The Princedale Project

An eco experiment

All new build homes have to be zero carbon by 2016, but what about existing homes? We won funding from the Technology Strategy Board’s Retrofit for the Future programme to conduct an eco experiment that we can all learn from - transforming a Victorian house into an exemplar low energy home.

Decent Homes vs Passivhaus

The experiment:

- Can we transform a Victorian house in a conservation area into a low energy home? The aim is to reduce CO2 emissions by 83%, energy use by 94% and save the tenant in exces of £900 a year on fuel bills.

- How much more will this cost than a typical Decent Homes refurbishment – is it replicable?

- What is a low energy home like to live in?

Explore this site to find out all about the project and follow its progress. You can get in touch with us via our news page, on twitter or by email - we would love to hear from you.


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