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The West Brunswick Sustainable House is a comfortable family home that has been re-fitted or retrofitted to have exceptional environmental performance. |
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It is Australia’s second grid connected solar house, and has generated more electricity than it has used since 1996. |
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Through the use of rainwater and recycled water, mains water consumption is less than two buckets per day, or about 97% less than the typical Melbourne house. |
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The house is set in a permaculture style garden with over 20 fruit and nut trees, vegetable garden, compost and chooks. |
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The green makeover of our house has happened progressively over time, without any need to renovate or rebuild the house. |
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Compared to the typical Melbourne home the West Brunswick Sustainable House demonstrated the following savings in 2005: |
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· >100% less electricity (10th consecutive year of solar surplus!) |
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· 92% less greenhouse gas emissions |
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· 97% less mains water |
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· 63% less natural gas |
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· 73% less discharge to the sewer* |
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· 90% less waste to landfill* (* denotes estimated) |
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Since 1996 the West Brunswick Sustainable House has attracted extensive media coverage for it’s role in pioneering sustainable living, renewable energy, water recycling and rainwater systems. |
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(Page last updated 15 April 2008) |

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Solar power |
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See how our house has performed. Download |
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10 years of solar electricity. |
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Water |
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See how our house has performed. Download |
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Water consumption data, 2000 to 2007. |

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Water recycling since 1992. |
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Rainwater tanks since 1994. |
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Solar hot water since 1995. |
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Grid connected solar electricity since 1996. |
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New rainwater system 2004. |
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New water recycling system 2004. |
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