Home of the Future achieves 'A' rating

Friday, 13 August 2010 14:14

Bristol couple Will Homoky and Catherine Beswick had their three-bedroom end of terrace transformed into an energy efficient, low carbon home earlier this year. They were the lucky winners of the Great British Refurb and 10:10 competition to win the 'Home of the Future', a prize of a home upgrade including a combination of the latest energy-efficiency measures, as advised by community regeneration experts, Keepmoat and donated by Knauf Insulation, combined with micro-generating capacity such as solar panels provided by the UK's leading solar energy company, Solarcentury. 

Will and Catherine have recently received an Energy Performance Certificate and their home achieved an  'A' rating on the test. An Energy Performance Certificate is now mandatory if you are selling or buying a new home or you can choose to have an EPC rating for your home at any time if it is undertaken by a registered EPC assessor.  The certificate provides 'A' to 'G' ratings for the building, with 'A' being the most energy efficient and 'G' being the least. 

Will and Catherine are particularly pleased with their new 'A' rated EPC because when they first bought the property, it had an EPC rating of 'F', which shows what a fantastic difference the energy efficiency works undertaken on their home have made. More information on the project can be found here.