Sustainable Home Brisbane incorporates many clever design features that assist with environmental sustainability – water, energy, air, soil and biodiversity management are all essential elements for healthy residential living. Applying sustanability principles to our housing is a simple and long-term solution for a sustainable future, and the Brisbane home provides visitors with a first-hand experience.

http://www.sustainable-homes.org.au/03_projects/brisbane/brisbane.htm

The Rotorua NOW Home® is a first-time collaboration between Beacon Pathway Ltd and Housing New Zealand Corporation. The new, three-bedroom home in Fordlands has been designed to focus on energy efficiency, sustainable water use, effective storm water disposal and waste reduction.

The home will incorporate three bedrooms, a study / guest room and two bathrooms to meet the local target market of second and third home buyers with a medium income, two children and committed to living and working in the city. The designs will have readily accessible areas making it easier to move around within the home.

This year's project is created with Universal Design principles—the concept of designing a more functional, comfortable home for you and your family throughout the many stages of life.

http://www.cookinglight.com/cooking/hl/attitudes/article/0,13803,1721413,00.html

Salmen says, “Some people do not understand people’s range of abilities and how an environment may limit them. Insensitivity to disability issues is a great liability. Understanding people as well as architecture is necessary to create something truly functional. If you don’t get both parts of the equation right, you’ll probably end up with something that misses the mark.

This house design explores ways in which a typical, large suburban house can be used flexibly to facilitate different and multiple occupant living arrangements within the one house. It addresses many sustainability issues that are currently being ignored by typical project home designs.

http://www.sustainable-homes.org.au/03_projects/caboolture/caboolture.htm

The Elements represents social, economic and environmental sustainability objectives which are all designed to minimise our impact on the earth, and in turn, help ensure a quality of life for future generations.

http://www.landcorp.com.au/portal/page?_pageid=491,478294&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

Lifetime Design homes vary dramatically in appearance and style.
What they all share in common is the flexibility to adapt to whatever
comes along in life: a teenager with a broken leg, a family member with
serious illness, a parent carrying in heavy shopping or managing a
pushchair, an old person wanting to maintain their independence. In
order to be awarded the Lifemark, a home must meet all the Lifetime
Design Home Standards.

Virtual tour of a Lifetime Design home

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsQXxdiezGs&feature=related

Smart Houses are more liveable, safe, secure, environmentally friendly
and cost-efficient. They will be instrumental in helping realise the
State Government’s objective to provide Queenslanders with access to
safe, secure and appropriate housing in sustainable communities.

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/smart_housing/example/springfield.asp

The Research House project investigates building ‘smarter’ and more ‘environmentally responsive’ homes. It brings together new and innovative design concepts, technologies and products and tests them in a single living environment to improve housing for Queenslanders.

http://www.build.qld.gov.au/research/research08.asp

Virtual tour