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What will this year hold?
What will 2016 bring to the housing industry? How will battery storage affect the way we build? What effects will renewable energy have on society? 2016 will be the year battery storage hits the Australian market HARD! Australians have begun pre-ordering the Tesla Powerwall, but Australian manufacturers such as Zen Energy and Allgrid Energy have […]
My tapwater is brown!
I woke up this morning, turned on the tap for a glass of water and the water came out BROWN!!!!! A most unsettling sight! I often don’t even look when I fill up from the tap! But I’m lucky enough to live in Melbourne in the year 2015 and I have the ability to walk […]
Christmas Rush
It’s that time of year again……. It’s head down bum up in the rush toward Christmas! Suppliers are busy, tradesmen are frantic and behind the scenes we are working long hours to ensure everything is on schedule and going according to plan. But while we are focusing on meeting deadlines and finishing our projects to […]
Do green benefits increase the value of a home?
Is building a home that works with the environment, economical to run and healthy to live in good for resale value? We’d like to think every dollar spent on our home is returned to us in monetary value at some point. But let’s not forget about the value added to improvement of the family lifestyle […]
Home Innovation
How exciting is our world today? Innovation after innovation are coming to life faster than ever before! Look at what Tesla has done with cars to make them electric! What Facebook has done with Global communication! What Apple has done with mobile phones! In this respect the construction industry is far behind…… but over the […]
Inspiring Encounters
Being a small business owner has its ups and downs… That constant internal dialogue always asking…… Are these long hours’ worth it?? Do people really care about what we are doing?? Should I just get a 9-5?? These questions are constantly going through my head…. They are consciously challenging my will to push forward with […]
Off Grid Living
With new technology becoming available every day and the release of the Tesla Powerwall, off-grid living is becoming an affordable reality for more people. Wouldn’t we all love the ability to produce our own energy, ditch the utility bills and stick it to the big corporations!? This style of living is becoming so much of […]
What to do with an Environmental Policy
My co-director and I talk weekly about how we can lessen our impact on the environment and create the most sustainable construction company we can. Over time we have put in place systems and procedures that ensure we do this but we have come to the realization we need it in writing. We had a […]
Cold Homes = High Energy Bills
It’s now winter and the majority of Melburnians are bracing for the chilly winds and cold temperatures outside and unfortunately inside our homes. We have become accustom to coming home of an evening to a freezing cold home. Then we crank up the heater and throw the electric blanket on. This results in massive Carbon […]
Benefit For All
Ecological and sustainable construction will not only benefit our environment it will benefit your hip pocket. There are many ways we can make your home more energy efficient with lower running costs. This is referred to as a Green building or Sustainable construction. It is the application of renewable energy sources, passive design, energy efficient […]
10 Things you must know before building a sustainable home
