The Barbrook PassivHaus Retrofit
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Phase 1 Feasibility: August - November 2009
Phase 2 Build: January - February 2011
Barbrook PassivHaus Retrofit is part of the national Retrofit for the Future programme which is the first of its kind in the UK. The project will enable social housing units across the country to be retrofitted with new, innovative technologies.
Understanding and implementing best practice retrofitting is key to meeting the government's CO2 reduction target of 80% by 2050. The individual projects will be monitored for 2 years after completion and results will be shared to help show how the UK's current housing stock could be made more energy efficient.
In the initial design phase, over 190 organisations, including housing associations, architects and construction companies received up to £20,000 each to carry out full feasibility studies and devise innovative proposals. From these proposals, 87 were awarded proof of concept development contracts to carry out retrofits on current social houses. The Energy Action Devon Barbrook PassivHaus Retrofit is one of these 87.
Energy Action Devon would like to thank the project funders, who without could not have made this innovative and inspirational project possible; Technology Strategy Board (SBRI), North Devon Homes, and Exmoor Sustainable Development Fund.
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Summary of the key sustainability features and predicted carbon dioxide savings
Thermal images of houses before work starts