Ever wondered what a sustainable home might look like from the inside? Now’s your chance.
Sustainable House Day is back for 2024, with over 100 innovatively designed and environmentally progressive homes opening their doors around Australia on Sunday, April 21st.
You’ll have the opportunity to walk through participating homes and speak with the owners and builders about how they designed and built their homes with the climate and environment in mind.
Image: Goolwah Beach House
“Sustainable House Day provides the opportunity to explore some of Australia’s most unique and inspiring homes, and learn from the people who designed them, built them, and live in them.”
Open homes around Australia
The 2024 lineup features a variety of homes boasting passive design, energy efficiency, drought-resistant native gardens, and fire and flood-resilient designs. With Australia’s best architects, designers, tradespeople and experts offering guidance, and homeowners sharing their first-hand experience.
Can’t make it on the day? No worries because many of the homeowners will be online, available to answer any questions you have about their home.
You can find the full list of participating homes for 2024 here.
Left: Hütt PassivHaus, Victoria. Right: Forrest Street, Victoria
The Extension series
Plus, the addition of an expanded events program running over four weeks through April.
These ticketed sessions give you access to experts and homeowners sharing in-depth information on tricky subjects like finding a sustainable architect and builder and insulation and energy efficiency. They’ll also help with navigating permits, choosing the right building materials, and much more.
You can book for sessions individually or grab an Extension Session Pass that gives you access to all sessions at a discounted price. Renew members also receive a further discount.