'Sustainable Home Hervey Bay' is now open for public inspection.
WHERE: 44 Honiton Street, Torquay
WHEN: Thursday to Sunday each week - 10am to 4pm
Go to www.sustainablehomeherveybay.qld.gov.au to see detailed information and floor plans for Sustainable Home Hervey Bay.
The Council has built the ‘Sustainable Home Hervey Bay’ project as part of a statewide initiative promoting the benefits of sustainable housing to homeowners and their communities.
The sustainable home will be opened to the public for a six to twelve month period and will demonstrate the principles of best practice sustainable housing, allowing the community to inspect the design features first hand.
By applying the design principles displayed in the sustainable home, home builders and renovators can learn how to build homes that work for them, making them more comfortable, more accessible, more liveable and more secure for people at all stages of their lives. Sustainable housing will save homeowners money in the long-term through their water and power bills.
The Sustainable Homes initiative is a national first involving the State Government, local councils and industry across Queensland working together to build a series of homes demonstrating Smart Housing principles which are socially, environmentally and economically sustainable.
For further information on the 'Sustainable Home Hervey Bay' project, please contact Andy Gaze, Manager City Health and Protection, on 07 4197 4244 or check out the links at the bottom of this page.
Ten tips for a sustainable
home
1. Use the climate in your region to naturally heat and cool
your home by considering orientation, ventilation, insulation and
shading.
2. Install solar hot water, natural gas or an electric heat
pump to lower your heating bill.
3. Living areas and at least one
bedroom and toilet should be accessible from the entry level of the house to
accommodate our changing needs.
4. Design floors and showers to be
step-free and use slip-resistant floor surfaces.
5. Reduce water use by
installing water efficient appliances and consider water tanks for gardens and
flushing toilets.
6. Ensure your house addresses the street with a house
number that is easy to read, good external lighting and a well-defined driveway
and pedestrian entries.
7. Design your home to have easy surveillance of
play areas for safety and surveillance of the street for
security.
8. Reduce the repair and ongoing maintenance costs of your
home by using low maintenance materials.
9. Ensure good indoor air
quality by avoiding materials that contain volatile organic compounds that can
cause irritation and allergies.
10. Ensure play and entertainment areas
are covered and have a good relationship to indoor
spaces.
The Project Team included:
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Ausmar Homes
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The TVS Partnership
Council would like to thank the following Sponsors of Sustainable Home Hervey Bay:
| Wide Bay Water Corporation | Samios Plumbing Supplies |
| Boral | Water Wise Design |
| Hyne Timber | Steeline Roofin Spot |
| Cardno | Waterwise Systems |
| Fraser Coast Chronicle | Access Insulation |
| Bluescope Steel | Dulux Trade |
| ARTXDESIGN Advertising | Action Tanks |
| Nutbirdz Strategic Marketing | Laminex |
| Haymans Electrical | Neumann Steel |
| Wide Bay Geotechnical Services | Hervey Bay Roof Trusses |
| Surveyors@Work | Stegbar |
| Fraser Coast Doors & Solar Centre | Wide Bay Building Consultants |
| Gambles Blinds & Awnings | Galaxy Tiles |
| Con Souvlis Betta Electrical Homemakers & Sleepzone | Shazzam Studios |
| Hervey Bay Security | |
| For more information on Sustainable Housing click on: | |
| www.sustainablehomeherveybay.qld.gov.au | |
| Sustainable Home Hervey Bay Fact Sheet | |
| Sustainable Homes Brochure | |
| www.sustainable-homes.org.au | |
| www.smarthousing.qld.gov.au | |
| Climate Smart Living | |
| www.yourhome.gov.au | |
| Sustainable Home Updates: | |
| Update 5 - April 2007 | |
| Update 4 - March 2007 | |
| Update 3 - February 2007 | |
| Update 2 - January 2007 | |
| Update 1 - December 2006 |
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