efficient lighting
Efficient appliances
- Passive heating cooling:
- Cross ventilation
Passive solar designed home
Thermal mass
- Active heating cooling:
- Ceiling fans
Split system airconditioner
- Water heating:
- Solar hot water (evacuated tube)
Wood fire wetback
- Water harvesting and saving features:
- Rainwater storage - Above ground
Low flow shower heads
Low flow taps
Hot water recirculation
- Average water consumption per day:
- 95L
- Above ground rainwater storage Type:
- steel
- Above ground rainwater storage Size
- 100,000L
- Energy Efficient Lighting
- LED lights throughout
Natural daylight
- Window Protection:
- Awnings (external)
Blinds
- Sustainable materials:
- Pink Granite surface rocks selected from the site and used in ground floor cladding. Exposed concrete slab on ground floor, wetback system on the wood burning cooker.
- Insulation Type:
- Under-roof
Ceiling
External walls
- Ceiling Type:
- rockwool
- Ceiling Rating:
- R6.0
- Under Roof Insulation Type:
- Reflective foil
- Under Roof Insulation Rating:
- R1.0
- External Walls Rating:
- R2.5
- External Walls Type:
- Rock wool
- All-Electric Home?
- Yes
- Renewable energy used:
- Solar PV off-grid
- Size of PV system:
- 10kW
- Average Daily Energy Consumption:
- 5kW
- Total cost of home when constructed:
- 1.2 million
- Cost estimate of sustainable home/features:
- $80,000
- Estimate of annual savings:
- $4,000
- House Size
- 250m2
- BAL Rating
- BAL – 29: Increasing levels of ember attack and ignition of debris with a heat flux of up to 29kW/m2
- Roof
- Metal (Colorbond)
- Wall Materials
- Lightweight construction (timber frame)
Stone
- Window and Door Types
- Casement
Double glazing
- Universal design accessability
- Multi-generational
Universal access
Wheelchair accessible
- Universal Design Features
- 100cm minimum door opening width
Hobless showers
Lever handles for doors (no knobs)
Lift/elevator
Pocket doors so that cabinet doors are out of the way
Space around toilets for ease of access in wheelchairs
Strong fittings like towel rails that can be used as hand rails
Window openings easily accessible
- Number of bedrooms
- 4
- Number of bathrooms
- 2
- Garden / Outdoors
- Composting
Local indigenous plants
Natural swimming pool
- Waste Reduction Practices:
- Compost all food scraps
- Healthy home features
- Cabinet design to minimise dust collection
Carpet free - tiles/concrete/timber flooring throughout
Cross flow ventilation
Natural fibre furnishings
- Housing Type:
- Standalone House
- Project Type:
- New Build
- Builder
- R and K Services
- Designer
- Green Design Solutions
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