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Picking a site with potential
Searching for that ideal house or site to turn into your sustainable dream home? What should you look for and what should you avoid?
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Daylight your home
With the advent of solar-powered LED technologies you can now bring ‘daylight’ into your home or apartment without compromising the building envelope – but if you want the real thing, there are several energy-rated skylights on the market.
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Project green: Low energy project homes
Which large-scale project home builders now have a low-energy offering in the catalogue of possible house designs?
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Subscribe to Sanctuary magazine
Modern green homes in Australia's premier publication dedicated to sustainable home design.
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From the ground up: A modern take on earth building
Dick Clarke outlines the modern application of one of the oldest building materials around.
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A small idea
A tiny 7 Star project home on the outskirts of Geelong represents the culmination of years of practice and thinking for builder and designer Sally Wills.
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Design for climate change – tropical Australia
Tropical design experts consider the impact on the built environment and suggest how we might create high performing energy-efficient homes to last.
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Window ratio to floor area advice
Is there an optimum window-to-floor ratio for different locations?
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The ins and outs of reverse brick veneer
Turning an inside-out world the right way around again with reverse brick veneer construction.
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Off-grid living in the Adelaide Hills
With its own electricity and water supply this Adelaide Hills home demonstrates modern off-grid living.
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Ask our experts: Choosing tiles
Melissa Wittig helps a reader with a question on the tricky subject of sustainable tiling.
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Sustainable kitchens & bathrooms on a budget
Some expert tips for sustainable kitchen renovations with small budgets.
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