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Positive Footprints

License #:
DBU 26421
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About Us

At Positive Footprints we not only design sustainable homes, but also build them for you.

Our wealth of practical experience and knowledge designing, and then building sustainable dwellings, ensures you get a high performing sustainable home that performs as designed, and that the vision we start together is realised on your block.

We specialise in:

  • Passive Solar Design
  • Rainwater & greywater integration
  • Sustainable material selection
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Healthy house design
  • Photovoltaics & solar hot water
  • And, of course, making beautiful homes

Make your footprint positive.

Specialities

Apartments
Commercial
Enerfit
Environmental Consultation
NatHERS Assessment
New Homes
PHPP Assessment
Passive House
Passive Solar
Passive Renovation

Qualifications & Affiliates

Jeremy Spencer is one of 2 founding directors at Positive Footprints, and leads the building team.  His qualifications are:

  • Positive Footprints Founding Director (along with Chi Lu.)
  • SBA Founding Director
  • SBA Website Content Creator
  • Unlimited Builder: DBU26421
  • Accredited Energy Assessor: DMN/10/0014
  • Master Builder Gold Member (since 2001)
  • HIA 15 year member
  • Design Matters National past board member & current TASC group member
  • MECLA task group
  • Previous MBAV Greenliving teacher
  • Long time National Sustainability Awards judge

Completed Projects

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Solar Sollew

2013

Combining Multigenerational living…,

  • accessible house design,
  • food production with seed raising greenhouse,
  • indigenous landscaping,
  • 9.1 star energy rating,
  • passive design,
  • water collection & resuse,
  • earth tube cooling & greywater watering,
  • phase change thermal mass,
  • low embodied energy construction materials,
  • extensive environmental specification,
  • an environmental building control management system,
  • and a healthy interior in which the family can live and grow

the Green & Gold House is a model example of how low impact a home can be when all the elements of sustainable design are carefully considered and integrated together.

 

To find out about this project, click HERE.

To find out about our new CARBON ZERO HOMES series, click HERE.

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Junction House

2011

Combining Multigenerational living…,

  • accessible house design,
  • food production with seed raising greenhouse,
  • indigenous landscaping,
  • 9.1 star energy rating,
  • passive design,
  • water collection & resuse,
  • earth tube cooling & greywater watering,
  • phase change thermal mass,
  • low embodied energy construction materials,
  • extensive environmental specification,
  • an environmental building control management system,
  • and a healthy interior in which the family can live and grow

the Green & Gold House is a model example of how low impact a home can be when all the elements of sustainable design are carefully considered and integrated together.

 

To find out about this project, click HERE.

To find out about our new CARBON ZERO HOMES series, click HERE.

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