The Hanson EcoHouse™ - Hanson - HeidelbergCement in the United Kingdom. Hanson's EcoHouse™ is the first masonry constructed house to achieve Code Level Four under the Code for Sustainable Homes.
Constructed at the Building Research Establishment (BRE) the EcoHouse™ brings together the latest developments in off-site masonry construction, thermal mass, and natural ventilation. Thermal mass worksData unveiled by Hanson at this year’s Insite 2009 shows that the Hanson EcoHouse™ has exceeded all performance expectations, proving that the benefits of thermal mass can be provided in a house built from traditional masonry and concrete construction. Proven resultsResults from two years of testing have shown that the combination of effective design, sustainable technology and off-site masonry construction has produced a building system that can help achieve the low carbon homes for the future.
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We are actively ensuring our design considerations, materials specification and technical support meet these new challenges, advising our clients appropriately in building sustainable, energy efficient and healthy homes. Lightening your impact on the environment while still creating stylish, modern and traditionally designed homes that benefit from the latest technology is what Design & Materials care about. Sustainability is the key The key word is sustainability and the Government has issued a detailed document entitled Code for Sustainable Homes, which gives a step by step guide to designing and building self sustaining, low carbon homes.
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