Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jun 09, 2021 10:54 am Re: Green/Sustainable/Passive Home Builders - Sydney 2Jun 09, 2021 12:06 pm 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Green/Sustainable/Passive Home Builders - Sydney 4Jun 09, 2021 12:14 pm 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Green/Sustainable/Passive Home Builders - Sydney 6Jun 09, 2021 5:17 pm You need to consider the Urban Heat Island Effect and also much stronger winds. A warming Antarctic is weakening the pressure gradient between the South Pole and the Equator, drawing the South Polar jet streams northward and tropical weather systems southward which is altering our weather patterns. As a reminder, look at what happened to the roof of the then new Kurnell desalination plant a few years ago! 2020 was a watershed year in the annals of human history, the next will be around 2026. No gas, only electricity! EV charge points. Design depends on your own circumstances but having two master bedrooms should be strongly considered for a stay at home adult kid (28 is the new 18) a guest or resident parent. Having a largish front room that can serve as a work from home and client meeting room is better than having a bedroom metres away from the footpath. If there is no immediate need, it can serve other uses. Having a good size sealed work room separated from the garage is good for a number of reasons depending on the work, hobby or even storage needs and if the garage isn't under the house roof line, parapet walls allow the roof to be designed to serve as a private open area. We are living through a time of massive disruption and we all need to be aware of outside developments that will alter our lives in many ways. 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Green/Sustainable/Passive Home Builders - Sydney 7Feb 27, 2022 9:22 am Sylvester McMonkey McBean SaveH2O I commend you for your intentions but also consider future trends, both social and climatic, in the overall design. Thanks, I will, and if you have any specific thoughts about that or examples I'd be interested to know as well. Yourhome.gov makes comments about building for future climatic trends too. Managed to get a hold of Sanctuary magazine today, it looks interesting. Hey Mate - just curious if you were able to narrow down on a sustainable home builder ? And also whether you got a rough idea of cost per sq m at all ? 0 4982 Hi all, We are looking to build a new two storey house in western Sydney. Can anyone recommend a smallish builder to go with? We are trying to stay away from the big… 0 12140 Thanks again Simeon for being so elaborate. Appreciate it. Its gives us a very idea. Kind Regards 4 3666 |