Athlete's Village

 

The Athletes Village is an excellent example of how environmental considerations have been incorporated into the design and construction of new Olympic facilities. It is next to Sydney Olympic Park that means less travel time for athletes, that is environmentally friendly.

Each of the 665 permanent houses in the village has a solar energy panel on its roof which generates electricity. This makes the village one of the world’s largest solar-powered suburbs.

The clever passive solar design of houses in the village means that they only use half the energy of a typical house. Since most of the energy required is provided by the solar panels, energy costs to the house owners are excepted to be free.

Other features include solar hot water systems with natural gas, the use of recyclable and recycled materials to build the houses, environmentally friendly paints, glues, and recycled water used for toilet flushing and watering  the gardens.

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