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Resource Efficiency
Materials Selection
- Structural system is load bearing brick work with reduced steel and concrete
- Low embodied energy content materials
- Reconstituted bricks, no plaster
- Recycled windows & doors
- Recycled timber flooring, stairway; new SA pine plantation timber for windows and upstairs flooring
- Reflective bubble insulation with optimum R-values (Alucushion)
- Paints, finishes and treatments; non-toxic -- linseed and citrus timber treatment; water-based masonry sealer and wall paints
(Envirotouch, Breathecoat)
- Re-use of felled tree, rocks and builders waste on site used in landscaping, garden and building
- Locally sourced materials and contractors
- Minimum transport to and from site of construction materials
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Use of alien tree branches for window
shading and fencing; |
External paving allows rain
water through to aquafer |
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| Second hand doors and windows going in |
Collecting second hand windows
and doors from demolition yards |
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A minimum of steel was
used in the structure |
Making the eco-beams locally |
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