St Kilda Ecohouse

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The St Kilda Ecohouse was a project of the Port Phillip EcoCentre. The goals were to transform the house and garden on the corner of the St Kilda Botanical Gardens into a model sustainable building to provide education and inspiration to the wider community, acting as a seed for further change. An existing brick house was redesigned and refitted with sustainable features, including:

• water harvesting, conserving and recycling achieving zero discharge from the residential site (including the majority of storm water)
• energy saving features, including:
  • passive solar design
  • active solar technologies (photovoltaic panels and solar hot water)
  • energy efficiency
  • embodied energy savings
• use of non-toxic, recycled and local materials.

The house promotes sound living practices, and provides a pleasant and nourishing living environment.

Location	St Kilda Botanical Gardens
Street	Cnr Herbert and Blessington Streets, St Kilda
Melway ref	58 B11
Country	Australia
Type	Residential
House size	Medium
Contact	Port Phillip Ecocentre
Phone	+613 9534 0670
Fax	+613 9525 3312
Email	info@ecocentre.com

Summary of house features

• Passive solar design
• Solar panels, grid interactive
• Solar hot water
• Rainwater tanks
• Low power appliances
• Double glazed windows

Contents 1 Gallery 2 Credits 3 Sponsors 4 Feedback or comments on this article 5 External links

[edit] Gallery

North side with panels	Meters	Resource room	Side view
Water tank (buried)	Vege patch	Waste water treatment system	UV greywater treatment

[edit] Credits

• Principle Architect: Peter Ho, PHOOEY ARCHITECTURE
• Builder: Duncan Hall, Green House Sustainable Building Systems P/L
• Construction Project Management: FMSA Pty Ltd
• Project Coordinator 2000-2003: Peter Barker
• Landscape Architect: Martin Reeves

[edit] Sponsors

• City of Port Phillip
• The Government of Victoria. The Department of Infrastructure. The Department of Sustainability
• B'nai B'rith Environment Group
• Earthcare St Kilda
• DNRE - Coasts and Clean Seas Program
• John T Reid Charitable Trust
• William Buckland Foundation
• Equity Trustees
• Central Equity
• South East Water
• Melbourne Water
• The Myer Foundation
• The Reichstein Foundation
• Helen Macpherson Smith Fund

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[edit] External links

• St Kilda Ecohouse