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Technologies and materials • Builders, architects and designers • Services • Demonstration homes • Kit homes • Useful resources

Technologies and materials

Timber
Australian Architectural Hardwoods recycled hardwood for flooring, decking, etc, Kempsey, NSW
Bowerbird Salvaged Timbers ethically collected timber
Good Wood Guide and One Stop Timber Shop are both useful guides to buying eco-friendly timber
Prime Pine eco-friendly pine products
Second Hand Building Centre recycled timber, flooring, etc, Sydney
Timberzoo recycled timber, Geelong
Urban Salvage recycled timber, Spotswood

Bamboo
Bamboo Australia bamboo flooring and fencing, Gold Coast
Bamboo Australia Wholesale bamboo flooring and fencing
Bamboo Floors bamboo flooring
Ecoflooring bamboo floorboards

Stawbale, mudbrick, rammed earth
Earth-Tec Builders rammed earth specialists, Victoria
FormBlock adobe building system
Huff'n'Puff Strawbale Constructions
Make It Mudbricks mudbrick manufacturer
Pressed Earth Bricks mudbrick manufacturer in Bellingen, NSW
RamCo Rammed Earth Construction earth wall design, WA
Strawbale Developments strawbale building designers
Yesterday Today Tomorrow straw bale builders and consultants

Other
Clearcomfort window insulation
Designer Paint Company non-toxic paints and products
Ecoflex building products using recycled materials, Newcastle
Ecomist natural insect spray
Edmonds wind-powered ventilation systems
Environment Shop green products and services
Forbo Floorcoverings lino-type flooring made from linseed oil
Going Eco ecological product and material supply brokers, NSW
GranitGard non-toxic termite protection barrier system
Higgins Insulation wool insulation batts and products
Ortech Industries eco-friendly building boards, beams, systems
Painted Earth eco-friendly paints and finishes
SkyDome skylights
Solarcoat insulating paint
Solutions in Store sustainable business and living consultants
Smartflo rainwater-harvesting gutters/tanks (formerly EnviroFlo)
Systems Pest Management eco-friendly termite and pest control
TecEco eco-friendly concrete from recycled material
ThermoWool wool/recycled eco-polyester insulation batts

Builders, architects and designers

ACT
Strine Homes environmental designers and builders, based in ACT

NSW
Anderson Architecture sustainable architecture
Australian Stabilised Earth Group earth home builders
Ecocorp environmental building designers
EcoHabitats sustainable home builders, Blue Mountains
eco Homes Tour guided tour of eco building techniques, Blue Mountains
EcoHut
Ecological Design sustainable home design consulting service
The Ecologie Group architects and sustainable design
ENVDS environmental building/engineering consultancy, Sydney
Envirotecture environmental housing design
Michael Mobb's House sustainable design consultancy, Sydney
Natural Integrated Living sustainable building services
Rustic Touch sustainable designers/builders, Central Coast
Sanctum Design architects, northern Sydney
Strawbale Developments straw bale home designers
Sustainable Homes NSW sustainable designer/builder
Yesterday Today Tomorrow, Straw Bale Construction straw bale builders and consultants
Your Abode environmentally friendly homes, design and build

Northern Territory

Queensland
Clean Earth Homes design and build sustainable homes
Eco Dezign Homes designers and builders of eco-friendly homes
Greenhouse Design sustainable home design
Gabriel Poole Noosa-based architect
Gareth Cole
Natural Integrated Living sustainable building services
Andrew Webb natural building specialist

South Australia
Australian Stabilised Earth Group earth home builders
Ecopolis architects
Energy Architecture architects
Jack Metcalf eco-home building consultant, Adelaide

Tasmania
eHabitat modular passive-designed homes

Victoria
Australian Stabilised Earth Group earth home builders
BP Architects Melbourne
Breathe Architecture Melbourne
Build For Less Daylesford
Conscious Homes architects, Eltham
Earth-Tec Builders rammed earth specialists
Green House builders of energy efficient homes, Limestone, Vic
Mountain Creek Architecture Passive solar architects, NE Victoria
Ovens & King Earthbuilders sustainable home builders, Victoria
PHOOEY architects sustainable architects, Melbourne
SBE architects and building consultants, Melbourne
Starting Point mud/earthbrick building consultancy service
Solar Solutions sustainable home design
Sunpower Design sustainable home designers, Melbourne
Third Ecology sustainable architects/advisors, Geelong

Western Australia
Australian Stabilised Earth Group earth home builders
Earth House designers of sustainable mudbrick homes
Glenway Homes sustainable home builders, Perth
RamCo Rammed Earth Construction earth wall design, Perth
Rammed Earth rammed earth home builders
Rural Building Company sustainable builders, Perth
The Westbury Company eco-friendly builder, Midland

Services
Circle Interiors sustainable kitchen, etc, interiors
Green Plumbers Network find an eco-friendly plumber
Natural Painting painters using non-toxic paints, Melbourne

Sustainable demonstration homes
Subiaco Sustainable Home Perth
Bunbury EcoHome Bunbury, WA
West Brunswick Sustainable House Melbourne

Sustainable kit homes
Build For Less
Ecobodes environmentally sustainable designs
EcoHut
eHabitat modular passive designed homes
Gabriel Poole Noosa
Post and Beam sustainable mudbrick kit homes, Victoria/NSW
SALA Homes Brisbane
Smart Shax

Useful resources
Ausbale (Australasian Straw Bale Building Association)
Australian Green Development Forum
Earth Building Association of Australia
EcoLiving Centre UNSW sustainable living research project/house
Ecosmart Home guide to eco-friendly homes
EcoSpecifier guide to environmental building materials
Green Building Council of Australia
Greensmart green initiative from the Housing Institute of Australia
Newton House a case-study of a couple building an 'eco-house'
University of Queensland: Centre for Sustainable Design
RMIT Centre for Design section on sustainable buildings, including information on the Aurora Project and The EcoHome
Rob's Ramblings personal page about a Sydney sustainable home