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April 18, 2025
Sustainable House Day is one of our favourite days of the year. Come and tour diverse homes designed by Envirotecture and talk to homeowners and builders.
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September 23, 2024
Watch the architect and clients talk about the house they built: at home. Huff'n'Puff Haus homeowners and Envirotecture's Talina Edwards feature on season 4 of Naked Architect.
Open House Melbourne
September 16, 2024
Huff'n'Puff Haus was awarded the Biophilic Design Award from The Living Future Institute of Australia: what a honour! This is a rural strawbale home, certified Passivhaus Premium.
November 23, 2021
The cost of building has increased in recent years, and 'square metre rates' are thrown around with the intention of being helpful for budgeting, but its a bit of a scam...find out what we mean.
November 6, 2020
We made a book to celebrate the rise of the Passivhaus standard downunder! (With a lot of help from some friends).
July 31, 2019
Schools Infrastructure New South Wales have commissioned this report into the case for developing schools in NSW to the Passive House standard
March 17, 2019
The benefits of passive house are well-known but the costs remain a mystery to many. This paper digs deep and gives answers…
November 25, 2025
To celebrate Envirotecture participating in Sustainable House Day for over 20years, Talina wrote this article about our evolution of sustainable design over time.
April 9, 2025
Our Director Andy provides helpful commentary about heating our homes in a healthier way.
Human's primal love for fire has some big downsides. Andy digs into the implications of burning wood to keep warm and considers alternatives.
March 27, 2025
Watch this short video featured on RealEstate.com sharing our 'Sustainability Stunner'
See Talina Edward's present at the Natural Building Australia tent, where there are talks about Sustainable Housing all weekend.
March 18, 2025
Read about lessons learnt from living in Sydney’s first Certified Passivhaus - with thanks to our wonderful clients who've been tracking data (both quantitative and qualitative).
March 13, 2025
Watch the video recording from this live event hosted by Sustainable Builders Alliance, and featuring Talina Edwards.
March 6, 2025
This edition of one of our favourite magazines features one of our projects that's "on the drawing board" and has BIG sustainability and regenerative ambitions.
January 30, 2025
Book your ticket to visit this healthy, efficient, comfortable and sustainable home in person - in the Southern Highlands of NSW.
January 23, 2025
Listen to this podcast interview with Andy Marlow where he shares his expertise of how Passivhaus works in different climate zones across Australia.
December 11, 2024
Talina Edwards is interviewed along side some industry-colleagues who are experts in sustainable design and what that really means.
November 1, 2024
Read Andy's article explaining the importance of this hot topic. We're in a climate emergency, and there are solutions for decarbonisation of the construciton industy.
October 7, 2024
Presentations, panel discussions and networking at this Sustainable Builders Alliance event, which features Talina Edwards.
Our director Andy Marlow will be part of the 2024 Sustainability Summit in November in Sydney! This event is always jam-packed full of industry experts sharing their knowledge about all things ‘sustainability’ in
August 15, 2024
Join our Director Andy Marlow for a free tour of a retrofit project under construction at Fairfield, NSW at 2pm on Saturday 31 August. The home has been stripped back to the bones,
August 1, 2024
This 1884 terrace in the heart of Sydney has been renovated to meet the rigorous EnerPHit performance standard.
Sanctuary
July 4, 2024
Envirotecture directors Talina Edwards and Andy Marlow had the pleasure of speaking with the good folk at Evitat about a holistic view of healthy homes.
July 1, 2024
At Envirotecture, we’re strong advocates for buildings that are more efficient, and all-electric. (As this leads to them being more comfortable and healthier too). Since the Zero Carbon Buildings Plan was released in 2011,
June 20, 2024
Healthy homes made simple – Learn from the Passive House Design Experts. What are the best choices for your home so that it not only performs and looks
June 17, 2024
The ‘look’ of a home tells you nothing about its quality Envirotecture Director Andy Marlow was interviewed for the House Planning Help Podcast earlier this year – which was an interesting and informative
May 6, 2024
Envirotecture’s director Andy Marlow had the privilege of sharing details about the relationship between airtightness and thermal comfort with Gabrielle from Home Organization Science Lab. During this conversation Andy and Gabriella intricate connection
February 1, 2024
After three wet summers in Australia, the forecast has shifted to hot and dry. Jacinta Cleary reports on how to save money, stay comfortable and keep cool at home and in the community this summer.
Renew
Off-grid and eco-friendly, the Huff'n'Puff Haus is a strawbale home in Australia's Strathbogie Ranges, designed for sustainability and aging in place.
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