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No roaring, energy guzzling air con here!!!!

Canberra’s Sustainable House has been designed and built using best practice passive solar principles. The house requires no heating in Canberra’s cold winters. During those hot, dry summers, Canberra’s Sustainable House is cool and comfortable. We are serious about carbon emission reduction.

Canberra’s Sustainable House showcases world’s best practice in ultra low energy consumption. Book on a tour and view the display of sustainable technologies including working examples of solar electricity, solar thermal and ultra low energy refrigeration. Stylishly integrated systems that deliver big savings.

Canberra’s Sustainable House generates more electrical energy than it uses. The surplus solar electricity generated from the roof integrated solar cells is available to local residents.

Cooking with Light

The owners of Canberra’s Sustainable House showcase innovative solar cooking technologies. Nick is in the process of developing a concentrated solar cooker. Solar cooking is one of our passions. Visit our blog for updates.

Low Emission Transport

Canberra’s Sustainable House uses a hybrid electric vehicle to conduct our services. We are investigating vehicles fueled with fish and chip oil and battery electric cars charged from our solar cells. What an exciting future.

Low Embodied Energy

Canberra’s Sustainable House showcases how to reduce the ‘embodied energy’ in constructing buildings. There is evidence throughout this home of product and design with a focus on durability and provision for materials recycling.

Extensive Recycled Timber

Recycled timber and other salvaged resources have been used extensively throughout Canberra’s Sustainable House. Where recycled timber wasn’t available plantation grown timbers were sourced. Contact us for assistance in product selection for your project.

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