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A home building boom fuelled by recent government grants and low interest rates has brought about some unexpected and unwelcome side effects. Leanhaus have put in place strategies to ensure that your build remains as affordable as possible.
Wood Fibre Insulation and Cladding is a high performance option for a modern sustainable home.
Choosing the right materials is an important part of every house design, but even more so for a high performance Passive House. Your framing, which provides the structure for your entire home, is especially important. That’s why we look to the ever-reliable timber. It’s been used for a very long time, and for good reason.
As the climate heats up, more and more people will be turning on the AC to keep cool. By 2050, up to two thirds of households globally will have an air conditioner, and unless the energy to power these is from sustainable sources, more and more greenhouse gas emissions will be generated which will in turn, contribute to more global warming.
But there is a way to design buildings to keep a comfortable interior environment with resorting to AC. Here are some of the strategies we deploy at Leanhaus.
Lean design and construction is, according to one definition, "a production management-based project delivery system emphasising the reliable and speedy delivery of value. It challenges the generally-accepted belief that there is always a trade-off between time, cost, quality and safety." At leanhaus, we seek to apply these ideas to the design and construction of homes and small buildings to make them more affordable, durable and comfortable. Here’s how we do it.
We spend 90% of our time indoors, but indoor environments are typically 5x more polluted than outdoors. Dust, mould, expired air, CO2 and contaminants from cooking all create an indoor environment that contributes to allergies, asthma and sleep disturbance. Rather than wait until suffering from health symptoms, it makes sense to monitor the air quality of your indoor environment.
A common misconception about Passve Houses is that you cant ventilate them naturally by opening windows. Nothing is further from the truth. Let us explain…
Passive House is a comfort standard that seeks to maintain optimum internal comfort levels with minimum energy use. So if the external temperatures are amenable, open your windows! Let that breeze through your house and enjoy the indoor / outdoor lifestyle that Perth is famous for.
