Green Homes for a Greener Future

Sustainability is the biggest environmental issue of the 21st century. More people and businesses as well as the global community are coming to realize that embracing eco-friendly principles is the only way to help save Mother Earth. Now more than ever, the meaning of the green movement has found its mark.

Today, that mark had found its way to the Australian continent and surprisingly, the Australian consumer is greener than many people have realized. As a matter of fact, a survey conducted by the Domestic Energy Consumption in Australia revealed that more than three- quarters of Australians accepted that the climate change is a major problem and they are prepared to make sacrifices and necessary changes to support the green movement.

Because of this awareness, the green principle had not only spread though the different industry across Australia, it had also dominated the Melbourne house builders market and Urbanedge Homes is one of the few home builders in Victoria who had incorporated green principles as a part of their new home designs and building a house options.

Urbanedge Homes is proud to introduce its newest range of new homes – the GreenSmart homes. GreenSmart homes feature sustainable design principles which can help reduce water and energy usage while still offering the latest in new home designs and styles.

Through careful solar orientation on the site, the sun’s energy is maximize throughout the year, while natural ventilation methods are used to circulate air in and around Urbanedge green home. Effective insulation is used to prevent heat loss and heat gain through walls, roofs, and floors, while heat loss through windows is reduced through high-performance glazing.

Urbanedge Homes green homes demonstrate improved energy, resource and water efficiency, which in turn will reduce household running costs and green house emissions into the environment.

With GreenSmart, homeowners’ will not only achieve an environmentally responsible green home that is cleaner and healthier for their family to live in, but they will also be able to enjoy a comfortable lifestyle with cheaper running costs.

For more information on Urbanedge GreenSmart homes and other Urbanedge house and land packages log on to http://www.urbanedgehomes.com.au/greensmart.aspx or visit one of Urbanedge display centers in Victoria and new show homes in Melbourne.