October 21, 2010 – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia – UrbanEdge Homes – the leaders in building a new home and stunning ranges of display homes Melbourne embraced sustainable, long-term modern home designs solutions by adapting the Green Smart Program as part of their home designs and house plans.
The Green Smart Program was aimed at demonstrating to homeowners the practical ways on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to their homes, improve the round year comfort of the home, and cut costs on electricity and water bills.
Each UrbanEdge affordable homes has a 5-Star Energy Rating compliance which used energy efficient and environmentally sustainable principles.
The 5-Star Energy Rating compliance have made homes five degrees warmer in winter and 10 degrees cooler in summer, saved thousands of litres of water per year, reduced energy bills as well as lessen the costs on heating and cooling.
Since Australia has a semi-arid or desert-like climate, UrbanEdge’s house plans have included insulating materials that helped prevent heat from reaching the inner surface of the house.
Also included in their house plans are the proper positioning of Urbanedge affordable homes. This involved window sizing and placement as well as shading.
UrbanEdge Eco builders also used exact-sized windows in order to minimise the use of air conditioners as well as to make use of the sun for illumination during daylight. Moreover, UrbanEdge Home Builders have applied shading by aligning the facades of the house away from direct sunlight to prevent storing of heat inside the house.
All Urbanedge Homes with green modern home designs used solar energy instead of electricity for water heating and have huge water tanks to collect rain water for flushing toilets.
For more details on Green Smart UrbanEdge Homes, visit http://www.urbanedgehomes.com.au/VIC/greensmart.aspx
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