Making history was not on the agenda for Judy and Michael Bos when they built their solar-powered home 40 years ago.
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| The home attracted the attention of architects and students, with tours run in the 1980s. |
But amid fears of an oil shortage and an emerging trend to live "off grid," the Bos family decided that building Australia's first fully autonomous solar-powered home was the "logical way to go”.
"There was a lot of talk about the energy crisis and that oil was running out," Judy Bos said.
Sitting on a four-hectare block in Pearcedale, on Melbourne's south-eastern fringe, the Bos house was designed to be naturally cool in summer and warm in winter.
Read the ABC News story by James Oaten - “The story behind the Bos house, Australia's first solar-powered home.”
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