Welcome to Light House ArchiSCIENCE.

Delightful, low-carbon, all-electric homes — new & existing

From 2011 to 2024 we simplified the sustainable design process, to create hundreds of comfortable, clever, energy-efficient homes; homes that are light-filled and light-footed.

In the background, behind the glamour of the architecture, we have always provided independent, science-only, retrofit advice for people wanting to thermally upgrade their existing home.

Now, the science part is all we do. We’re still industry advocates for the integration of design and science, we just don’t do the design part anymore.

Efficient, cost-effective, all-electric homes to suit Canberra’s climate.

Through excellent design and scientific testing, we created homes that feel spacious and comfortable, and function beautifully, on a smaller than average floor area. Many of our homes achieve an energy efficiency rating of 8+ stars (when 6 stars was the minimum standard). These houses require half as much energy per year to heat and cool them to comfortable temperatures compared to a 6 star home.

We completed 250+ major integrated design and science projects in the Canberra region and our innovative work has been acknowledged through local and national awards from the architecture, housing, building and sustainability industries. Each year, we also complete 100+ smaller scale science consultancy projects focused on helping people cost-effectively retrofit their homes. The most satisfying reward for us as a collaborative team, however, is the feedback we get from happy clients.

Our vision was to make energy efficient, low carbon housing mainstream and be a beacon for positive change in the residential construction industry (but note: we are Light House not Lighthouse!). We were committed to helping people with a ‘mainstream’ budget achieve their dream of an excellent, comfortable and affordable home.

Light House provided a unique integrated service with an experienced team of designers and scientists with a significant body of thermal performance, embodied carbon and construction cost data. This collaborative approach meant you could expect clear and consistent communication from the outset about the design of your home, energy performance, time frames and costings, materials, finishes and inclusions.

Following a restructure in 2024 we stopped providing architecture services in 2025.

All architecture projects should integrate science and sustainability. We have shared our approach widely over the last decade and hope that the majority of architecture practices now see building science, climate resilience and efficiency as standard parts of the design process… not as strange add-ons, as has been the approach for way too long.

The video below made in 2017 about a project (Claire’s House) designed in 2014, and built in 2015, gives you a bit of an insight into where we started and why demand for a our services grew rapidly. It was a great decade and we are proud of the legacy we leave in the architecture and housing industries.

The Ngunnawal people are the Traditional Custodians of the ACT.

We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture

and the contribution they make to the life of this city and this region.