Green Home Buying Tips

Jane Toner is a registered architect with an ability to assess and identify ESD opportunities in a broad range of building types (houses, shops, offices, hotels, hospitals, cinemas). She has run her own architectural practice with an emphasis on incorporating passive design principles into residential projects. Since joining SBE, Jane has maintained an advocacy for the environment through tutoring in environmentally sustainable design at RMIT and is also an SEAV accredited "FirstRate" energy rater able to empathize with architect-designed buildings. Jane has been involved in aquatic centres and eco-resorts and has dev Jane has completed over 100 pre purchase house inspections with Archicentre, she has extensive experience offering advice on recognising the green potential of existing homes and strategies for integrating sustainable lifestyle choices. The advice Jane offers homeowners is practical and easy for non-building professionals to implement. Jane's talk aims to equip you with improved knowledge of what to look for when inspecting real estate, her advice will direct you to look for features in an existing home that can offer opportunities for passive heating and cooling, daylighting, rainwater harvesting, healthy indoor air, low-impact maintenance, and other important factors in a sustainable lifestyle. eloped a keen understanding of the issues involved.