{"id":7599,"key":"Sustainable_housing_directory","title":"Sustainable housing directory","latest":{"id":1274138,"timestamp":"2026-09-16T16:04:57Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"Building sustainable houses is an important action we can take to reduce our impact on the environment. Details on some sustainable houses can help generate ideas for others and demonstrate what can be achieved.\n\n== Map ==\n\nThis is a collaborative map of sustainable houses around the world, most of the ported from [https://www.greenlivingpedia.org/List_of_sustainable_buildings GreenLivingPedia].\n\n{{Places map|Sustainable housing directory/data}}\n\n{{Button|Sustainable housing directory/data|View data}}\n\n=== Add house ===\n\n{{Map form\n| name = House name\n| name-placeholder = e.g. Surrey Hills House\n| link = Link\n| link-placeholder = e.g. https://sustainablehouseday.com/listing/surrey-hills-house/\n| location = Location\n| location-placeholder = e.g. Surrey Hills, Melbourne, City of Boroondara, Victoria, 3127, Australia\n| text = Free text\n| text-placeholder = e.g. After renovating several houses, we thought it was time to do a final project to suit our retirement years and save money where possible. To reduce running costs, the long side of the house, which is also the main living area, faces north to make the most of the winter sunshine.\n}}\n\n== Information sources by region ==\n\nThis directory contains information sources on various topics and businesses related to sustainable housing. Please add either '''external links''', or links to relevant articles on Appropedia or related wikis.\n\n=== Australia ===\n\n* [[Greenlivingpedia:The EcoShop]] - online eco shop with links to information resources\n* [http://www.earthgarden.com.au/index.html Earth Garden magazine] -- Australia's original magazine about [[sustainable living]] with country and city alternatives, now in its 33rd year\n* [http://www.earthgarden.com.au/links.html Earth garden favourite Links] -- [[renewable energy]], RAP installers, owner building, earth and straw building, [[permaculture]] and organic gardening, waste management, ethical investment, green organizations, ecoproperty, eco products\n* [http://www.thegreendirectory.com.au/ The Greendirectory] - Australian online eco directory\n* [http://www.ata.org.au/ Alternative Technology Association] - Australia's leading not-for-profit organisation, promoting [[sustainable technology]] and practice to protect the environment.\n* [http://www.slf.org.au/ Sustainable Living Foundation] is a community based not-for-profit organisation committed to promoting, celebrating and practicing principles of sustainable living.\n* [Warming: Cool It] An Australian Government home guide to reducing energy costs and greenhouse gases.\n* [http://www.solarpanelrebate.com.au/ SolarGen Australia] Rebate and Installation Information.\n\n==== Victoria ====\n\n* [[Greenlivingpedia:Sunpower Design]] - over 25 years experience specialising in integrated [[sustainable building]] design of homes that exceed the 5 star energy performance rating.\n* Star Energy Assessment can make your home the most comfortable for its environment. Have your home assessed using the 5 star energy performance rating and achieve more than 5 stars for your home.\n* [http://www.zenarchitects.com/ Zen Architects]\n* [http://www.lighterfootprints.org Lighter footprints] is a climate change neighbourhood action group active in Surrey Hills and adjacent suburbs, Melbourne, Victoria\n* [http://www.climatechange.org.au/ Families Facing Climate Change] is a group based in Ashburton, Melbourne, Australia.\n* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130807054752/http://home.vicnet.net.au:80/~greenlnk/ Greenlink Box Hill] -- Local plants for local places.\n* [http://www.envict.org.au/index.php Environment Victoria] -- Victoria's peak non-government environment organisation, campaigning across Victoria for more than 30 years.\n* [http://www.climatemovement.org.au/component/option,com_comprofiler/task,userProfile/user,286/ Bayside Climate Change Action Group] -- formed by parents in the Bayside area, the group goals are to provide a collective voice for Bayside residents for both families and individuals determined to fight for a clean energy future.\n* [http://www.concertinafoilbatts.com/ Wren Industries] -- makes of concertina foil bats and Renshade aluminium foil holland blinds for windows.\n* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120730101848/http://www.goingsolar.com.au/php/index.php Going Solar] -- provides innovative solutions for integrating PV [[solar power]] modules into buildings.\n* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080207191417/http://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au:80/www/html/2037-building-and-renovating.asp?intSiteID=4 Building and renovating sustainably] -- ''Sustainability Victoria, Victorian Government'', how you can be energy and [[water efficient]] in all aspects of your project.\n* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160110012554/http://solarpowermelbourne.net.au/ Solar Power Melbounre] Solar power Melbourne, bringing the best Solar panels and systems in Victoria\n\n==== Western Australia ====\n\n* [[Greenlivingpedia:Solar Dwellings]] -- passive solar energy efficient homes designer in Perth.\n* [http://www.sustainable.net.au/ Sustainable Consulting] -- Perth-based consulting firm established in 2001 to help progress the [[sustainability]] agenda in Western Australia and beyond.\n* [Sustainable Living WA] -- provides information from Western Australian Government agencies and other sources on sustainable living in Western Australia.\n\n==== Queensland ====\n\n* [Sustainable Living QLD] -- ''Queensland Government'' information on sustainable living and building.\n\n==== New South Wales ====\n\n* [http://www.isf.uts.edu.au/ The Institute for Sustainable Futures] -- Based in Sydney, Australia\n* [http://www.sustainablehouse.com.au/index.htm Michael Mobbs Sustainable Projects] -- design, consulting and speaking services.\n* Air Services -- Sydney-based company dedicated to helping home owners cool and heat their homes efficiently, and with less power than conventional air conditioning\n\n<!--\n\n==== Northern Territory ====\n\n==== South Australia ====\n\n* -->\n\n==== Tasmania ====\n\n* [https://web.archive.org/web/20181209053034/http://www.tasmanianenvironmentcentre.org.au/ Sustainable Living Tasmania] -- community resource and education centre to provide a for the protection and restoration of the natural environment and the development of homes and cities for a sustainable future.\n* [[Greenlivingpedia:Core Collective]] -- is committed to the production of innovative architecture grounded in a sensitivity for its environmental, social, cultural and economic context.\n\n=== United States ===\n\n* [http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/ Green Home Building]\n* [http://www.livingneighborhoods.org/ht-0/bln-exp.htm Building Living Neighborhoods]\n* [https://web.archive.org/web/20201201160434/https://thegreenerhome.com/ TheGreenerHome] -- Sustainable Living Resource for Western North Carolina\n* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190612154857/http://www.lagreenliving.com/ LA Green Living]\n* [http://www.coopamerica.org/Co-op America] -- Economic Action for a Just Planet\n* Architecture For Humanity -- charitable organization promoting architectural and design solutions to global, social, and humanitarian crises.\n\n=== Germany ===\n\n* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101125020950/http://www.schott.com:80/solar/english/index.html?c=bL SCHOTT AG] -- is one of the leading solar industry companies worldwide, offering a wide range of future-oriented products and solutions for almost all photovoltaic and solar thermal applications.\n\n=== United Kingdom ===\n\n* [http://sustainable-building.webs.com Sustainable building and Eco-Building information and resource site]\n\n== General information and topics ==\n\n* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110707211117/http://www.google.com:80/Top/Science/Environment/Sustainability/Sustainable_Living/ Google Directory - Sustainable Living]\n\n=== Wikis ===\n\nFor a guide to this area of the wikisphere, see '''[[Green wiki]]''' and '''[[Green wikis and development wikis]]'''.\n\n* [[Appropedia]] is an active wiki in this area. Focused on reducing [[poverty]] through international development and increasing sustainability through the use of [[appropriate technology]], it also covers housing in rich and poor settings, urban and rural.\n* [[Greenlivingpedia:|Greenlivingpedia]], primary focus on green architecture and green living for city dwellers.\n\n=== Energy ===\n\n* [https://web.archive.org/web/20201012140117/http://www.oildepletionprotocol.org/ Oil Depletion Protocol] is an international agreement that will enable nations of the world to cooperatively reduce their dependence on oil.\n* [http://www.futureenergy.org Futureenergy.org] -- information about clean power, polluting power, energy efficiency, climate change, oil peak, politics, energy efficient homes and transport solutions.\n* [http://www.renewnews.com/ Renew News] -- is a community-based resource about Renewable Energy\n\n=== Wikipedia articles ===\n\n* [[Wikipedia:Carbon dioxide sink|Carbon dioxide sink]]\n* [[Wikipedia:Global warming|Global warming]]\n* [[Wikipedia:Greenhouse effect|Greenhouse effect]]\n* [[Wikipedia:Natural gas|Natural gas]]\n* [[Wikipedia:Permaculture|Permaculture]]\n* [[Wikipedia:Renewable energy|Renewable energy]]\n* [[Wikipedia:Solar power|Solar power]]\n* [[Wikipedia:Sustainability|Sustainability]]\n* [[Wikipedia:Sustainable energy|Sustainable energy]]\n* [[Wikipedia:Sustainable living|Sustainable living]]\n\n<references />\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| keywords = Housing, Sustainability, Sustainable houses\n| sdg = SDG11 Sustainable cities and communities\n| organizations = Green living wiki\n| ported-from = http://www.greenlivingpedia.org/Directory\n| description = Looking for sustainable housing ideas? Appropedia collects examples of homes that work with nature, not against it.\n}}\n\n[[Category:Maps]]\n[[Category:Housing]]\n[[Category:Internet resources]]\n[[Category:Sustainability]]"}