Environment - Walking the talk
On our plans
Passive solar & green design for every home
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We design using passive solar principals for all our designs. Such as ample window & door shading, north orientation for living spaces, thermal massing, minimal external hard landscaping and insulation in walls and ceilings
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Retaining trees for our developments
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While not always possible, we recommend to all our clients to plant extra native trees, retain trees or replace trees like for like
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Specifying environmental on our plans
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We specify environmentally considered products in our standard specification document
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In our office
We donate to Greening Australia
Committed to putting back or replacing native trees to keep Australia cool
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Composting
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We collect all the office waste for use in our garden
Our garden
Yes, we have a garden at the rear of our office and t's thriving! We eat well with self sown and planted plants
No chemicals used in the office
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We do not use any bleaches or chemical cleaning products in our office. Natural choices only
Caring for our coast
Regular hiking along the NSW coastline sees us collecting garbage on the way
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Refusing, reusing or recycling plastic bags in our office
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Whether recycling plastic bags through our local supermarket or through the Curbcycle plastic bag recycling trial, we do everything we can in our office to reduce plastics in landfill and on our streets. We prepare our paper waste in bundles for recycling or create scrap paper writing pads for reuse
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We use green power
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