How much does the housing designs in Australia contribute to Australia's overall carbon emissions?

Question

How much does the housing designs in Australia contribute to Australia's overall carbon emissions?

Answer 1

The "Queenslander" design is over a hundred years old, with high roof and high internal ceiling and a wide covered veranda all the way around it is designed to stay a cool as possible.

The design was also usually built on poles for flooding, this might also be a good feature for the future.

Answer 2

I know this is just one example, but I became fascinated as a kid when I heard about Coober Pedy.

http://www.cooberpedy.sa.gov.au/site/pag...

http://www.gluckman.com

Answer 3

Heritic: I have stayed at the underground hotel in Cobber Pedy it was very cool, literally, although a bit claustrophobic.

Only place I've ever been were you could buy dynamite in the supermarket.

Answer 4

It depends on the design!

But there are new building standards being developed all the time that promote the use of energy efficient design so hopefully there will be a steady reduction in the carbon footprint of new houses.

Mind you, the concept of energy efficient housing has been around for years, but this was always viewed as 'alternative' design rather than mainstream.