PROJECT REPORT 43


who obtained funding from atest bank alongside grants from omes ngland and reater anchester ombined Authority A. t fits into As ambitious strategy to increase the number of affordable, net ero housing in the reater anchester area.


ADDRESSING LOCAL NEEDS reenhaus embodies a shared commitment to address housing shortages and improve both environmental standards and living standards for local people. or ali omes, reenhaus represents the future of affordable and social housing, eplains urner. t demonstrates what can be achieved through effective partnership working and a shared desire to create cleaner, greener, and healthier homes that are fit for the future and which wont need retrofitting. ali omes owns , properties across Salford, with the majority of its customers in receipt of welfare benefits. he new homes at reenhaus help reduce fuel poverty for residents, with the monthly cost of heating and hot water at around  less than a typical scheme built to current uilding egulations, eplains use project


director imon ourihan. Achieving assivhaus certification not only helps residents from an affordability perspective, but also offers a range of health benefits which in turn can reduce the impact on the  and the costs associated with illness related to poor quality housing and health ineuality, ourihan continues. hanks to the airtightness, thermal comfort and improved ventilation of Passivhaus properties, residents are better protected against airborne pollutants, the risk of illness associated with living in a cold home is reduced, as is the risk of damp, mould and condensation.


reenhaus comprises a mi of one and two bedroom homes, including four accessible apartments on the ground floor. he homes are mied tenures –  are for social rent,  for affordable rent and the remaining  available as part of the ent to uy scheme.


The decision on how to split the tenures was taken carefully. o ensure the development would meet the local housing need, etensive consultation was undertaken with alford ity ouncil, eplains Alison aigh, reenhouse project leader and certified assivhaus consultant


“THE MONTHLY COST OF HEATING AND HOT WATER IS AROUND 68% LESS THAN A TYPICAL SCHEME BUILT TO CURRENT


BUILDING REGULATIONS” SIMON HOURIHAN, MUSE PROJECT DIRECTOR


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