Hillside House

Hillside House, situated in the eastern suburb of Melbourne, is 8.1 star energy rated, all electric house.  Sited on a steep block and surrounded with begetation. The house is designed to take advantaget of the solar access for thermal comfort and natural ventilationfor summer cooling.  Built well with insulationand dynamic use of double-glazed windows and thermal mass by way of a plished concrete slab, supported with 20 k litre water tank collection and 4.3 kwPV system, the owners provide insight of the house is looking with a video tour.  Next video - Towards Carbon Zero , we analyse the level of  energy efficiency it has achieved  2 years on,  based on the power data supplied by the owners.