A ‘Green Standard’ Of Sustainability For New Homes
The building industry will need to meet tougher criteria for ‘Green Star’.
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In hopes of cutting household energy costs, the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has launched a sustainability rating for the volume home building industry.
Under the Green Star Homes Standard new homes will need to meet health standards for ventilation, insulation, minimal toxins in carpest or paint.
Further, a number of resilience standards including water efficiency, climate change readiness, alongside homes needing to meet climate positive measures, such as being fully electric, draught sealed, energy-efficient and powered by renewables.
“The residential sector accounts for 57 per cent of Australia’s building emissions. We spend 90 per cent of our time indoors with two-thirds of this being at home,” said GBCA’s chief executive Davina Rooney.
The new rating tool could see Green Star certified homes reduce energy costs by more than 75% – through solar panels, insulation, airconditioning LED lights, and electric appliances according to the GBCA.
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The nearly 10,000-square-foot home stands right at the entrance to the Amazon billionaire’s grand, $165 million estate.
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A home that’s right at the entrance to Jeff Bezos’s Beverly HIlls estate, which the billionaire purchased for $165 million in 2020, is now on the market asking $19.8 million.
Shaded by mature olive trees, the three-story modern mansion on Angelo Drive spans nearly 10,000 square feet, and includes five bedrooms, a bar and lounge, a home cinema, a pool with floating benches, and a 15-car garage.
The modern home centers around a striking wood staircase that extends through all three floors, creating an eye-shaped spiral.
Other design choices include a full-height black marble fireplace, herringbone wood flooring, grayscale marble backsplashes in the kitchen and bathroom, banks of floor-to-ceiling windows and a seating area in the middle of the pool.
There is also an outdoor kitchen and eating area poolside, and a living space with sliding doors that open directly onto the pool deck, for indoor/outdoor living.
The home was built in 2021 and designed by Gabbay Architects for the owner, who purchased the underlying property for $4.1 million in 2015, according to property records accessed through PropertyShark.
The seller, who runs a Beverly Hills-based plastic surgery practice, could not immediately be reached for comment.
The Benedict Canyon house came to market Friday with Tomer Fridman of Christie’s International Real Estate. He could not immediately be reached for comment.
The Bezos estate is also known as the Warner Estate, named after its first owner, Hollywood mogul Jack Warner of the Warner Bros.
After Warner, the 9-acre estate was owned by music executive and film producer David Geffen, followed by Bezos. The property includes a palatial Gregorian Revival mansion built in 1939 and designed by architect Florence Yoch to befit the status of one of the most powerful men in Hollywood.
At $19.8 million, the new listing offers quite a deal compared to other properties neighbouring Bezos. In Florida, the owner of a vacant lot next door to the Amazon founder’s estate on Indian Creek Island is asking $150 million for it.
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