Building a home in South Gippsland’s The Cape, an innovative new housing estate hailed as one of Australia’s most sustainable residential developments, comes with clear responsibilities and requirements. Not least of which is that the home must be high-performing, achieving a minimum 7.5 stars for energy efficiency, as defined by the Nationwide House Energy Rating Scheme (NatHERS).
So when Kate and Richard Keech signed on and bought a parcel of land they knew every design decision would require
