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A Blue Mountains house that maintains a steady 20-25 degrees without heating or cooling. Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it.

This unassuming four-bedroom house in the bush is the only one of its kind in Australia. The home in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney has no gaps on the outside and is clad in fibre cement, giving it Australia’s highest bushfire rating. Builder Joe Mercieca and his wife Merylese, a former registered nurse, experienced […]

Australia’s first passive house built to the highest bushfire rating has been unveiled in the midst of an early start to the bushfire season, as experts gather to advise residents on fire safety. When Joe and Merylese Mercieca began building solar passive homes 15 years ago, architects, suppliers, and contractors told them it would not […]

Blue Eco Homes has launched the first Certified Passive House in the NSW Blue Mountains. A display home, it will be open to the public for Sustainable House Day on September 15, 2019. According to the company, ‘The Sapphire’ is one of the most energy-efficient houses in NSW, as well as one of the most […]

New South Wales now has two Passive House certified buildings. The experience of the designers and builders behind these projects shows that the building standard isn’t easy to follow but it’s worth it to get ultra-low energy homes that are comfortable, quiet and secure. There’s now a certified Passive House in Thornleigh, on Sydney’s upper […]

We’ve always had a passion for sustainability. For me, I think it started with my dad. Dad was always collecting rainwater and laundry water in drums and barrels, right through our life. He had this whole system set up to save water and reuse it throughout the house. Even though we lived in suburbia, where […]

While Australians have a worldwide reputation for enjoying the great outdoors, most of us still spend a staggering 90 per cent of our time indoors, potentially exposing us to a range of hazards. The Australian Department of Environment and Energy explains that because dwellings have become better sealed from the outside world, pollutants being released […]

Recently I (Merylese) delivered a speech on ‘Healthy Homes’ at the Women’s Economic Forum in Perth. It was such a privilege to share with these women about Blue Eco Homes’ approach to building healthy, comfortable and low-toxin homes. I’d love to share this speech with you too. Please see a slightly edited version below. WOMEN […]

“Bush Fire Attack Level” or “BAL” is the term used to describe the level of bush fire risk a home could be subjected to. Factors that determine a home’s “BAL Rating” include: The area you live in, the vegetation, the distance from the vegetation to your home, and the slope of the land. There are […]