Scarborough Sustainable Home
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House Notes – Scarborough Sustainable Home
This two story sustainable home takes advantage of the ocean views and cooling breeze. Designed with the main living area and main bedroom upstairs, allowing for night time purging of hot air in summer. Windows locations and size in the bedroom promote night time cooling breezes across the bed.
The location of the balcony takes in the views without compromising the passive solar heat gain required in winter to keep my home warm in winter.
The ground floor is designed to be multi-functional and can easily be converted into a ground floor apartment for someone with limited mobility.
Sustainability Features
- Energy efficiency:
- Draught proofing
Efficient lighting
Efficient appliances
- Passive heating cooling:
- Cross ventilation
Passive solar designed home
Thermal mass
- Water heating:
- Solar hot water (flat panel)
- Water harvesting and saving features:
- Rainwater storage - Above ground
- Above ground rainwater storage Type:
- Tank
- Above ground rainwater storage Size
- 2000L
- Energy Efficient Lighting
- Natural daylight
- Window Protection:
- Drapes/curtains
Eaves
Pelmets
- Insulation Type:
- Under-roof
Ceiling
External walls
- Ceiling Type:
- Bulk – polyester
- Ceiling Rating:
- R4.0
- Under Roof Insulation Type:
- Reflective foil
- External Walls Type:
- Reflective insulation
- All-Electric Home?
- No
- Renewable energy used:
- Solar PV grid connect
- Total cost of home when constructed:
- $400,000 (2017)
- House Size
- 200m2
- BAL Rating
- No BAL rating requirements at time of construction
- Roof
- Metal (Colorbond)
- Wall Materials
- Double brick
Reverse Brick veneer
- Window and Door Types
- Sliding windows/doors
- Universal design accessability
- Multi-generational
Universal access
- Universal Design Features
- 80cm minimum door opening width
Flush thresholds (no lip) to all external doors
Hobless showers
Minimum 110cm wide hallways
Semi recessed basins
Window openings easily accessible
- Number of bedrooms
- 3
- Number of bathrooms
- 2
- Garden / Outdoors
- Bee hotels/friendly
Composting
Edible garden
Native plants
Water wise plants
Wicking beds
Worm farm
- Waste Reduction Practices:
- Compost all food scraps
Recycle
Repair
- Healthy home features
- Cross flow ventilation
Natural light and ventilation
- Housing Type:
- Standalone House
- Project Type:
- New Build
- Open with support of
- Solar Dwellings
- Builder
- Danmar
- Designer
- Solar Dwellings
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