House Summary

Owner(s):

John Kelly and Helen Silverlock

House Type:

1962 Detached 3-bed house with attached former police office

Carbon saving:

91%

Measures installed:

• Triple glazed timber framed windows with U value less than 1
• All walls cavity insulated, first floor walls externally insulated and weatherboarded
• Loft space completely insulated including thermal store room
• Roof insulated with 150mm Ecotherm/Black Mountain sheepswool
• All ground floors insulated with 100mm Ecotherm insulation
• Triple glazed windows and door units have high performance seals, all wall/floor joints sealed
• 7.8 sq m flat panel collectors feeding 450l thermal store
• 16 sq m PV panels, peak output 2.1 kW, grid connected and provision for future off-grid operation
• 450 litre thermal store for domestic water heating and underfloor space heating, fed by solar thermal and 12kW log burner with back boiler, all heating zones independently thermostatically controlled
• A rated appliances throughout
• Rainwater harvesting for WC flushing and garden use, future other uses planned
• Almost all materials from site recycled/freecycled or reused