Passivhaus Plus at Duckend Barn

Tue 15 Oct 2024, 7:30pm – 8:30pm

We moved to Dry Drayton from London with the intention of it being a stepping stone move. Thirty years later, now happily rooted in the community, we wanted to create a home that would give us more space, reduce our impact on the environment and support us through our retirement.

 

Key Features of this home

• Designed as a Passive House Plus building (under certification):
  • House shape and orientation maximises solar gains in winter and minimises them in summer
  • Highly insulated steel and timber frame construction
  • Triple-glazed, timber-framed windows
  • Highly air-tight construction
  • Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR)
• The layout of the new house has been developed to obscure its residential purpose and be sensitive to minimising the impact on the rural setting. 
• Ground source heat pump for heating and DHW – also for cooling during warmer months
• Integrated Building Management System (BMS)
• BMS integrated external blinds and shutters for solar gain control
• Water saving measures – rainwater harvesting, grey water treatment
• Heat recovery measures – MVHR, waste water heat recovery (WWHR)
• Water drainage attenuation measures – green roof (carport), rainwater attenuation pond incorporated into landscape
• Extensive PV array plus storage
• LED lighting throughout
• Dedicated vegetable garden as part of landscaping design

 

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