Energy-Efficient Housing

Smart choices in building design can dramatically improve energy efficiency, minimizing energy consumption and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. A house should be built with the climate in mind, making the most of the environment's most favourable elements and accommodating for discomforts in weather through intelligent placement and careful selection of materials.

Energy-efficient housing aims to make the best use of the renewable natural energy of the sun, reducing reliance on the unsustainable burning of fossil-fuels for energy, and conserving excess energy for later use.

Considerations such as building orientation, window placement and internal room layout are simple ways make use of solar energy, and other design principles such as wall and ceiling insulation, ventilation, draught-proofing, and internal and external shading of windows and walls offer enormous long-term benefits to both the homeowner and the environment.

Homes making use of these features provide more comfortable conditions all year round, as well as saving you money on heating and cooling. Energy efficient options cost very little to implement at the initial design and construction stage, and are effortless to maintain once constructed.

Hamlan Homes is committed to providing energy-efficient housing options, and recently won the 2007 Master Builders Award for Best Sustainable Energy Home.