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First Houses Designed to Conform to Code for Sustainable Homes Unveiled

June 5, 2007 // Published as a news service by IHS

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Companies in the U.K. and abroad plan to demonstrate the first houses designed to demonstrate compliance with the Code for Sustainable Homes at Offsite 2007 in June.

The code, launched in April 2007, was developed by the U.K. Communities and Local Government (CLG) based on the BRE EcoHomes method (http://www.breeam.org/page.jsp?id=21) to enable a step change in sustainable building practice for new homes.

The Code for Sustainable Homes provides a means of assessing the sustainability credentials of new homes for:

Energy.
Water.
Materials.
Waste.
Pollution.
Other issues.

Companies such as Kingspan and Stewart Milne expect to demonstrate how they would conform to the two top levels of the code - Level 6 and Level 5, respectively, which would mean both houses will be as near to "zero carbon" as possible.

Kingspan Off-site's two-bedroom "LightHouse" concentrated on efficiency in terms of construction methods, energy use, CO2 emissions and carbon footprint and was designed in line with Lifetime Homes and Scheme Development Standards (SDS).

Every building material and component used in the design was specified to optimize the building's overall sustainability credentials. An insulating, airtight building fabric was developed to provide generous daylight levels, including solar control and integrated building services based around a platform of sustainable technologies covering:

Water efficiency.
Renewable energy technology.
Passive cooling and ventilation.
Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR).

The Stewart Milne Group plans to demonstrate that sustainability is commercially viable in mass produced housing. The Stewart Milne house demonstrates:

Renewable energy technologies.
Use of superior insulation.
A fast build process.
Open plan interiors with terraces at upper levels to maximize outdoor space in urban environments.

Offsite 2007 also will features four other houses from developers Hanson, Osborne, eco-TECH and Spaceover. Willmott Dixon's consultancy arm Re-Thinking intends to unveil a new school of the future.

Additional information about Offsite 2007 is available at http://www.offsite2007.com.

Source: BRE.

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