Energy saving design

An integrated building design approach which considers a building’s orientation, layout, form and materials with respect to climatic conditions to maintain thermal comfort and reduce operational energy requirements. Includes passive design and passive solar design approaches. 

Further resources:

The following external resource has been collated as additional guidance on this topic:

• Envirotecture (2022) Little Pot of Gold a zero carbon challenge that examined the design of one home in every state capital, built four different ways (three versions designed to the international Passivhaus standard and one optimised for the local NatHERS (National Home Energy Rating System) to show the interactions between health, comfort and carbon impacts.