How the Sustainable Living House came about

The Sustainable Living House project was designed to :

  • Undertake an energy make-over of an 'average' Alice Springs home  to take the house from being an energy 'poor' house to become an "Energy Champion'.
  • Provide for a demonstration home for members of the public to ‘touch and feel’ the energy  and water efficiency measures and observe their benefits and encourage them to initative these measures in their own homes. Front view of the house in 2007 before any energy and water saving initiatives were put in place

In early 2009  Alice Solar City in conjunction with Desert Smart COOLmob, went on the search for a household to become a public showcase for sustainable living.

More than 60 entries were received from the community with six being shortlisted before the final property was chosen. The owner occupier who owns the the Sustainable Living House purchased the property in 2007 and had  been working to make the home more sustainable.

You can veiw more pictures of the house before the measures were put in place here.