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GreenSmart Professional

Victoria’s Janine Strachan has been announced the HIA Australian GreenSmart Professional winner for 2021 for her passion and commitment to sustainable house design.

2021 HIA Australian GreenSmart Professional Green Design Solutions

GreenSmart Professional

Victoria’s Janine Strachan has been announced the HIA Australian GreenSmart Professional winner for 2021 for her passion and commitment to sustainable house design.

2021 HIA Australian GreenSmart Professional Green Design Solutions

2021 HIA Australian GreenSmart Professional

Winner: Janine Strachan for Green Design Solutions, Victoria

The 2021 HIA Australian GreenSmart Professional winner, Janine Strachan, is a sustainable design expert and Tiny House guru. She has promoted and worked in the area of sustainable house design and building for the past 20 years.

For the past seven years, Janine has been incorporating and expanding her knowledge of sustainable house design into her business, Green Design Solutions. Here, she designs solar passive homes in rural, regional and urban areas around Victoria. Her designs range from 7 to 7.8 stars with a focus on lightweight construction and sustainable building materials. The homes she designs are both off-grid and grid-connected to reflect the site and client requirements.

Janine was announced as the winner virtually in front of a national audience when the 2021 HIA Australian GreenSmart Award winners were revealed on 14 September.

HIA GreenSmart Awards recognise the talents of environmentally-aware residential builders, designers and manufacturers to make homes more efficient.

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Australian GreenSmart Professional finalist