Low Energy Buildings Database

Bringing Wates homes into the Future

Wates property structural and low energy refurbishment based on an optimised structural insulated render consisting of a steel cage filled with insulation (Structherm). The void created allows for plumbing and ventilation ducting to provide heat recovery air heating and vent control throughout the house from a heat exchange unit located in the roof space. Other features include air source heat pump supplemented by solar and PV cells, triple glazed windows and doors with reveal detail to improve sealing and solar gain, weather compensating energy controls and a broadband based monitoring system to enable point of use metering information. A porch to reduce energy loss from front door and veranda at the rear for washing to reduce energy...

Construction type	Concrete frame	Project type	Refurbishment
Property type	End Terrace	Sector	Public Residential
Location	Birmingham West Midlands	Project owner	G F Tomlinson Group Limited
Retrofit for the future	ZA493T

Bristol Retrofit

A full thermal retrofit of a mid-century, three-storey property built into a hill and located within a Conservation Area in Bristol. The project included an extension, designed and built to a very energy efficient specification. The extension was needed, both to accommodate home-based business facilities, and to improve access to the lower floor, which is now the kitchen/dining area. A key challenge for this project was to address the amount of thermal bridges created by the excess amount of concrete used during the period of the original construction. Concrete gutters and a balcony have been removed. External wall insulation has been used throughout (U

Construction type	Masonry Cavity	Project type	Refurbishment
Property type	Detached	Sector	Private Residential
Location	Bristol Bristol	Project owner	Four Walls Consultants