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Melbourne’s sustainable, healthy home specialist!
Energy efficient principals embedded within our designs ensure a pleasant living environment that will exceed your expectations.
Passive Design
Passive Energy
Passive Living
Great design is critical to achieving a lifetime of thermal comfort, reducing your energy bills & creating living spaces you will enjoy.
By lowering if not eliminating the need for typical artificial heating & cooling systems you will reduce your energy foot print & bills.
Light filled living spaces always at a comfortable temperature through out the summer & winter. Providing you with comfort all through your home.
Eliminating Summer Sun
- Passive summer cooling without the bills!
- House doesn't overheat during summer
- Least expensive means of cooling
- Bills won't increase with climate change
Using the Winter Sun
- Free renewable solar heating
- Reflected light can also transform spaces
- Save money on your heating bills
- Works in with your environment
Natural Air Flow
- Improved natural living conditions
- Cool your home for no cost at all
- Eliminate musty and dull odors
- Significantly reduce energy consumption
Efficient Heat Removal
- House doesn't overheat during summer
- Least expensive means of cooling
- Benefit from cool changes in the summer
- Stack ventilation still occurs even at night
Filtered Air Flow
- Energy efficient with superior air filtration
- Removes & prevents dust, pollution &
other allergens from entering your home - Eliminate toxic mould build ups
Thermal Mass
- Reduce winter heating requirements
- Pleasant indoor temperatures
- Free, gentle heat when it's needed
- Thermal mass releases heat at night
So how does this passive
stuff work?
- Eliminate sudden temperature fluctuations
- Can be incorporated into a feature
- Airlock doubles as a practical coat room
- Maintain consistent temperatures inside
- Warm in winter
- Cool in summer
- Eliminates the need for external blinds
- Heat gains through thermal mass in winter
Ceiling Fans
- Distribute free heat back down in winter
- Dissuade flying pests
- Stylish models add to dècor
- Safe for children and pets
*Not required in Passive House Builds
Stair Void
- Encourages natural air convection movements
- Gentle cooling of the indoor environment
- Stylish & functional element of the home
- Design to individual style & taste
- Gentle heating when it's needed
- Benefit from the use of thermal mass
- Increase the energy efficiency of your home
- Reduce heating bills in winter
- Very little heat loss
- Long term structure durability
- Avoid condensation build up
- Eliminate mould build up
- External blind prevents overheating
in summer - Natural light into stairwell year round
Transforms an often dull space - Reduce energy consumption
- Superior levels of thermal comfort
year round - Increase solar gains in winter
- Beautiful bright & healthy environments
- European quality that's built to last
High Performance Doors
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- Eliminate drafts
- Maximise thermal gains in winter
- Maintain consistent comfort levels
- European quality with proven performance
- Provide shade in summer
- Foliage shed allows winter sun penetration
- Evergreens on the East/West prevent overheating
- Can be built into any landscape design
To find out more about your new
home design & build contact us now.
0403 014 563
Passive house the ultimate standard coming soon!
About Us
Our Process
Passive Edge Homes was founded in response to client demand to address
the ongoing issues of sub standard and poorly designed homes within Australia. Spanning over 10 years of experience within the domestic building industry and after having extensively traveled the globe to the furthermost regions of our planet-what we've come to realise is that there's simply a better way to live.
At Passive Edge Homes we strive for building excellence that provides naturally comfortable, efficient, and stunning homes for our clients and the environment alike.
To view more information on how our process works from website enquiry through to final build please click below.
Home builder, Bayside & Melbourne
Energy efficient homes Bayside & Melbourne
Say hello
We look forward to discussing your passive house dreams!
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0403 014 563
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info@passiveedge.com
PO Box 1086 St Kilda Sth, VIC 3182