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South Australia now has its first 10 star-rated energy efficient home, which doesn’t need heating or cooling, along with other fantastic design features.

South Australia now has its first 10 star-rated energy efficient home with construction finished at the Woodforde property in Adelaide’s eastern suburbs. SUHO Studio are behind the amazing build.

The property uses the latest technology and innovation including roof, walls, windows and floor construction methods and materials to reduce energy consumption.

A house which is rated 10 out of 10 stars under the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS) does not need artificial heating and cooling to keep you comfortable which could significantly reduce household bills and benefit the environment. Instead of air conditioning, the property uses energy recovery to change the temperature of fresh air supply with the outgoing indoor passively controlled air. 

The strategy of the 10 Star Home was to provide inclusive environments to demonstrate how aspects of the building industry can foster a social commitment to an ecologically sustainable future through clever design, and collaborative and resilient relationships.

While the minimum compliance for homes in Australia is 6 stars, the design of the 10 Star Home goes above and beyond 10 stars.

The 10 Star Home demonstrates what is possible with contemporary construction materials, techniques, and interdisciplinary interactions.

Suho Studio Manager Ruth Nordstrom said the 10-star home is an immersive mode of education that reaches further than one particular subdivision of the built environment sector or consumer.

“What is most exciting is the interest growing on the other aspects ‘demonstrated in the home such as human health, indoor air quality, alleviating respiratory conditions and behavioural benefits which directly relate to aged care, education, hospitals and the like,” Ms Nordstrom said.

“Expanding on the interest of this project, the building monitors and adapts through windows, ventilation, CO2, humidity etc to the changing climatic conditions, this has resulted in a home ‘as-built’ to international standards of airtightness and indoor health, something we believe the South Australian trade economy is well equipped to provide the skills or services for.

“We can further support the implementation of such Climate Change Action Plans by providing a consumer driven change in the industry from the bottom-up as homeowners are more empowered with knowledge.

“The off-the-plan designs we are providing from this home, are also an example of how this building is replicable, providing an owner the specification to control the build of their own healthy 7+ star home and assist better living standards.”

For more information head to https://www.10starhome.com.au/

For more information on SUHO Studio, visit their website here.

Photos by Dan Schultz, Sweet Lime Photos

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