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Sustainable Homes Series When you build a home for you and your family to live in what do you look for? Functionable kitchen, good sized bedrooms, storage, Lighting and power outlets and most importantly heating and cooling options. Did you know that an average...
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Sustainable Homes Series When you build a home for you and your family to live in what do you look for? Functionable kitchen, good sized bedrooms, storage, Lighting and power outlets and most importantly heating and cooling...
How we design our sustainable homes
Our homes are one of the biggest investments we make in our lives. At Eco Abode we believe that whilst building our homes we want to be considerate to our environment because it is our children's future. When we design a sustainable home for you we ask the following...
Affordability and Sustainability in Housing trends in Perth
Western Australia’s standard of living is declining, left unaddressed it will continue falling. One of these inefficiencies is that most first home buyers are now encouraged to buy on the outskirts of Perth which then boosts more urban sprawl rather than making the...
Energy consumptions in an Average Australian Household
Household energy usage: (http://www.yourhome.gov.au/energy) An average Australian household uses 40% of it’s energy to heat or cool the dwelling. The next big hit to our energy usage are all the appliances (e.g. refrigeration, cooking appliances, washing...
Water is Life
The life of this planet depends on WATER! Nothing can survive without it. Food cannot grow without water, humans cannot survive without food or water. Water supports the immense diversity of life on Earth. ‘But fresh water, in turn, isn’t possible without a healthy...
Environmental issues we are facing presently
We need to respect and treasure what we have and our relationships to nature. We need to maintain and preserve the environment we live in. Globally we have so many environmental issues, and we need to address these. Pollution is one of the biggest issues. There...
Have you ever thought about how much our homes are impacting our environment?
Ecologists have long thought that growing human populations are a threat to the environment. But it turns out that sheer numbers of people may not be as important as how those people choose to live....
Sustainable Design
In The Philosophy of Sustainable Design, Jason F. McLennan said designers should "eliminate negative environmental impact completely through skillful, sensitive design." Application of this view can differ within the different fields of the industry, from the...
Solar Passive Design Principles
In Australia we use Solar Passive Design principles. Orientation of the home is an important aspect of the design. In the Southern hemisphere the sun is always on the North side of a building. North facing windows are beneficial in the winter since the sun will...