Location & Brief
Cape Paterson, Victoria
2 Bed 1.5 Bath 1 Living
Scope of Works
Build
Partners
Builders
Martin Builders
Architecture
Clare Cousins Architects
Landscape
The Sustainable Landscape Company
Photography
Dan Hocking
10 Star NatHERS Rating
This home was designed and built to give back to nature, rather than take away from it. The 10 Star sets a precedent for how all houses should be built, striving for a zero-waste philosophy, using healthy and non-toxic materials and is carbon negative as a result. Designed in collaboration with Clare Cousins Architects, the home self-heats and cools, meaning zero utility bills, and produces more clean energy than it needs so you can offset your neighbour’s emissions. A home that is truly comfortable, functional and sustainable.
Homeowner
The 10 Star
impact over its lifetime
Measured by auditing tool, eTool
48,000,000
balloons of co2 gas removed from the atmosphere
9,553
Trees planted
212
the amount of zero energy Australian homes for a year
419
number of cars taken off the road
As a renovation project to an existing heritage home, it can sometimes be challenging to reach our carbon reduction targets. The existing house had a low energy rating due to lack of insulation and high performance glazing, while also being powered by a gas hot water system and heated by a gas-powered hydronic system.
