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Denese Bottrell
Denese isn't a designer and doesn't live in Australia but she visits us often. She's also so passionate about thoughtful design that she's committed a good part of her career to it.
She believes that while there is a science behind green design, equally important is confidently creating a space you’ll love. After all, if you love it, you'll take care of it and maybe even pass it along to someone else. She says that’s the ultimate in sustainable, green design.
Denese lives in Tucson, Arizona just south of Frank LLoyd Wright’s Foundation in Scottsdale. When she’s not scouring design blogs and magazines, she helps companies create more thoughtful, human voices through their blogs and brands. ThoughtfulContent.
Denese isn't a designer and doesn't live in Australia but she visits us often. She's also so passionate about thoughtful design that she's committed a good part of her career to it.
She believes that while there is a science behind green design, equally important is confidently creating a space you’ll love. After all, if you love it, you'll take care of it and maybe even pass it along to someone else. She says that’s the ultimate in sustainable, green design.
Denese lives in Tucson, Arizona just south of Frank LLoyd Wright’s Foundation in Scottsdale. When she’s not scouring design blogs and magazines, she helps companies create more thoughtful, human voices through their blogs and brands. ThoughtfulContent.
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Green building: the zero carbon homeBuilding an affordable house with zero carbon emissions is now a reality for everyday Australian families thanks to the latest CSIRO project.
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| Designed by the CSIRO and produced with the help of government and industry partners, the Australian Zero Emissions House (AusZEH) project is all about building sustainable houses that meet the design requirements and budget of a typical middle income Australian family. Each of the AusZEH houses achieve zero emissions by combining energy-efficient design and building practices with an on-site renewable energy supply. One of the new home-builders awarded a contract to build an AusZEH display house was Thompson Sustainable Homes, a family owned business run by former Brisbane Broncos player, Brad Thompson. The company’s Net Zero home will be on display in February 2012 at the Fitzgibbon Chase Display Village on the Sunshine Coast. Low emissions, lightweightThompson Sustainable Homes used lightweight building materials to construct its first AusZEH demonstration home.The company’s residential estimator Mike Vella who worked closely on the project, said that he likes the fact that lightweight building products can be used to build a thermally efficient home with minimal waste. “All the units are built in lightweight construction. We’re using a combination of materials externally – Scyon™ Axon™ cladding for a vertical timber-style planking, some rendered HardieTex™ sheet and a smooth sheet [EasyLap™ panel] – to create three different sorts of finishes, textures and looks. We’ll also use colour to accentuate this even further,” Vella said. Sustainable CodeOne of the aims of the AusZEH project is also to produce a technical guide for low carbon housing similar to The Code for Sustainable Homes from the UK Government, which sets sustainability standards for new home building in the UK.The Code for Sustainable Homes gives homes sustainability ratings through assessing key factors involving energy and carbon emissions, water, building materials used, surface water run-off, waste and pollution. |
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