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The house was designed to offer a model for inexpensive prefabricated dwellings with sustainable principles:
- Reduce heat loss
U-values of the walls are below 0.16W/sqmK and roof 0.14W/sqmK. Windows are high performance with an internal low-e coating, argon filled cavities. Ventilation via a heat exchanger. - Reduce embodied energy
Eliminate the extensive use of high energy production materials – metal and concrete. The decision to use softwood timber as the primary structure was largely a result of this decision. - Eliminate fossil fuels
Use electricity from wind turbine and photovoltaics to power a Danish-made air to air heat pump unit. This provides heated air to 38 degrees. - Use recycled materials
The structural frame, structural flooring and panels are all made from timber waste products. Insulation is made from recycled newspaper, floor covering from reclaimed wood blocks, acoustic underlay from recycled rubber, reclaimed bricks, splashbacks made from recycled industrial chopping boards. The Masonite I-studs were chosen over others due to their manufacture without formaldehyde.