Purepassiv

Commendation

New Residential Buildings ($1.0m to $1.5m)

PUREPASSIV

Designer: Dick Clarke

Practice: Envirotecture

Web: envirotecture.com.au

Photographer: Jonathan Cohen Photography

DESIGN

The intention of PurePassiv was to create a home of the future, today. A resilient and regenerative family home in suburban Sydney that excelled with its Sustainability credentials. Achieving Passivhaus Premium Certification, it is also designed to Livability Housing Australia Silver standard, is Australia’s first accredited GreenStar Home, and more.

This project has not only reached the goals it set out to achieve, it has exceeded expectations and is an exemplar that is inspiring homeowners to expect more from their home because it’s possible, and necessary.

PurePassiv is a genuine expression of its brief. The appearance is not your typical Suburban dwelling, but the real beauty here is the simplicity of the form and organisation of the site show a pure clarity of purpose. This compact yet very spacious design has an ideal form to obtain the highest performing thermal envelope - ensuring the home could meet the rigorous criteria of the Passivhaus standard in a more cost-effective way.

The simplicity of the thermal envelope aided the cost effective delivery of this large home. Prefabricated wall and roof panels were used, the entire envelope was erected and weathertight in just three days!

The most puritanical of Envirotecture’s passivhaus projects so far. It is the most efficient passivhaus they have ever produced, one of only 17 certified Passive House Premium buildings in the world. The home is also the first certified under the GreenStar Homes rating scheme in Australia.