LIGHT HOUSE HOMES ARE WARM AND LIGHT, EVEN IN CANBERRA’S COLD WINTERS the construction side to handle. The business separated, and the design and energy side was reborn as Light House Architecture and Science, with Jenny as the sole director. Not many architectural businesses have a scientist at the helm, but Jenny is making it work at Light House. In fact, she has always had a strong interest in architecture and building. After high school, she seriously considered studying architecture, but eventually followed her friends to the local university and did science. ‘But it was a hard decision,’ she says. Home design took a back seat to science for a THE USE OF few years as Jenny gained a masters in science STANDARD communication, and worked in Canada, Western CONSTRUCTION Australia and the Philippines. TECHNIQUES ‘And I lived in some dreadfully uncomfortable MAKES LIGHT houses, and a couple of good ones in that time,’ HOUSE HOMES she says. ‘So when I came back to Canberra I AFFORDABLE knew I wanted a really good house.’ Now she has made herself a really good one. In September Jenny’s own home won the HIA Australian GreenSmart Sustainable Home award. The home was designed by Light House and built by 360 Building Solutions. ‘It really works,’ she says. ‘I have teenagers, but our energy use is AIR LEAKAGE that of a single person. And it is a wonderful, warm TESTING house to live in – I love it.’ www.lighthouseteam.com.au NOVEMBER 2018 HOUSING 21 PEOPLE • JENNY EDWARDS