design element to feature without compromise as well as being efficient and accountable. The main rooms of 1 Zero 4 all benefit from
architectural light fittings alongside plastered in, double recessed boxes allowing superior light rendering to maximise the interior at all times but with a parred back feel. As well as being aesthetically beautiful, light-
ing is used as furniture pieces adding drama, depth of field, and sophistication. Exterior lighting on the front elevation is a
series of vertical LED ‘cheeks’ giving a dramatic persona. Subtle lighting on the rear elevation brings garden and terrace levels to life during daily and nightly cycles.
Futuristic thinking – ‘anti-ageing’ technology 1 Zero 4 has been designed to be a fully fea- tured smart house, containing the latest lighting, multi room audio and video entertainment sys- tems, CCTV, and heating control. More commonly seen in advanced commer-
cial builds, the level of technology within 1 Zero 4 is unusual. Complete home automation, AV systems and
eco technology systems have been skillfully amalgamated using 6.5 miles of cabling into a single coherent system, all managed via a cen- tralised AMX control system. 1 Zero 4 has also been designed to deliver technical wizardry while still meeting the eco requirements of the project. Peripheral systems such as the multi room audio amplifiers are all energy star compliant, meaning that they use
less than 1 watt of power on standby (unique to this system, called NuVo essential). But it is the intelligence that has been built into the lighting system where the greatest energy savings can be demonstrated. Utilising digital dimming thyristors (the Helvar
system), which reduce the physical electricity used as the lights are dimmed (compared to a normal resistance dimmer, which actually uses more electricity to dim a light), the house could already show a significant energy saving. But when linked to intelligent room sensors and con- trolled via the AMX, the lighting system suddenly becomes an entirely different proposition. The room sensors constantly monitor both
ambient light levels and room occupancy, which not only ensures that the lights are only used when the room is, but when set in an automatic setting they ensure that the lights are lit to only supplement the ambient light, effectively making the lights grow brighter as the day grows darker, optimising the lighting system to draw the mini- mum amount of electricity possible. The addition of the AMX system allows these
room sensors to also link to the control of audio visual devices in any given room, and are set to meet certain parameters. For example, a child’s bedroom can be set to know that the room has been vacated, and if it is left empty for over 30 minutes the system will turn off the lights, TV, games console or any other device that the system is programmed to control. The system is controlled via dedicated AMX touch panel controllers and also iPad based con-
trol. These devices give ‘housewide’ access to, not only the lighting, entertainment, and heating control, but also report back the status of the solar, photovoltaic, rainwater, and air source technology, marrying it with metrics from the light- ing and AV systems to give the home owner an easy to understand metric for the green perform- ance of the property. Extending this past ‘housewide’ access and
into complete external access means the house can ‘talk’ to residents wherever they are, on hol- iday, in the office, on the road. Gates can be opened, alarms set, lights switched on and off, heating levels adjusted and appliances switched on. This is an interconnecting scheme linked by communicating systems. Fully digitised, without compromise, the house thinks for it's owners, allowing them to live an eco friendly life without them having to think about it.
Main contractor
Concept, design, build: LaROCK Subcontractors
Plumbing Heating and Renewables: BKR ECO Solutions Electrical: MG Electrical Lighting: 93ft AV and intelligence systems: KONNECTIV ICF construction: Carbon Logix
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