Sustainable House

by Michael Mobbs, Consortium of E

What started as a standard kitchen-and-bathroom renovation of an ordinary terrace in inner-city Sydney for owners Michael Mobbs and his family ended up as a revolutionary adaptation of the dwelling to make it a Sustainable House - a house almost entirely self-sufficient in electricity, water and waste disposal. This book, Sustainable House, explains how they've created a home that's environmentally friendly, yet still a comfortable family home in inner-city Sydney. Sustainable House provides information that will enable people who have no building, engineering or design skills to achieve their own sustainable house. It also provides inspiration in its story of two ordinary householders who collaborated with experts such as engineers, architects and builders, and who gained permissions from municipal, water and power authorities, to achieve their desired result - a house almost entirely self-sufficient in electricity and water.

Paperback

Published January 1, 2007