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The house was built using prefabricated brick and block cavity walls
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The house was built by Irvine Whitlock, Hanson’s brick and block contracting division, and designed by Penny Shankar, who said: "I have designed Code level four buildings before but was keen to develop a zero-carbon brick and block house. As a nation, we are devoted to brick and block – around 90% of new housing is built using traditional masonry construction – and Hanson’s prefabricated panels offer a solution to creating sustainable mass housing more efficiently.”
The system used increases the speed of on-site installation, improves quality and accuracy and has minimal impact on the surrounding environment. Paul Rogatzki, Hanson’s head of design and technical services, commented: "These tailor-made panels, weighing between four and five tonnes each, consist of a brickwork outer leaf, insulation and a 100mm Thermalite inner leaf. The wall tie specification needed to ensure that the prefabricated panels could be constructed, lifted and transported to site and installed without any damage.”
Other sustainable features include SUDs, PV panels, solar thermal panels, a sedum roof, greywater harvesting and rainwater harvesting.
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