The Ecocents Living project is the result of collaboration between the Department for Families & Communities, Hindmarsh and the University of South Australia. The purpose of the research program was to identify a suite of built forms for housing that are both affordable and sustainable. The project arose out of the observation that affordability and sustainability are rarely considered in the same context despite the importance of both to housing policy makers and the construction industry. More specifically, the research strategy was to triangulate data and information on affordable and sustainable building systems based on the best international and national knowledge and experience.