BURSWOOD-BASED Right Homes was one of two Western Australian winners at the national Housing Industry Association-Boral GreenSmart Awards, crediting a combination of sustainability and affordability for its win.
Right Homes won the GreenSmart ‘project home of the year’ award for its 9-star Carbon Neutral Home.
National Lifestyle Villages was the winner of the GreenSmart community development award for its Tuart Lakes Lifestyle Village project.
Right Home’s display home in Wesley Avenue, Aveley, is now for sale and was constructed using recyclable building materials.
The house is carbon neutral, producing more energy than it requires over a year.
“The house is obviously at the top of its field; it’s a real showcase on how to build an affordable sustainable home,” Right Homes director Gary Wright said. “So many sustainable homes are built with no thought to affordability.”
He said among the standout features were the home’s water efficiency and its solar passive design.
“The house will operate all year round without the need for heating and cooling,” Mr Wright said. “This house will operate anywhere between 18 and 28 degrees year around.”
He said Right Homes was aiming to become a market leader in the field of environmentally responsible housing.
“We’re also looking forward to our new display home, which will have a few surprises.”
National Life Style Villages’ Tuart Lakes-Rockingham development was commended for several environmentally friendly features, including water sensitive urban design, provision of non-potable water and effective solar orientation of lots.
NLV credited its success to a business model that allows residents to downsize from their high-maintenance family home.
“We now understand the quality of our homes has met with high acceptance in the marketplace with statistics showing us 42 per cent of NLV residents would have remained in their existing homes if the NLV-style of housing and community living had not been available,” NLV chief executive Mike Hollett said.
