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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

Energy efficiency - dark walls & roof?
Energy efficiency - dark walls & roof?

Building appearance and building physics can be perturbing. The question of colour in relation to comfort and climate resilience often comes up.

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Light House Architecture and Science1 October 2022
National HIA GreenSmart Reno of 2022
National HIA GreenSmart Reno of 2022

We get pretty excited when smaller, smarter, sustainable renos are recognised with awards. Our Blackburn house was named HIA Australian GreenSmart Renovation Addition Project on 16th September and the RiotACT did a great little story about it.

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Light House Architecture and Science25 September 2022
Jenny chats at the National Energy Efficiency Conference 2022
Jenny chats at the National Energy Efficiency Conference 2022

At the National Energy Efficiency Conference in May, Jenny sat down for a quick interview.

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Light House Architecture and Science18 September 2022
Efficiency standards for new homes lifted to 7*
Efficiency standards for new homes lifted to 7*

SMH article: “The simple changes that could cut your home energy usage by 25 per cent”. Jenny chats.

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Light House Architecture and Science30 August 2022
Jenny chats 7 star housing on the eve of the Building Ministers Meeting
Jenny chats 7 star housing on the eve of the Building Ministers Meeting

Tomorrow, the Building Ministers decide whether to raise the bar on house energy efficiency standards from 6 to 7 stars.

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Light House Architecture and Science25 August 2022
ABC News online - Jenny says plan to get off gas
ABC News online - Jenny says plan to get off gas

Get off gas. You won’t regret it. Use the Make the Switch website to help plan your transition to all-electric.

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Light House Architecture and Science20 July 2022
Light House Science in The Guardian
Light House Science in The Guardian

Earlier this month Jenny and the Light House science team tested the Canberra home of Guardian Australia journalist Chris Knaus.

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Light House Architecture and Science20 July 2022
Is Retrofit expensive?
Is Retrofit expensive?

Retrofit doesn’t have to be hard or expensive. Read/watch Jenny’s rant about the misconceptions about retrofit in the Australian housing industry. Includes a video of her May 2022 presentation to the National Energy Efficiency Conference in Melbourne.

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Light House Architecture and Science20 July 2022
Winter Solstice in a Light House
Winter Solstice in a Light House

Walking on sunshine (or lazing in the sun like a Light Hound)…

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Light House Architecture and Science28 June 2022
Life & Work Matters, Book Opening Update
Life & Work Matters, Book Opening Update

Jenny chats about getting off gas on Radio National Life Matters… and provides and update about the opening of our architectural books.

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Light House Architecture and Science14 June 2022
Industry challenges ongoing
Industry challenges ongoing

Genuinely unprecedented times… huge price increases and significant time delays. It’s not good new for and from the housing industry.

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Light House Architecture and Science1 June 2022
Retrofitting Australia
Retrofitting Australia

Retrofitting Australia: how to fix eight million homes. Jenny will be sharing her experience at the National Energy Efficiency Conference in Melbourne which kicks off tomorrow.

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Light House Architecture and Science24 May 2022
Micro-forests gaining more momentum!
Micro-forests gaining more momentum!

Media attention grows as do the number of forests!

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Light House Architecture and Science22 May 2022
Deep retrofit for more accessible, equitable and resilient houses
Deep retrofit for more accessible, equitable and resilient houses

We have many great examples of this on our ‘Renovation’ page.

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Light House Architecture and Science13 May 2022
The great grape pruning at Jenny's House 2022
The great grape pruning at Jenny's House 2022

The grapevines provide luscious shade in summer but must be pruned hard in May to enjoy the winter sun.

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Light House Architecture and Science7 May 2022
Where do we live - 2022?
Where do we live - 2022?

Want to know where the architects and scientists of Light House live?

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ACT, Architecture, Australian architecture, Canberra, Canberra Architecture, Design, EER, Social Sustainability, Ride To Work, Sustainability, Sustainable Communities, Sustainable Design, Work Life BalanceLight House Architecture and Science24 March 2022Architecture, Sustainability, Sustainable, Small footprint, Canberra, community, sustainable design
More than enough: small footprint, big ideas.
More than enough: small footprint, big ideas.

This home is one surprise package!

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Light House Architecture and Science21 February 2022
Capital Scraps gets an EV-wrap
Capital Scraps gets an EV-wrap

We are delighted to have sponsored this beautiful ‘wrap’ for the all-electric meals-on-wheels for worms service: Capital Scraps Composting!

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Light House Architecture and Science14 February 2022
2021 - it's a wrap!
2021 - it's a wrap!
Light House Architecture and Science24 December 2021
Sustainability: the green building revolution
Sustainability: the green building revolution

Tune in to Jenny’s very last podcast of the year!

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Light House Architecture and Science22 December 2021
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