Book Review
Your Home: Australia’s guide to environmentally sustainable homes
5th edition. Department of Industry, Canberra 2013.
Your Home is your guide to building, buying or renovating a home. It shows how to create a comfortable home with low impact on the environment – economical to run, healthier to live in and adaptable to your changing needs.
Your home is important in so many ways. It’s a place to unwind, relax and spend quality time with family and friends. It’s also likely to be the biggest investment you make. Your decisions about your home have consequences for your future living costs and quality of life. Collectively, such decisions contribute to the bigger picture and can help create more vibrant, connected and sustainable towns and cities.
In such rapidly changing times, smart investment decisions demand smart thinking about new issues. When you’re planning your renovation or building project it’s easy to focus on the short term, but features that enhance resale value, improve comfort and reduce bills are worth paying for.
Your Home is a comprehensive guide to the design principles and features that add value to your home and reduce it’s environmental impact. Many of them come at no additional cost. They require the right ‘know how’ at the right stage of your renovation or building project.