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We begin 2024 with some interesting innovation from the world of mainstream house- building, when it comes to achieving affordable low carbon homes. The Energy House 2.0 project has now been running for a year at Salford University, where in special test chambers simulating different climatic conditions, two prototype houses (by Barratt and Bellway) have had their fabric put through its paces.
Barratt omes says that the ust-announced fi rst set of test data indicate that the uture omes Standard can be deliered at scale by , but only proiding that the supply chain of key components can keep pace, and skills training is readily available.”Although working with different parameters to most self-builds, it’s a fascinating project showing how seriously the big fi rms are taking the task of building lower energy homes at scale.
The initial fi ndings may not sound that impressie, until you compare them with the construction industry’s terribly low baseline. The two homes had a small difference of up to between their anticipated energy performance and their actual performance.
This makes them among the most effi cient that have been tested in research.” That’s because the difference between design and build can be up to a fairly staggering
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