Creative Home Energy Project
The project is a research and educational showcase of innovative state-of-the-art energy efficient homes built by the Department of Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Nottingham. Seven homes on the University Park have been designed and constructed to various degrees of innovation and flexibility to allow the testing of different aspects of construction including layout and form, cladding materials, roof structures, foundations, glazing materials, thermal performance, building services systems, sustainable / renewable energy technologies, lighting systems, acoustics and water supply. The project aims to stimulate sustainable design ideas and promote new ways of providing affordable, environmentally sustainable housing that are innovative in their design. The homes are fully instrumented and occupied in order to provide comprehensive post occupancy evaluation data.
One home is a replica 1930’s house, subsequently updated to show how retrofit measures can improve a home’s energy efficiency (pictured). Another aims to be as eco-friendly as possible, but also affordable. A third reflects an aim to build an energy efficient masonry home that can be mass produced. You will be able to go inside some of the houses and observe others from the outside.
There is a cost of £4 per person for this guide tour.
For more information contact Lauren Halstead: ceh@nottingham.ac.uk
Open on 10th May only. Morning tours start at 11.30am (last morning tour at 1pm). Afternoon tours start at 2.30pm (last afternoon tour at 3.30pm). Tours last for 30 minutes and up to three groups of 15 people can attend at any one time. Book on the day from 11am at the central booking office on the ground floor of Portland Building. Bookings are on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Creative Home Energy Project is close to building 17 on the University Park map, near to the North Entrance to campus: www.nottingham.ac.uk/sharedresources/documents/mapuniversitypark.pdf
Location:
Department of Architecture and Built Environment and Eco-Houses
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2QL
Date / Time:
Saturday, May 10, 2014 -
11:30 to 15:30
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