Comments on: Sustainable Building Design

By: A Shady Hedge « Ockham's Razor

A Shady Hedge « Ockham's Razor — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 12:18:37 +0000

[...] August 2009 by ClareSnow My house wasn’t sustainably designed. It faces east west, which you want to avoid when designing with passive solar principles in mind. [...]

By: Loving Libraries « Ockham’s Razor

Loving Libraries « Ockham’s Razor — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:57:28 +0000

[...] improve the eco-friendliness of libraries even more, some newly built libraries have incorporated sustainable building practices in their design. I read about two such libraries in the November 2007 issue of Incite, the [...]

By: ClareSnow

ClareSnow — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:11:47 +0000

It's not just you, the site isn't available anymore. When I checked it on the day I posted I hoped it was only temporary, but I guess its permanent. It was such a good site too. But don't despair, there's details of the house here and there's link to other houses.

By: matt

matt — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 11:16:45 +0000

Hi Claire

Happy New Year!

I’m having trouble with the Subiaco home link. May just be me.

Unfortunately probably most of us will end up dreaming of living in a ’sustainable’ home because we live in so much of the old housing stock. Even owning ones own home in the UK has become a dream. :(

Still, the UK’s first eco-village has been approved;
http://blog.environmentsolutions.co.uk/?p=70

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:15:23 +0000

I loved the Subiaco sustainable home – it’s really shaped my ideas of what my dream home would look like.

I’ve heard rumours (but haven’t been able to find solid details) that a new land development out near Armadale has oriented all the streets so that the houses will automatically be oriented better for passive solar features.