These projects, including NCH2050, are both scalable and replicable – giving the potential to deliver far-reaching impacts. A judging panel comprising industry leaders from across the world selected projects that are making an immediate positive impact on the planet and people’s lives. I’m so happy living here now, I’m no longer thinking of moving, I’ve recently redecorated the whole house and I’m saving up for a new carpet.”įollowing a worldwide open call for entries, a rigorous selection process was undertaken to find projects for the COP26 exhibition. Last winter was so much better, me and my family found the house to be really warm and my energy bills have not got more expensive in fact I’m paying less. I really can’t believe the difference the refurb has made. Before the energy efficiency works I was planning on moving as the cold was just getting too much. A new energy efficient heating and hot water system using a combination of communal ground source systems and individual air source heat pumps with thermal storage.Īn NCH tenant from the initial pilot, Ms Esther Lutzuver, said: “These homes were really cold before and I dreaded winters.Smart metering and building performance monitoring.Roof integrated solar PV panels with battery storage.New doors and windows, including new internal window surrounds.Super insulated external wall panels and roofs manufactured offsite.Removal of existing gas boiler and gas supply.The award winning project upgrades homes with innovative energy-saving and energy-generating measures, which include: Nottingham was the first place in the UK to pilot the ground-breaking whole-house retrofit approach known as Energiesprong, pioneered in the Netherlands. These retrofits have created desirable, warm and affordable homes, whilst tackling fuel poverty, climate change and improving the environmental performance of the homes, helping towards Nottingham’s ambition to be the first UK city to become carbon neutral by 2028. The project sees the transformation of hard-to-heat council homes into super insulated, low maintenance near ‘net zero energy’ homes, increasing their energy efficiency and reducing heating and energy costs for residents. The sector causes around 40 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions and the exhibition will highlight the role that buildings and cities can play as a solution to the climate and ecological emergency.Įnergiesprong: Nottingham City Homes 2050 – DREeM (Deep Retrofit Energy Model) The pavilion is one of many activities being planned to highlight the built environment’s role in tackling climate change. It will contain a virtual exhibition of exemplary low-carbon projects and host speeches and panel discussions at COP26. The 17 inspiring sustainable building projects, including only five from the UK, will be part of the UK Built Environment Virtual Pavilion, organised by the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC). NCH2050 Homes is a partnership between Nottingham City Homes, Nottingham City Council, Melius Homes, Energiesprong UK, Focus Consultants, Studio Partington, Nottingham Trent University and the University of Lincoln. The project works to retrofit homes with super energy efficient measures and the DREeM (Deep Retrofit Energy Model) project is part funded by the European Regional Development Fund.
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