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Come along to the Warrnambool Library this Thursday to hear more about Biophilic Design and why we should lean into this idea to enhance our health and wellbeing.

📣🌿DON'T MISS THIS WEEK'S EXPAND YOUR MIND🌿📣
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Fiona Golding from Live Architecture
Thursday 15 February 6.30pm

Biophilic Design is a philosophy connecting people to nature through built environments, enhancing well-being and productivity. It's not just a style but a sensory expression of nature, seen in examples like the Sydney Opera House and art nouveau. Exploring its pioneers, we delve into the principles and framework for designing structures inspired by the complexity and beauty of nature.

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We are back from our break and excited to continue working on our beautiful, healthy & energy efficient projects, like this one - The Retreat.

One year on, still looking great 👍🏻 Low maintenance Cemintel cladding.

Kitchen checklist. ✔️ sun
✔️ timber bench top ✔️ spots for plants 🪴 ✔️ colour ✔️ awesome tiles Build by .build, Dhauwurd Wurrung country.

A beautiful day to visit country ☀️

From January 1st, 2024 any planning permits for new homes will only connect to all electric networks - no gas!
We support this decision the Victoria Government has made to move to all electric homes as we have already seen the benefits of more efficient, cheaper and cleaner electric appliances in highly energy efficient homes that can be paired with your solar pv and battery, delivering greater savings.

Rammed earth and an antique timber door are such a good pair for a natural home. Especially with winter sun streaming in at this retreat home in Giraiwurung country.

Hempcrete home looking amazing thanks to and owners.
It has such a soft and natural feel, with the board & batten cladding, render and bluestone sills.
Not to mention triple glazed windows from !
Amazing work by all.
Architect Live Architecture.

Thank you Jennie for sharing this unfortunate but important fact within the building industry.

We too have seen massive price increases across all projects in the last 2 years. It is difficult to quantify and to pinpoint just one factor, it is indeed the culmination of events, conditions, processes and availability.

We want this on the record for all to see. I (Jenny) posted this on Instagram yesterday in relation to our beautiful Biraban House in Macquarie which is featuring in Sustainable House Day this year. It has had responses from across the country.

We are super proud of this wonderful project, like every home we apply our integrated science and architecture approach to. See link at the end for more info.

As most of you reading know, we are passionate about making quality housing accessible to the mainstream market. To us, sustainability includes *affordability*.

Sadly (& we mean with serious sadness and stress) we are watching affordability disappear.

ALL of our work, predominantly renovations these days, not just new builds, have seen *huge* increases in price. I’m not going to pretend to be able to explain why but I’ll list a few things that may have combined to lead us here: COVID, supply chains, labour shortages, skill shortages, time delays, climate change, climate disasters, war, housing crisis, inflation, interest rates.

It is a tremendously stressful time. The construction industry is working hard but few people are making money. We (the industry more broadly) are in survival mode at a time when our services are needed.

This needs to be discussed not hidden away. Ignorance is not blissful.

https://www.lighthouseteam.com.au/projects-custom/biraban-house

https://sustainablehouseday.com/listing/biraban-house/

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New home completed December 2022, perfect timing for Xmas 🎄 I visited the home last week and it looks fab 👌🏻

Sustainable House day is only a week away!
Join us next weekend for a tour through a thermally efficient Rammed Earth Home. Beautiful indoor / outdoor living and some Solar & hydronic tech for those inclined.

The Quarry transformation has won an award at the Premiers Sustainability Awards!
Very grateful to have helped out with this project. Congratulations Warrnambool Community Garden 🪴

We won!! Well done team and community.

Yes, 7 stars will now be the minimum standard! 👏

Building Ministers have agreed to the final changes to the 2022 edition of the National Construction Code, delivering cost-effective energy efficiency improvements to new homes. 🏠

NCC 2022 sets the new minimum thermal performance of new homes to the equivalent of “7 stars” NatHERS rating. 🌞

This will mean more comfortable homes and significant savings on energy bills. 💸

Find out more about NCC 2022 on our website http://ow.ly/TBxa50Ku0jO and the BMM Communique (http://ow.ly/50r050Ku0jP).

Those stone feels 🙌🏻 new home at Camperdown has both old time & modern vibes

A new initiative to keep an eye on for energy saving tips for your home - head over to the Residential Efficiency Scorecard page

Residential Efficiency Scorecard Australia's trusted energy rating and advice program for existing homes.

Australian homes are of the leakiest in the world.

'Older houses can have an “airtightness” of more than 30 changes an hour – that is, all the air inside them will leak out 30 times every hour at 50 pascals of pressure. In newer homes it’s closer to 10-15 air changes. In comparison a high performance “Passivhaus” benefits from 0.6 or fewer air changes per hour. For many of us, we are paying thousands of dollars a year to heat our homes, only for this heat to escape straight through gaps in the walls.'

This is why we are moving towards Passive House as the better way to build. Why build to a 'minimum' standard that is lagging behind the world standard?

Freezing indoors? That’s because Australian homes are closer to tents than insulated eco-buildings | Philip Oldfield Our national building standards need to be overhauled to fight climate change and energy poverty – and improve our lives

We love the simplicity of this wetroom bathroom design with separate vanity.
The handmade ‘Hikari’ bath by The Japanese Bath Company came with a complimentary Japanese maple tree!

'Ratings range from 0 stars, for a house that would provide no protection at all from the climate, to 10 stars, where virtually no artificial heating or cooling is needed all year round. The current minimum performance for new homes is 6 stars, which has been in place since 2011. However, the average Australian home sits at just 1.8 stars. This is perhaps closer to a tent than a modern eco-house.'

'There are two solutions to this crisis. Firstly, we need to significantly tighten our building regulations. Why is this important? We know that over three-quarters of new houses are built to just minimum performance requirements – few go above this. The good news is Australian regulations will increase minimum performance from 6 stars to 7 stars from September. While this is a start, we will still be behind the EU, where all new buildings are required to meet nearly zero energy performance – these are buildings that require very low amounts of energy.'

We need to also look at retrofitting our existing homes as a priority.

Freezing indoors? That’s because Australian homes are closer to tents than insulated eco-buildings | Philip Oldfield Our national building standards need to be overhauled to fight climate change and energy poverty – and improve our lives

Check out the shine on that burnished slab 👌🏻 perfection.

Here at Live Architecture we already offer 7 star homes as our baseline, would be great to see this become the Australian wide standard also.

Why many Australian homes are colder than living in Chicago, and what some groups are pushing for to change that Living in seven-star energy-efficient homes would cut Australian energy bills by an average of $450 a year and help address climate change by reducing emissions, according to a new report from the Climate Council.

A great local program, be sure to look into it!

Green Futures Now Green Futures Now! is a leadership program for people aged 12 – 25 to build knowledge and activate participation and solutions to address climate change. Green Futures Now! involves a series of intensive workshops and activities that support young people with the climate issues facing our region. ...

Don’t miss out! It is going to be a really interesting morning.

Have you booked for our business breakfast yet? Numbers are limited and its open to women and men. Join us at BPW South West to hear from an expert panel about the south-west property market.
First National Real Estate Warrnambool Live Architecture Land In Warrnambool Holmes McLeod Consulting Engineers 3YB FM Warrnambool Standard ABC South West VIC Warrnambool City Council

Site visit this morning with sprawling views to Port Campbell. Excited to start on this unique Eco Home.