Hempcrete House - Lyonville
“We designed a beautiful and high efficiency house with James, Claire and the crew at Altereco. We wandered in with our design and construction concepts and they immediately got on board with our vision and helped us bring it to life. We are thrilled with the result! We now have built a gorgeous hempcrete house that is thermally efficient, space efficient, comfortable and healthy. It exceeds all our expectations! And it’s now an award winning house too! They weren’t afraid to constantly strive for improvement or work with unfamiliar building materials. Highly recommend working with Altereco.”
Sustainability & Performance Specs
Project type: New Build
Performance: High performance
Heating demand: NatHERS heating load: 89.5 MJ/m2
Cooling demand: NatHERS cooling load: 23.2MJ/m2
Ceiling/roof R values: R 7.0
Floor: Ground floor: Concrete slab. Mezzanine floor: Timber floor R 1.8 insulation.
Wall assembly: 300mm cast Hempcrete walls & 90mm frame R 4.25
Windows & doors: Miglas AliClad double-glazed windows and sliding doors
NatHERS: 7.6 Stars
Orientation/shading/eaves: North: wide & high eaves to upper glazing, shade pergola to lower glazing. East: nil, minimal windows West: nil, small windows. South: eave
Heat pump hot water: Reclaim Hot Water Heat Pump System
Solar PV: 5.2kW solar PV on shed
Water: 22,000L
Size: 104m2 + shed
Other: Reclaimed messmate timber floorboards used to make upstairs floor, internal timber doors, skirting boards, architraves & shelves. 45mm solid reclaimed messmate front door. Reclaimed messmate staircase & banister by Kigsaw Staircases, Woodend. Ikea kitchen cabinets with fronts made from reclaimed messmate floorboards.
Builder: owner builder