North South Homes Pty Ltd
Best Sustainable Home Under $1M
About the winning project
The clients were first and foremost seeking a high performing certified passive house to ensure their health and comfort. To them a passive house would answer their needs to have a home that encompasses not only sustainable building practices and running costs but also allows them year round comfort and in particular a healthy living environment. Vital to achieving this was conserving water resources through rainwater harvesting and storage, minimising external concrete and utilising mulching in gardens; incorporating renewable energy power sources thanks to 7.4kW of solar panels, a 7.1 kWh redback battery, north facing windows and the home achieved a 7.6 start energy rating; incorporating energy-efficient services for lighting, heating, air conditioning and ventilation ; and the design of waste management and recycling initiatives, whereby compostable materials are returned back into the landscape as a circular economy.
