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Brief:

 

Since 2014, Graham has been working with the community at Narara Eco Village; initially by providing NatHERS assessment of proposed cluster housing and then working closely with the community to develop their building standards.

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This resulted in a spreadsheet tool that  community members can use to assess the sustainability of their proposed designs against a range of measures - energy and water efficiency, thermal comfort, environmental impact, health and amenity.

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In 2019-2020, DHW designed a 7.9 star dual occupancy home for village members which has now been completed.  (refer BBRICS)

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The community has three planned phases for development. Stage one houses are either complete or underway. Prior to the establishment of DHW, Graham was involved in the design of 4 houses one of which was done in collaboration with Mitsuru Delisle and is now built. Ella has designed 3 houses which have been built in the ecovillage so far, BBRICS and KINTAY in stage 1, and BOOBOOK in stage 2 as well as assisted with the implementation of several modular homes that have been delivered and established on site in stage 2. There are several more in the pipeline or under construction - watch this space! 

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​​All of the houses have or will achieve high environmental performance with minimum 7 star NatHERS rating, use of recycled and rainwater systems, thermally efficient construction systems and use of natural materials such as cement soil bricks and recycled timbers. All will be fitted with photo-voltaic systems producing electricity which will feed into the village’s smart grid.​