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Radiata Display Cabin

Completed just in time for Sustainable House Day is an architecturally designed 1 bedroom display home, built by HIA Greensmart accredited builder ‘Timberset Homes’. This unique solid timber home is made with locally sourced plantation timber (storing carbon for life) and is a modern and functional home, full of well thought out inclusions. Timberset is passionate about building energy efficient homes that take care of their occupants, are kind to the planet, and don’t cost the earth. Come along to this open to learn about sustainable design, eco friendly materials, building biology concepts and the benefits of building in timber. Talks on these topics will be provided at 10.30am, 11.30am, 12.30pm and 1.30pm.

Sustainability Features

ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENT FEATURES

- Energy efficiency:
- Draught proofing
  Efficient lighting
  Efficient appliances
  Energy monitoring
- Passive heating cooling:
- Passive solar designed home
  Shading
- Active heating cooling:
- Ceiling fans
- Energy Efficient Lighting
- LED lights throughout
  Natural daylight
- Window Protection:
- Large north window boxed (set back to provide shelter). East side windows and door covered by verandah.

SUSTAINABLE & RECYCLED MATERIALS

- Recycled and reused materials:
- Cabinets in kitchen made with Optimatt board (recycled PET)
- Sustainable materials:
- Local / responsibly managed plantation pine is the primary building material (carbon store for life). Kitchen cabinetry in Optimatt (recycled PET). Benchtops and counters in Paperock (made from paper - responsibly sourced & recycled). Modular design and prefabricated construction. Induction cooktop. Ducted rangehood. Water efficient tapware. Surface mounted downlights.

INSULATION SPECIFICATIONS

- Insulation Type:
- Under-roof
  Internal walls
  External walls
  Floor
- Floor Type:
- Bulk - polyester
- Floor Rating:
- R2.5 to R4
- Under Roof Insulation Type:
- R4 Earthwool batts with vapour permeable proctor wrap (potential to reach R6.5)
- Under Roof Insulation Rating:
- R4 to R6.5
- Internal Walls Insulation Type:
- 45mm thick timber walls (interlocking planks)
- External Walls Rating:
- R2.7 to R4 total wall value
- External Walls Type:
- 10mm Foil board could be replaced with 50mm PIR or wood fibre panels

RENEWABLE ENERGY SPECIFICATIONS

- All-Electric Home?
- Yes
- Energy star rating:
- 6.6 TBC

COSTS AND COST SAVINGS

- Total cost of home when constructed:
- $150
- Cost estimate of sustainable home/features:
- $10k

HOUSE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS

- House Size
- 53m2 living space plus 42m2 of covered verandah
- BAL Rating
- BAL – 19: Increasing levels of ember attack and ignition of debris with a heat flux of up to 19kW/m2
- Roof
- Metal (Colorbond)
- Wall Materials
- Timber
- Window and Door Types
- Double glazing
  Sliding windows/doors
- Window and Door Types
- Well sealed casement windows - Windows and doors are composite Aluminium and Victorian Ash timber (thermally broken)
- Universal design accessability
- Multi-generational
- Universal Design Features
- 80cm minimum door opening width
  Hobless showers
  No stairs/steps
  No Corner cupboards
  Tapware to be easily accessed from outside the shower
  Window openings easily accessible
- Number of bedrooms
- 1
- Number of bathrooms
- 1

HEALTHY HOME FEATURES

- Healthy home features
- Low VOC paints/sealer/varnish
  Natural light and ventilation
  No carpets
- Healthy Home
- E0 Cabinetry and benchtops

Radiata Display Cabin 2019

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