The University of Nottingham built an energy efficient house with 1930 specifications in 2008. Now the same house is going under transformation to meet the UK’s 2016 CO2 targets for all new housing. The house will very soon undergo the first of three energy efficient upgrades that will transform the energy efficient house into a zero carbon home. This 1930s style house will be equipped with more than 100 sensors to monitor energy consumption, temperature and humidity and will be one of the most sophisticated research houses in the world.
The research project under which the building will be upgraded is a combined effort of experts from the School of the Built Environment and the energy firm E.ON. The up gradation work started from August 3 2009 and will be completed by August 14 2009. Therefore, the next two weeks will be jam-packed with constant hard work and dedication to upgrade the house with cavity wall insulation, loft insulation, draft proofing and double-glazing together with a host of other energy saving devices and equipment. Once the upgrade is complete, the house will provide the project team a unique test facility to evaluate the exact cost benefits, energy efficiency and carbon reduction figures achieved through the various upgrade measures.
The E.ON 2016 House is one of six new homes built on University Park under the Creative Energy Homes project. The project is checking the different aspects of modern methods of construction like layout and form, shielding materials, roof structures, foundations, glazing materials, thermal performance, building services systems, sustainable and renewable energy technologies, lighting systems, acoustics and water supply. The main objective of the project is to encourage sustainable design ideas and promote new ways of providing inexpensive, environmentally sustainable housing that are innovative in their design.
