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Green Living
Living green is about living sustainably and the best time to make choices for a sustainable life is when you are building or renovating a home. The big home improvement decisions that you might only make once or twice in a lifetime – such as how you heat your hot water, or how you water your garden – are the things that really make a difference. Furthermore each state of Australia has a building code that now looks at household sustainability, so as a builder or renovator you need to make sure your property meets the sustainability requirements in your state. These days smart homeowners are going further than the minimum requirements to reduce the cost of bills and have a sustainable home that they can be proud of. In this section of Completehome.com.au you will discover the latest in green home ideas and solutions.
When Adelaide architects John Maitland and Maggie Slattery of Energy Architecture went looking for a place to live in close to the city, the last thing on their wish list was a heritage cottage. Read More »
When German backpacker Guido Eberding first landed in Australia in 1983, his initial reaction to what is now his adopted home was more a matter of complete shock than instant attraction to the “wide brown land”. Read More »
