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 |
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 |
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[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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