The Silos Accommodation
Cooee Architecture · Junee, Wiradjuri Country, Australia
Projects / Built project
Cooee Retrofit
A modest retrofit to a 1990s Canberra house nearly doubled its energy rating through targeted fabric and services upgrades.
- Type
- Residential retrofit case study
- House area
- 116 m² plus 36 m² garage
- Energy rating
- Improved from 2.9 to 5.7 Stars EER
- Indicative cost
- Around A$9,000
- Measured effect
- Roughly 60% lower heating and cooling requirement
The story
The story behind the work.
The Cooee Retrofit tests how a conventional three-bedroom brick-veneer house can become more comfortable and efficient without a large extension or wholesale rebuild.
Draft sealing, pumped wall insulation, repaired ceiling insulation, ceiling fans, close-fitting blinds and an electric heat-pump water system lifted the all-electric home's EER from 2.9 to 5.7 stars. The practice reports roughly 60 per cent lower heating and cooling demand from an investment of around A$9,000.
Credits
- Practice
- Cooee Architecture
The practice