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SUHOstudio House

This passive design house requires no active heating or cooling. Built to a low air infiltration rate of 3.6 ACH@50 Pascals using Structural Insulated Panels (SIP); using internal thermal mass, double glazing, ‘coptered’ slab and smart glass with fixed and adjustable shading. These features all add to the performance of this building. A monitoring system tracks actual performance against predicted thermal performance.

A low maintenance drought tolerant garden reduces water requirements.

The build, recently featured on Channel Nine’s “Building Ideas” and in “The Owner Builder” magazine shows how sustainable houses can be built on reasonable budgets.

Sustainability Features

ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENT FEATURES

- Energy efficiency:
- Efficient lighting
  Draught proofing
  Efficient appliances
  Energy monitoring
- Passive heating cooling:
- Shading
  Cross ventilation
- Active heating cooling:
- Ceiling fans
- Water heating:
- Hot water heat pump
- Water harvesting and saving features:
- Stormwater management
  Low flow shower heads
  Low flow taps
  Storage connected to
- Storage connected to
- Toilet
  Laundry
  Whole house

SUSTAINABLE & RECYCLED MATERIALS

- Recycled and reused materials:
- Paperock, recycled paper benchtops
- Sustainable materials:
- Paperock, sisal, Bamboo, LED lighting
- Recycled and reused materials:
- Bricks

INSULATION SPECIFICATIONS

- Insulation Type:
- Ceiling
  Internal and external walls
- Ceiling Type:
- Pozi Truss, skillion
- Ceiling Rating:
- R6
- Floor Rating:
- CSOG
- Internal / External Walls Type:
- SIPS
- Internal / External Walls Rating:
- R2 / R3

RENEWABLE ENERGY SPECIFICATIONS

- Energy star rating:
- 7.9 NatHERS Stars
- Renewable energy used:
- Solar PV grid connect

COSTS AND COST SAVINGS

- Cost estimate of sustainable home/features:
- 150,000

HOUSE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS

- House Size
- 125 sqm
- Window and Door Types
- Double glazing
  Low-e, films
  Clerestory windows
- Universal Design Features
- Multi-generational
  Adaptive design
- Number of bedrooms
- 2
- Number of bathrooms
- 2

GARDEN AND WASTE REDUCTION

- Garden / Outdoors
- Water wise plants
  Edible garden
  Native plants

HEALTHY HOME FEATURES

- Healthy home features
- Natural paints, No VOC sealers

SUHOstudio House 2016

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