Passive Solar Designs
Want to build a smart, sustainable home?
Having a smart, sustainable home will provide many benefits. You will be able to move about easily, feel safer, save money, improve the environment and live comfortably through all stages of your life.
We can design your building with orientation so during winter, the sun (via mass walls and dark floor tiles in the right positions) acquire warmth during the day. This positioning will also help slowly release heat through the night to keep even temperature in the internal living spaces. The house is oriented to deflect the cold winter winds, creating comfortable indoor/outdoor living areas.
Create A Healthy Atmosphere
Carefully chosen windows and openings with correct orientation will result in abundant natural light, views and breezes. This creates a bright and healthy atmosphere with natural airflow.
We encourage large water tanks, as rain comes free for drinking and watering purposes, saving on the council costs.
The solar photovoltaic panels bring you free electricity with the excess stored in your batteries or sold back to the grid for further use.
Empower Your House With Solar, To Reduce Power Costs
Solar hot water is the cheapest water heating option. However, in conjunction with solar power, gas and electricity are also viable options. Using energy efficient lighting, chemical free paints and recycled timbers, further increases your quality of life and reduces your cost of living.
Well designed rooms and storage areas enhance privacy and sound barriers between the living spaces while eliminating wasted space. (Again, saving cost.)
This helps create year round comfort with open, friendly environments, using building materials that harmonise with nature.
Average Electricity use per house Qld.
Operational energy
Electrical systems are available to meter the breakdown proportions of energy used in each area of the house. This in turn helps evaluate the solar hot water and electrical systems usages.
Reduce Your Energy Consumption
An average Queensland house uses about 19kW/day* for an average of 2.7kw /person per household. This represents an impressive reduction in energy consumption. The savings can mainly be attributed to the passive cooling strategy but also to the solar-electric hot water system. The solar-electric hot water system typically uses 2.5kWh/day, compared to (approximately) 10 kWh/day for an all electric system. However, if your house is powered by solar panels, any option will be powered by solar energy. The solar power you receive will pay for the solar system.
Reduce Water
The pumps which pressurise the household water supply and recirculate the greywater through the sand filtration system consume 2.2kWh/day, on average. The research team suggest that the municipal system would use approximately 0.6kWh/day to perform the equivalent functions. Thus there is a potential energy penalty of 1.6kWh/day for the decentralised water services used in the house.