The Passive House project at Life, Point Cook was born as an experiment in mass-market housing design. Two seemingly identical homes were built side-by-side at Frasers Property’s Life, Point Cook development in Melbourne. Both homes have the same orientation and the same passive solar access

This highly efficient architectural Certified Passiv Haus Plus, designed by the owner and built in a shattering 6 months from start to completion is a benchmark for high performance Passiv Haus energy efficient homes in Western Australia.

PurePassiv is a pure expression of high-performance design. A street-to-north orientation will see the front yard dominated by food producing raised garden beds in front of an optimised façade that captures just enough solar heat for winter warmth. Located in the Northern Sydney suburb of Asquith, the design approach follows the simplicity of Passive House with simple geometry and optimised window openings yet also challenges the conventions of window placement.

Bluegum: This conventional suburban style plan with an integral garage, living areas facing the street and a covered veranda across the rear is enhanced by the use of clerestory glazing.

This home breaks all the passivhaus rules; poor orientation, sprawling form, complex roofs, too much volume; yet it works like a charm! It is a demonstration of passivhaus at its best, performance driven design showing that, in the right hands, passivhaus is a flexible, adaptable standard that can deliver healthy, comfortable buildings on ‘imperfect’ sites.

Torrens Early Learning Centre is a daycare and kindergarten facility in Canberra ACT and is the only privately-owned Passivhaus educational facility in the world. The client’s goal was to build the healthiest and most sustainable childcare centre in Australia and meeting the Certified Passivhaus standard was a key performance requirement.

Large home in an inner city suburb with a good northerly aspect. Extensive glass to the north and south meant triple glazed windows and doors. Great home for entertaining with large operable expanses of glass onto a northern courtyard. Achieving the PH requirements were made more challenging by the decision to pursue certification after the planning was completed and 80% documented.

APHA member John Beurle for Passive House Services. Aiming for Passive House Certification

APHA Members Linden Thorley Architect. Aiming for Passive House Certification.

APHA Member Gruen Eco Design. Aiming for Passive House Certification.

APHA Member Gruen Eco Design. Aiming for Passive House Certification.

APHA Member Alexander Symes Architect. Aiming for Passive House Certification.

APHA Member Dieppe Design. Aiming for Passive House Plus Certification.

APHA Member H4 Living. Aiming for Passive House Certification.

APHA Member Dieppe Design. Aiming for Passive House Certification.

APHA Member H4 Living. Aiming for Passive House Certification.

APHA Member Dieppe Design. Aiming for Passive House Certification.

APHA Member Felicity Bernstein (Hutt Sustainable Building Supplies) and Marc Bernstein-Hussmann. Aiming for Passive House Certification.

APHA Member Leanhaus. Aiming for Passive House Standard Certification.

APHA Member Blue Eco Homes. Aiming for Passive House Plus Certification.