Norwich council have tried something interesting and award-winning and may even save on heating bills.
The estate, which was designed by a London firm, Mikhail Riches, is built to German Passivhaus standards, a rigorous system that reduces a building’s ecological footprint. The houses are designed to be as airtight as possible, with a mechanical heat and ventilation system that circulates air through the rooms. Heating bills should theoretically be about £150 a year.
There are teething problems tho as the article points out;
Many complained that the houses’ fittings were breaking and they had struggled to keep their homes cool during the record-breaking temperatures this summer. Westgate said her toilet leaked and her taps had broken. “The longer we live here, the more I notice little things that are wrong, but it’s stuff that we can improve on,” she said.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/201 ... ith-street
Thoughts? Assuming the costs are not astronomical and the problems can be resolved this might be something to adopt nationwide?
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