Print Media
renew magazine - July 2019 - ISSUE 148
Built with solar, runs on solar
Designing and building a more sustainable home is fertile ground for innovative ideas. Howard and Libby Elston explain how generators were largely avoided when building three new units.
What happens when everyone is ready to start a sustainable building project, but there’s a delay in getting a temporary connection to the electricity grid? For this suburban project, the solution was to try a bold experiment with a solar-powered off-grid worksite.
“So our builder David Coates from Sustainable Building and Design began to investigate alternative power supplies.”
sanctuary magazine -NOVEMBER 2021- ISSUE 57
The accidental development
A pair of Melbourne retirees sets the standard for ‘empty nests’ of the future, building their ultimate sustainable home and a couple more for good measure.
ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN MAGAZINE - Oct-Dec 2021/Vol 57 No 4/Project Products People
We were very proud to be featured for our award winning Urban Green Home Development Project
SUSTAINABLE HOUSE DAY - green home build
This light-filled contemporary home, completed in 2020, showcases what is possible when sustainability is embedded in the design DNA by Sustainable Building and Design.
Winning three awards in the 2021 Architecture & Design Sustainability Awards indicates our home is amongst the best for recent sustainable Australian builds. The home won both the “Single Dwelling (New)” and “Smart Building Ideas” awards with David Coates, the designer/builder winning the “Emerging Sustainable Architect/Designer” award.
ABC nEWS - APRIL 2022
Living in 7-star energy-efficient homes would cut Australian energy bills by an average of $450 a year and help address climate change by reducing emissions, according to a new report from the Climate Council.
The Climate Council’s Tents to Castles report has found an 7-star all-electric house would save households an average of $450 a year (between $119 and $945) on heating and cooling, compared to the current building standard of 6-stars.
State and territory ministers will meet in July to review the 11-year-old laws that set the minimum energy efficiency standards in new home builds. The Climate Council is calling on ministers to change the National Construction Code (NCC) to increase the 6-star standard to 7-stars.
ARENAWIRE - High tech home provides a glimpse of the future - nov 2019
High tech home provides a glimpse of the future
Do you have a high tech home with solar panels charging big banks of batteries, a sophisticated energy management system to coordinate smart appliances, and a point to charge your electric vehicles?
Has your high tech home been designed to capture warmth from the sun during winter, and stay cool during summer?
Probably not yet, but that might soon change.