The Link Building – Ginninderry 2020

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The Link Building – Ginninderry
Location
Strathnairn ACT 2615
    • Housing Type:
    • Shared Community
    • Project Type:
    • New Build
    • Builder
    • Manteena

About The Link Building – Ginninderry

The Link at Ginninderry is a multi-purpose community and information centre adjacent to the Strathnairn Arts Association.

The Link building showcases Ginninderry’s commitment to sustainability. It features:

  • 30kW solar array
  • Battery and Reposit system – to store, manage and monitor energy use
  • Designed to passive solar design principles
  • Double glazing
  • Recycled timber and brick
  • Recycled content concrete for thermal mass
  • Allocated frog restoration areas
  • Native bee hotel
  • Water tanks connected to wet composting septic systems and garden irrigation systems
  • Educational material to highlight benefits of building and living within a sustainable community.

Designed by CCJ Architecture and built by Manteena.

For more information, come and visit us or check out our website, Ginninderry.

The Link is open 7 days a week: Monday to Friday from 9am – 5pm and Saturday to Sunday 10am – 4pm.

SUSTAINABLE FEATURES

Years Open
2017
2018
2020
ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENT FEATURES
    • Energy efficiency:
    • Efficient lighting
      Efficient appliances
      Energy monitoring
      Smart home features
    • Passive heating cooling:
    • Cross ventilation
      Shading
    • Active heating cooling:
    • Ceiling fans
    • Water heating:
    • Hot water heat pump
    • Electric Vehicle Type
    • Custom 6×6 Land Rover converted to all-electric vehicle
SUSTAINABLE & RECYCLED MATERIALS
    • Sustainable materials:
    • All timber recycled except FSC-certified ply, concrete decking
    • Recycled and reused materials:
    • Aggregate
      Bricks
      Concrete
      Timber
INSULATION SPECIFICATIONS
    • Insulation Type:
    • Ceiling
      Floor
RENEWABLE ENERGY SPECIFICATIONS
    • All-Electric Home?
    • No
HOUSE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS
    • Window and Door Types
    • Clerestory windows
      Double glazing
    • Universal design accessability
    • Wheelchair accessible
    • Number of bedrooms
    • 1
    • Number of bathrooms
    • 1
GARDEN AND WASTE REDUCTION
    • Garden / Outdoors
    • Bee keeping
      Composting
      Drip irrigation
      Edible garden
      Native plants

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