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Light House Architecture & Science

Journal.

We're passionate about education and motivating change. We hope to inspire an audience much larger than our direct circle of clients.

Here you'll find interesting articles, engaging resources and a whole lot of sustainable goodness. 

Below, ALL of our posts appear in chronological order. There are so many now that we have also started sorting them into categories:

  • Keeping Warm in Winter

  • Staying Cool in Summer

  • So you're thinking of building or renovating

  • Managing smoke and fire

  • Windows

  • Jenny’s personal sustainable house experiment

  • Articles by us or about us (Sanctuary, Renew, Canberra Times & others)

  • Videos, Webinars & Podcasts

  • Understanding energy ratings

  • Awards

There is a future for your ex-govie
There is a future for your ex-govie

Reconsider the need to knock down your ‘ex-govie’.

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Light House Architecture and Science1 June 2021
Roadmap for insulation installation
Roadmap for insulation installation

Australia gets a 24-point roadmap to better insulation installation

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Light House Architecture and Science26 May 2021
Winter is coming!
Winter is coming!

Tune in to hear Jenny’s winter survival guide on 666 ABC radio this Saturday!

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Light House Architecture and Science14 May 2021
A new resource for fire-affected communities
A new resource for fire-affected communities

If you live in a fire-affected area, this is for you.

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Light House Architecture and Science13 May 2021
The good juice on deciduous vines
The good juice on deciduous vines

Summer Shade. Winter heat. Autumn show.

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Light House Architecture and Science22 April 2021
Architect-designed renos add value
Architect-designed renos add value

Research shows that owners of homes with architect-designed renovations sell for more.

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Light House Architecture and Science12 April 2021
Same house + different climate = different star rating
Same house + different climate = different star rating

Did you know that house star ratings are climate specific?

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Light House Architecture and Science31 March 2021
Planning and designing homes in bushfire prone areas
Planning and designing homes in bushfire prone areas

Learning lessons from the Black Summer 2019/20 bushfires.

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Light House, Science, BushfireLight House Architecture and Science24 March 2021
When scientists, architects and artists collaborate
When scientists, architects and artists collaborate

Find out more about Craft ACT’s new CO:LAB program!

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Architecture, Canberra, Canberra Architecture, DesignLight House Architecture and Science17 March 2021
Let there be light, energy and connection!
Let there be light, energy and connection!

Australia’s largest community-owned solar farm located in Majura, ACT is up and running!

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Light House Architecture and Science11 March 2021
Creating a cosy home
Creating a cosy home

This issue of Sanctuary features an article by Jenny about retrofitting for energy efficiency and thermal comfort and a profile on Sarah.

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Canberra, Canberra Architecture, DIY, EER, Light House, Retrofit, Science, Sustainability, Women in constructionLight House Architecture and Science8 March 2021
Climate change and architecture
Climate change and architecture

In this latest episode of the Hearing Architecture podcast, Jenny talks about how we are doing our bit to reduce the impact of architecture on climate change.

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Light House Architecture and Science3 March 2021
Switching off fossil fuels
Switching off fossil fuels

The admin team behind the Facebook group My Efficient Electric Home - Tim Forcey, Richard Keech and our Jenny Edwards - deliver a free webinar about home energy efficiency and comfort and going all-electric.

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Light House Architecture and Science25 February 2021
Taking the madness out of home design
Taking the madness out of home design

Our Sarah is in the news again!

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Light House Architecture and Science10 February 2021
Combining architecture and science is a no-brainer!
Combining architecture and science is a no-brainer!

The power of collaboration and kindness. If you want to create change be prepared to share your knowledge. Jenny talks about all this and her inspirational mother.

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Light House Architecture and Science7 February 2021
Busy times
Busy times

We’re temporarily closing the books to new architecture projects. Science-only services still available.

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Light House Architecture and Science26 January 2021
Ventilation & air leakage: different things
Ventilation & air leakage: different things

… are not the same thing. Build tight, ventilate right.

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Light House Architecture and Science24 January 2021
Would your home survive a bushfire?
Would your home survive a bushfire?

What did the summer of 2019-20 teach us?

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Light House Architecture and Science22 January 2021
Renovating and retrofitting for sustainability
Renovating and retrofitting for sustainability

In CSIRO Energy’s most popular webcast to date, Canberra-based building scientist, Jenny, and Cairns-based architect, Belinda Allwood, provide advice to homeowners and energy assessors about improving the thermal comfort and energy efficiency of homes.

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Light House Architecture and Science21 January 2021
2020 thank you!
2020 thank you!

Thank you 2020 for the challenges. We’re delighted to have supported a wide range of community and education projects in addition to our usual work this year.

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Light House Architecture and Science24 December 2020
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