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An ambitious sustainable social housing scheme, designed to meet Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes through the use of renewable materials, has achieved planning approval. The development is being delivered by Crossover C-Zero LLP in partnership with Flagship Housing, one of the largest providers of social housing in East Anglia and will be built using Tradical® Hemcrete® thermal walling system from Lime Technology.

Although built as a demonstration house, the Renewable House has demonstrated its viability for production of affordable homes at high volume. Combining fast construction time and highly sustainable credentials, supported with a design that allows easy elaboration, the Renewable House is the ideal solution for Housing Associations and Local Authorities looking for a solution that ticks the affordable, buildable and quality boxes.

• Low carbon
• Three bedroom detached home
• Timber frame and Hemcrete® walls
• Triple glazed timber windows
• Renewable insulation
• Renewable materials
• Energy strategy
• Lifetime home
• Affordability
• Commercial viability

The Renewable House, a new demonstration house that has been designed to illustrate that low cost and low carbon are compatible, has been officially opened.

The site team has enjoyed a productive period and the project is still on target for completion well before the start of Insite09.

Design and Build Project Managers Linford Group are happy that progress on the Renewable House is being maintained to deliver the project on programme. After the quick erection of the timber frame and Hemcrete® walls, the roof was trussed and tiled with clay tile from Sandtoft. The tiles were chosen as they were easy to install, affordable, natural and fitted in with the house design.

After a very cold start with wintry conditions during groundwork, the weather has been kinder and progress on site AT THE Renewable House has been swift.

Designs for The Renewable House, a new demonstration house being built on the BRE Innovation Park have today been revealed.