White Box 2017

House Notes – White Box

Passive solar design with PV array and solar thermal energy storage. Lightweight construction with high performance cladding and windows, thermal mass via polished concrete floors. Cross ventilation and stack effect cooling, solar hydronic in-slab floor heating. Water storage capability, native landscaping and ionised plunge pool.

Architects of this house are Theo Krallis and Warwick Mann and the builder is North Shore Constructions.

Sustainability Features

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2017
ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENT FEATURES
    • Energy efficiency:
    • Efficient lighting
      Efficient appliances
      Smart home features
    • Passive heating cooling:
    • Shading
      Cross ventilation
      Thermal chimney
    • Active heating cooling:
    • Solar hydronic
    • Water heating:
    • Solar hot water (evacuated tube)
    • Water harvesting and saving features:
    • Underground storage
      Low flow shower heads
      Low flow taps
    • Underground rainwater storage type:
    • Polyethelene bladder in basement cavity
    • Underground rainwater storage Size:
    • 28,000l
SUSTAINABLE & RECYCLED MATERIALS
    • Sustainable materials:
    • Recycled fly ash clockwork
    • Recycled and reused materials:
    • Bricks
INSULATION SPECIFICATIONS
    • Insulation Type:
    • Ceiling
      Internal and external walls
      Floor
    • Ceiling Type:
    • Foil blanket and polyester blanket
    • Floor Type:
    • Foam void formers
    • Internal / External Walls Type:
    • Polysester blanket
RENEWABLE ENERGY SPECIFICATIONS
    • Renewable energy used:
    • Solar PV grid connect
HOUSE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS
    • Window and Door Types
    • Low-e, films
      Louvre windows
      Clerestory windows
    • Universal Design Features
    • Adaptive design
    • Number of bedrooms
    • 3
    • Number of bathrooms
    • 3
GARDEN AND WASTE REDUCTION
    • Garden / Outdoors
    • Water wise plants
      Composting
      Native plants
      Chickens
HEALTHY HOME FEATURES
    • Healthy home features
    • Non Toxic paint, no MDF
Location
Dee Why NSW 2099
    • Housing Type:
    • Standalone House
    • Project Type:
    • New Build
    • Builder
    • North Shore Constructions

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