Sustainability Audit
Get Assess That Address to review your floor plan to find how your home can be more sustainable and comfortable.
Recommended Services
$50 /15 minutes
Talk directly with the Architect to ask a quick question. First call is free! If we can’t give you the answer, we won’t charge you.
ATA offers a special presentation outlining key decisions to make your home more sustainable - the presentation itself runs for only 15 minutes + your question time and can be tailored to your property (if you send us your existing floor plan).
The charge is $50/15 minutes with the total cost capped at $150 for discussions on sustainability and you could save hundreds per year on your power bills, + tens of thousands through construction by choosing better products.
$3000 / property
The sketch plan is a new design for your home to -Optimise your orientation for passive solar design and natural light,
-Shrink your footprint so that you’re building what you love and not wasting space,
-Minimise your power bills, and enhance your home comfort + reduce your footprint.
You can have more light, more comfortable space and a smaller bill by making more sustainable choices. It’s a win win.
Why?
This advice has saved existing clients tens of thousands of dollars through construction, and hundreds every year in bills and running costs.
Get your home assessed by Assess That Address!
There are so many ways to increase the sustainability of your home wether you’re building, renovating or just need suggestions to upgrade your existing home. Emma can even help you choose a more efficient property when looking to buy. She will make suggestions for;
✓ sustainable material selection,
✓ insulation, cross ventilation and air tightness,
✓passive design,
✓ reduced footprint,
✓ all electric home,
✓ ✓ energy efficiency,
✓ cost reductions,
✓ climate resilience,
✓ low embodied energy / net 0 materials,
✓ landscaping,
✓ thermal comfort and
✓✓ beauty
She can also recommend efficient systems and appliances including;
✓ hot water systems,
✓ solar and batteries,
✓ Electric Vehicle Charging,
✓ All - Electric Home
✓ Tapware, fittings, and water tanks,
✓ dryer, dishwasher, cooktop and rangehood
✓ Lighting design.
An ATA sustainability audit can save you hundreds of dollars every year by reducing your power, gas and water bills. It can save you tens of thousands through construction and result in a more beautiful comfortable home, better suited to your needs.
This project cost was reduced by over $130,000 without compromise.
The design was more sustainable, more comfortable, with larger living spaces and full of natural light.
Muneeb’s Story
Building his house!
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Muneeb came to Assess That Address with a floor plan designed by a mass homebuilder. There’s no other way to put it, the plan was very poorly designed, and Muneeb had been talked into unnecessary and expensive additions that he simply would never need or use.
The house would have been cold, dark and very expensive to build. Emma worked with Muneeb to redesign the house from scratch saving him 75 square meters in wasted corridor space and oversized un-useable rooms, he ended up with spaces which simply look and function far more efficiently. He ended up saving $130,000 and his home will be passively heated and cooled without the need for air conditioning, even in Melburnes hot summers and cold winters. Muneeb thought he’d saved money by going through a mass home builder company, but he found out that he was actually wasting money on bad design and getting a substandard home.
Muneeb was thrilled with his new floor plan, because the spaces are now more flexible, and better suited to his way of life. His home is drenched in natural light, and able to host 7KW North facing solar system on the roof. His home is more beautiful, comfortable and affordable as a direct result of working with Emma.
He was even able to take the plan back to his construction company to have them build it for over $100,000 less than the original price tag.
How we can Help.
Efficient design on construction projects
By reconfiguring spaces and getting rid of ‘dead space’ in your draughtsman’s construction plans, Emma usually saves between 5-75 square meters. Each square meter of your construction will cost between $1,500-$7,000, this means that Emma’s advice can often translate to saving tens of thousands of dollars through construction.
Efficient design costs less, but looks better.
Look at more options
We assess a low, medium and high cost strategy on each property to give you a chance to assess (and price) each idea before you determine your final direction. Theres no need to commit to anything - we only give ideas.
This gives you complete freedom to make better choices.
Build your Legacy
When you build, you’re building your legacy. What do you want to leave for future generations?
With Advice from an Architect you can have the knowledge and capability to make better decisions better suited to your own ethos, without becoming overwhelmed by complex contradictory information and greenwashing.
New Ideas
We actively research innovative new technologies every single day to ensure that you are getting the newest, and best solutions. They often start a conversation too.
Get Connected to the Right People
We’ll Introduce you to the design professionals and consultants you’ll need to get the job done for the right quality at the right price.
Strategic Direction.
We can help you find clarity and direction for any project. Architects are required to understand the complex regulations and unpack contradictory information to give you the best advice for your own situation.
