GREEN LIVING
The Sunlight House, Cape Patterson.
Sustainability winners from the 2020 Master Builders Victoria Excellence in Housing and Construction Awards Best Sustainable Home, Master Builders Victoria Excellence in Housing Awards 2020
Dr Phillip Alviano Sustainability Advisor
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he Sunlight House, Cape Patterson, was built by North South Homes and won Best Sustainable Home at the 2020 Master Builders Victoria Excellence in Housing Awards, and provides an excellent example of what can be achieved in new home construction.
Being built and certified to the Passive House standard required careful attention during the design and construction process to include reduced thermal bridging, high levels of insulation, quality triple glazed windows and post-construction tested airtightness of 0.6 air changes per hour @50 Pa. The high insulation levels were catered for by having wider 140mm walls with R4 insulation, 240mm roof rafters with R6 insulation and 240mm joists with
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