Sustainable House Day
Encyclopedia
Sustainable House Day is a national event held annually across Australia
, where household
s open their doors to the public to give interested people the chance to learn about the benefits of energy efficiency
in their home
s. People have the opportunity to talk with sustainable home owners, architect
s, builder
s, designer
s and energy auditors to learn about sustainable living
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, where household
Household
The household is "the basic residential unit in which economic production, consumption, inheritance, child rearing, and shelter are organized and carried out"; [the household] "may or may not be synonymous with family"....
s open their doors to the public to give interested people the chance to learn about the benefits of energy efficiency
Efficient energy use
Efficient energy use, sometimes simply called energy efficiency, is the goal of efforts to reduce the amount of energy required to provide products and services. For example, insulating a home allows a building to use less heating and cooling energy to achieve and maintain a comfortable temperature...
in their home
Home
A home is a place of residence or refuge. When it refers to a building, it is usually a place in which an individual or a family can rest and store personal property. Most modern-day households contain sanitary facilities and a means of preparing food. Animals have their own homes as well, either...
s. People have the opportunity to talk with sustainable home owners, architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
s, builder
Builder
Builder may refer to:* General contractor, that specializes in building work**Subcontractor* Construction worker who specializes in building work* Builder a component of modern detergents...
s, designer
Designer
A designer is a person who designs. More formally, a designer is an agent that "specifies the structural properties of a design object". In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, such as consumer products, processes, laws, games and graphics, is referred to as a...
s and energy auditors to learn about sustainable living
Sustainable living
Sustainable living is a lifestyle that attempts to reduce an individual's or society's use of the Earth's natural resources and his/her own resources. Practitioners of sustainable living often attempt to reduce their carbon footprint by altering methods of transportation, energy consumption and diet...
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Editions
- Sustainable House Day 2010 (9th edition) will takeplace in Sunday September 12th.
- Sustainable House Day 2009: the 8th annual edition took place on Sunday, September 13, 2009. About 150 homes will open to the public.
- 2008 (7th edition). Around 11,500 people visited the more than 140 homes that were on display.