Passive Solar & Environmentally Sustainable Building Design

Design for Seasons offers a building design service specialising in passive solar and environmentally sustainable design. Buildings that are energy efficient, thermally comfortable and as individual as the owners.

Areas of design include individual houses, renovations and additions, group housing developments, commercial developments and community buildings.

Appropriate use of materials include rammed earth, brick, stone, timber, steel, concrete or innovative composite building systems and materials. These are combined to create buildings that harmonize with the environment, suit the local climate and meet the client’s vision and needs.

Passive Solar features and benefits include:

● Utilising the free energy of the sun & cooling breezes to enhance comfort levels

● Less reliance on mechanical heating and cooling resulting in lower energy bills
    and reduced green house gases

● Use of natural light resulting in airy and well lit spaces

● A healthy living environment which is uplifting to the spirit