Our Design Principles

Custom luxury homes designed for optimal energy efficiency

The early phases of your design process are critical to create the most energy efficient custom designed home for you and your family,

The relationship between your home, your site and your floor plan must be thought out and organised at the same time. While many components of energy smart designs have the potential for greater energy savings than others, overall energy savings depend on their combination and interaction.

We understand the importance of this relationship and have established our own energy reduction design review team to analyse and recommend key design improvements during the creation and documentation of your home.

With Melbourne’s climate being so cool in Winter, the orientation of your home to gain northern winter sun affects the planning, zoning and relationship of your room spaces. Also impacted are the placement and sizes of windows, the location of outdoor living areas and your landscaping for sun-shading and wind-screening. During the summer months, the northerly sun is easily controlled with a variety of smart design shading options that we will also recommend to you during the design process.

Other key energy reduction / improvement principles include:

• adequate thermal mass (heavy building materials) to stabilise indoor temperatures

• excellent draught proofing

• cross ventilation for summer cooling

• energy-efficient heating system that can set different temperatures for different zones

• energy-efficient hot water system and fittings

• energy-efficient lighting and appliances

By applying each of these principles, we look to partner you in creating a home that is kind to the surrounds with minimal environmental impact and the maximum in energy efficiency.

Experience the Destination Living difference for yourself by contacting us via email today or call us 7 days a week on 1300 637 837.