The Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources has released new free house designs to support homebuilders and industry to design energy efficient homes.

The ‘Design For Place’ plans incorporate energy efficient design principles, such as smart solar passive design, and can be used by homeowners, designers, architects and builders. They have been designed by an architect in collaboration with an energy assessor and have variations to suit a range of Australian climates and a predicted NatHERS rating of 7 Stars or more.

Each ‘Design For Place’ plan comes with a design pack containing predicted energy rating outcomes, construction specifications and background information to support discussions with architects, designers or builders.’

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