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Drum Housing Association Generation Homes Project
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Six post war semi-detached and bungalow homes located off the gas network, occupied by mainly elderly people and managed by a housing association. Homes have had insulation upgraded and were fitted with Solar PV and Ground Source Heat Pumps to achieve a 75% annual carbon emissions reduction.
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In March 2007, Drum Housing Association officially completed the sustainable refurbishment of six houses in Kingsley, Hampshire it had started in November 2006.
Three of the homes are 3-bedroom semi-detached houses and the three others are 2-bedroom bungalows, all of them built in the 1950’s and clustered in a cul-de-sac. All are cavity wall construction with pitched roofs and loft spaces. The residents are predominantly elderly people.
The whole project has been undertaken in partnership between Drum housing association, the Energy Saving Trust and Energy for Sustainable Development whilst the work was project managed by Drum. The homes are the first in the UK to achieve “Generation Homes” status, a benchmark funded by the Energy Saving Trust and managed by Energy for Sustainable Development that aligns with the government target to reduce national CO2 emissions by 60% by 2050.
Early estimates show that the refurbishment project may achieve a considerably higher reduction of 75% of the houses’ annual CO2 emissions , thus far surpassing the Generation Homes approval requirements of a 60% reduction in the refurbished dwellings’ annual CO2 emissions. The collective emissions of the six houses are projected to be slashed from 9.8t of CO2/a (calculated baseline emissions) to 2.4t of CO2/a (expected post-installation emissions).
This radical reduction has been achieved by employing a whole range of complementary conventional and cutting-edge eco-technologies. The technical approach targeted to save carbon emissions through:
- Preventing heat losses through the building fabric
- Reducing energy use through energy-efficient equipment and appliances
- Supplying residual energy demand through renewables
» Read a detailed summary of the work that has been done inside the house.
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