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Designer Prebuilt
The
Millennium House
Location Merricks, VIC
Project type Prefabricated house
Cost $330,000
Sustainable Keeping it simple
features
By Jenny Brown
Water Saving
•B iolytix waste water system (www.biolytix.com)
Comprises underground greywater
tank using a combination of charcoal
filters, netting, microbes and worms
to treat water. Piped to garden.
• Shutters and
pergola for shade
Building
Materials
• Plantation silvertop
ash and Carter Holt
Harvey Shadowclad
external cladding
• Plantation pine framing
Glazing
• 4mm toughened double-glazed windows
Lighting
• CFL and LED
Active Heating
• Nectre 15 pedestal wood
heater (www.nectre.com)
OTHER
• Mega Anchor building foundation
system (www.mega-anchor.com.au)
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Dickson residence
Designer Ric Butt, Strine Design
www.strinedesign.com.au
Location Dickson, ACT
Project type New build from
portfolio design
The Millennium is made principally of Cost $400,000
Hot water
• Rinnai 26 instant gas with Smart Start
Renewable Energy
• BP 1kW grid-connected photovoltaics with
Sunnyboy inverter, supplied and installed by
Green Frog Solar (www.greenfrogsolar.com)
Water saving
• 2 x 4500L Colorbond rainwater tanks
plumbed to garden, toilet and laundry with an
Aquasource pump that can switch between
tanks and mains (www.silvanh2o.com.au);
fully enclosed gutters
• Shutters and pergola for shade
Building Materials
• Highly insulated sandwich
constructed precast concrete panels
with insulated precast floor slabs,
supplied and installed by Strine
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