Westlea
HA Home
The
brief for the project was to create two family houses, with a minimum of three
bedrooms. The rent for the homes was to be geared to reflect the savings in
the running costs of the properties.
Design and
Construction Innovation o Limited wet-trades
- Off-site
pre-fabrication
- Recycled
newspaper cellulose insulation
- Central
service ducts carrying wet and dry services
- Service
void behind the plasterboard internal wall surfaces allows for additional
switches and sockets to be added in the future without damage to the building
fabric
Environmental
Technologies
- Use of grey
water recycling
- Recycled
water-butts collect rainwater for garden irrigation
- Fan-assisted
passive stack effect ventilation system
- Use of recycled
materials used, including railway sleepers and telegraph poles for retaining
walls, and plastic from milk cartons as boundary fencing and decking to
the rear patio
- Low energy
light fittings
- Western Red
Cedar cladding was selected for sustainability, low embodied energy, long
life and low maintenance
- Rooftop
solar water heaters
- Use of solar
spaces as a temperature barrier
Intelligent
Technologies
- Simple and
precise controls for heating, reducing energy wastage
- All lights
can be controlled from a single point o Movement sensors are linked to the
lighting system
- Off-peak
electric storage heaters are linked to motion sensors
- Emergency
lights automatically operate in the event of a power failure
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