This innovative project is designed to illustrate how residential dwellings might be designed and built in the UK by 2020. The homes are designed with the new definition of zero carbon in mind, i.e. to achieve 70% carbon compliance on site and to use allowable solutions for the remaining carbon emissions. The homes are high performance, with good air tightness and thermal performance aimed at meeting the new Fabric Energy Efficiency Standard(FEES) built into SAP 2009 and the new definition of the Code for Sustainable Homes. Achieving a 5% daylight factor was a requirement of the brief. This fits into the Active House principles developed by Velux for all their pan-European ModelHome projects. The principles are that homes should be well lit and naturally ventilated where possible to promote building occupiers health and well-being.
We are carrying ut the Code for Sustainable Homes and SAP assessments, including using the SAP 2009 preview software to advise Velux on the likely performance of the dwellings under the projected new regulations and definition of zero carbon. We have also carried out thermal modelling of the design and daylight analysis using the Velux Daylight Analysis software.
Location:
Rothwell, near Kettering, Northamptonshire
Client:
Velux GB
Accommodation:
1x 3 bed house, 1x 4 bed house
Tenure:
Private sale
Completion Date:
2011
