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This near-complete family home is a pure expression of high-performance design. A street-to-north orientation will see the front yard dominated by food producing raised garden beds in front of an optimised façade that captures just enough solar heat for winter warmth.

The photovoltaics cover the entire north roof, again, sized perfectly to maximise electricity production for both home and (future) vehicle, plus some extra for giving back.

Project Details

A green roof over the garage will provide a beautiful outlook from the second living space while also providing a home for beehives and a native garden.

The home will seek passivhaus certification upon completion. It is also a pilot project in the GreenStar Homes program. The initial blower door test result was 0.30ACH50.

The thermal envelope is a prefabricated panelised system from Carbonite. It was erected in three days, as seen in the time lapse video below.

Photography by Chris Nunn

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At Envirotecture we design beautiful, sustainable buildings that work for you, your family or your business.

With over 35 years’ experience in sustainable architecture, we can offer you a full range of building design and consulting services to deliver the best possible built outcome for your build.

Facilitate and future-proof your lifestyle with our cost-effective designs that provide stylish design solutions. See our sustainable design portfolio.

We Design for Comfort
Our designs, using state-of-the-art materials and passive design principles, will keep you cool in summer and warm in winter.

We Design for Style
You want you to enjoy spaces that inspire your soul. We will design your building so that it not only works really well, it looks great too!

We Design for Value
We can give you the biggest bang for your buck. Our sustainable designs are an affordable alternative to traditional design and will significantly reduce your long-term operating costs.

We Design for the Environment
When you chose our sustainable architectural solutions your build will have a direct beneficial impact on the environment by helping to:

  • protect the ecosystem
  • reduce emissions
  • improve air and water quality
  • conserve water
  • reduce waste
  • conserve and restore natural resources

We Design for the Future
Our architectural solutions will help create you a responsive, beautiful, energy efficient home that will continue to work for you and your family as your needs changes.

Sustainable design will also optimize the life cycle of your building and increase your property value.

We use the latest technology to ensure clever, creative design solutions that last the distance.

We Design for Business
You want your commercial building to provide environmental, economic and social benefits to your business.

We can design your building to:

  • help reduce your operating costs
  • improve workplace environment
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We Believe in Giving Back
At Envirotecture we always have a pro bono project, or ‘love job’ on the go.

The current Love Job is for the Read Triplets who are wheelchair bound with muscular dystrophy

Previous love jobs include:

  • Wakisa Foundation's shelter for homeless pregnant girls in Kampala, Uganda
  • the Laotian School project

We Believe in Sustainable Architecture

We have over 35 years’ experience in sustainable design, and our team are all leaders in their fields.

We each bring different skill sets to the business but we all are inspired by sustainable design because we see the difference it makes on so many levels.