Adelaide Sustainable is comprised of Adelaide Sustainable Design & Adelaide Sustainable Construction, and is also home to a tight-knit group of likeminded young carpenters that has been assembled over a number of years. This ensures that every project is built with the attention to detail needed to deliver energy efficient and sustainable homes, and also ensures that no details are lost in translation between the building design phase and the construction phase of a project.

Bellevue Heights, SA

Originally built in 1952, this double brick, tiled roof home featured 3 bedrooms, 1 living area and 1 bath. The owners came to Adelaide Sustainable with the intensions to create a new master suite within the existing footprint, and add a new open plan kitchen - living - dining are whilst increasing the energy efficiency of the home in the process.

As we do with every design, we applied passive design techniques and made considered material choices to ensure that the design would remain a comfortable temperature all year round.

Design Features

• ​8-Star energy rating
• Northern Glazing
• Carbon Neutral cladding
• Sustainably sourced timber decking & cladding
• Thermal mass: polished concrete
• Bulk & reflective insulation
  
• Double Glazing

Bridgewater, SA

This High-risk bushfire area home (BAL40) has been carefully designed using high quality windows and exterior doors, non-combustible building materials, and high quality insulation to tackle the harshest of Australian climates.

Nestled in a blend of pine forest and native gums this once vacant block is now home to a 128m2 Hillside Cabin. The 3 bedroom - 2 bath - 1 living area home overhangs the hillside to create a feeling of immersion amongst the trees that surround the home. This design features sustainably sourced Australian hardwoods, Japanese inspired interiors, bamboo flooring, recycled materials, and boasts a 7.6 star energy rating which is supplemented by solar hot water and a 6.6kW solar system.

Design Features

• 7.6 Star energy rating
  
• Double glazing
  
• sustainably sourced hardwood cladding and interior features
  
• Bulk & reflective insulation
  
• Bamboo flooring
  
• BAL40 rated
  

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Norwood, SA

Inspired by modern Japanese architecture, this design by architect Hully Liveris, features Spotted gum Australian hardwood to create a space that integrates indoor and outdoor space. 

This renovation has been kept within the existing footprint of the home, and now includes an open plan living-dining-kitchen, a central courtyard space, and an outdoor entertaining space.

Design Features

• Sustainably sourced hardwood doors
• Double glazing
  
• Sustainably sourced Australian hardwood timber cladding, ceiling lining, framing, flooring, and fencing​