|
|
Super E Eco Home
Maidenhayes
Maidenhayes benefits from the following sustainable
features:
-
Super-E
Construction – This construction standard ensures that air
leakage is controlled, leading to higher occupant comfort and
reduced energy bills. A sophisticated Heat Recovery Ventilation system minimises heat loss by
maintaining between 0.5 and 1.5 air changes per hour at 50
pascals of pressure (the average in a typical
UK house would be above 10
air changes per hour).
-
Cedar Timber Cladding – from fully sustainable
sources
-
Excel Warmcel Cellulose
insulation – sourced from recycled paper
-
Ground source heat pump – supplies heat
to the underfloor heating and hot water from underground heat
collecting panels. The heat pump, which operates in a similar way to a refrigerator,
but in reverse,
converts 1 KW of electricity into 4 KW of
heat.
-
Fermacell boards – produced from recycled paper and
gypsum are used for the floor, wall and ceilings instead of
plasterboard and chipboard. This enhances fire
retardancy, and limits sound transfer within the
house.
-
Bamboo flooring – which only takes 4 years to grow
at source, rather than oak, for example,
which takes 100 years minimum.
-
Soapstone log burners – 95% efficient, installed to
be used alongside the underfloor heating, they require an external
combustion air source to maintain the buildings air
tightness.
-
Reed bed sewage filtration system – a natural and
non polluting method of treating sewage.
-
Independent hot water supply
from two cylinders and,
separate heating control for the ground and
first floor, along with high standards of insulation between the
floors. This reduces waste when the ground
floor (which provides separate accommodation) is not being used.
-
Large glass gables – which add significant solar gain and
light, further limiting energy
usage.
-
All appliances area all A rated, and the lighting is highly
energy efficient.
The house in Cornwall is the first such house
to be built for the Self-build market by DGS Construction Ltd, in
partnership with DAC International, and is the perfect example of how
the ethos of
sustainability can be respected
without compromising the functionality and visual appeal of the
house house design.
|
Registered Offices:
The Glebe Nash Road Whaddon Milton Keynes MK17 ONQ
e-mail:
info@dgsconstruction.co.uk
Directors: D.G Stewart & M.J Stewart
Company Secretary: M.J Stewart
Registered in
England and Wales
Company Registration Number 3339737 |
