Rodway Passive House
Rodway Passive House
This multigenerational house is home to seven occupants aged 16 to 88 and is an example of how building a larger house need not be damaging to the environment. The home is built to the Passive House Standard to ensure comfortable temperatures year round and guaranteed fresh air. Step free access, accessible bathrooms and a dog door means the house is suited to its occupants no matter what stage they are in their lives. It uses mostly wood based products in its construction like timber stud walls, Steico wood fibre insulation, Weathertex cladding, spruce triple glazed windows and reclaimed ash timber floors and ceilings.
The house was opened last year while under construction, so if you attended those tours, you might want to see the finished house this year.
Sustainability Features
- Energy efficiency:
- Draught proofing
Efficient lighting
Efficient appliances
- Passive heating cooling:
- Cross ventilation
Heat recovery ventilation system
Passive solar designed home
- Active heating cooling:
- Heat exchange ventilation system
Split system airconditioner
- Water heating:
- Hot water heat pump
- Water harvesting and saving features:
- Rainwater storage - Above ground
- Above ground rainwater storage Type:
- tanks
- Above ground rainwater storage Size
- 22000L
- Energy Efficient Lighting
- LED lights throughout
- Electric Vehicle
- Tesla
- Window Protection:
- Adjustable Shading
External window hoods/surrounds
- Sustainable materials:
- Timber flooring and ceiling linings from reclaimed timber.
Biax waffle slab - no foam
Lower carbon concrete with fly ash
Aluminium clad timber windows
Wood fibre insulation
- Recycled and reused materials:
- Timber
- Insulation Type:
- Under-roof
Ceiling
Internal walls
External walls
Floor
- Ceiling Type:
- Blow in high density glass wool
- Ceiling Rating:
- R7.0
- Floor Type:
- XPS insulation above slab
- Floor Rating:
- R3.0
- Under Roof Insulation Type:
- none
- Under Roof Insulation Rating:
- R0
- Internal Walls Insulation Type:
- Wood fibre batts
- Internal Walls Insulation Rating:
- R2.5
- External Walls Rating:
- R5.0
- External Walls Type:
- Wood fibre batts and wood fibre boards
- All-Electric Home?
- Yes
- Renewable energy used:
- Solar PV grid connect
- Size of PV system:
- 10kW
- House Size
- 340m2
- BAL Rating
- BAL – Low: There is insufficient risk to warrant specific construction requirements
- Roof
- Metal (Colorbond)
- Wall Materials
- Brick veneer
Lightweight construction (timber frame)
- Window and Door Types
- Triple glazing
- Universal design accessability
- Adaptive design
Multi-generational
Universal access
Wheelchair accessible
- Universal Design Features
- Flush thresholds (no lip) to all external doors
- Number of bedrooms
- 5
- Number of bathrooms
- 4
- Healthy Home Materials
- Airtight house design
Heat recovery ventilation (HRV)
- Healthy home features
- Airtight house design
Heat recovery ventilation (HRV)
- Housing Type:
- Standalone House
- Project Type:
- New Build
- Builder
- Craft Building
- Designer
- Envelope Architecture
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