Sustainable Design Archives - Page 4 of 4

Picking a site with potential

12 Sep 2016

Searching for that ideal house or site to turn into your sustainable dream home? What should you look for and what should you avoid?

Ideas & Advice

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.

Ideas & Advice

Project green: Low energy project homes

10 May 2016

Which large-scale project home builders now have a low-energy offering in the catalogue of possible house designs?

Ideas & Advice

From the ground up: A modern take on earth building

15 Apr 2016

Dick Clarke outlines the modern application of one of the oldest building materials around.

Ideas & Advice

A small idea

16 Feb 2016

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.