Top sustainable housing award going to 9-star excellence at The Cape
For the sixth year in a row, The Cape is home to the recipient of the Victorian Master Builders Awards Best Sustainable home, South East Region. This year won by “Viminalis” a beautiful sustainable home that is the result of the combined efforts of local Bass Coast builder Harris Build with design by Jess Cuman from Adapt Design Group.
Harris Build are specialist builders who are passionate about contemporary custom homes, finished to a high-quality with functionality and sustainability in mind. Harris Build curate finely-crafted and environmentally friendly homes on the Bass Coast and in the South Gippsland area. From the outset, Harris Build work closely with clients to allow them to realise their vision, providing the best building experience possible, through creativity, commitment and innovation.
Designed to be as energy efficient as possible, with a 9 star energy rating and incorporation of healthy home building biology principals. Viminalis is designed to house a large family in a small footprint with 4 bedrooms, office, 2 bathrooms and a light filled open plan living.
Viminalis is yet another bill busting, operationally carbon neutral home with super low running costs, meaning the young family living in the home will be comfortable in all conditions, with no gas bill, tiny electricity bills and the option to upgrade to an electric vehicle in future to eliminate petrol bills. This approach means that the homeowners will be thousands of dollars per annum better off with large savings accruing over time.
Joel Robinson
Joel Robinson is the Editor in Chief at iBuildNew, where he leads the editorial team and oversees the country's most comprehensive news coverage dedicated to the new home building industry. With more than a decade of experience in residential real estate journalism, Joel brings deep insight into Australia's evolving home building and construction landscape.
