the Minister for Environment Dean Wells and the Minister for Tourism Merri Rose.

Please view the picture gallery, it shows the erection of the house and the visitors to the furnished 5 out 5 Star energy rated house.It also shows it being disassembled.

You can also watch a short video showing the erection and dismantaling of the house.

The House had to fulfil the four main principals developed internationally for Ecologically Sustainable Green Buildings:

            1. Reduce energy usage
            2. Minimise external pollution and environmental damage
            3. Reduce embodied energy and resource depletion
            4. Minimise internal pollution and damage to health

There were only two days in which to erect the house and in spite of rainy weather the Ecohousing crew succeeded in getting the building up and had it furnished in modern style, fitted out with energy saving White goods & water saving features, in time for the opening by Brisbane's Deputy Lord Mayor Tim Quinn,