The Recycled House

The Recycled House is a 1960's ex-Police house in Camber, East Sussex. Keeping warm was challenging for its owners as the village is off the gas grid. By thoroughly insulating, fitting triple glazing throughout, installing solar thermal, solar photovoltaic and biomass burner, they were able to reduce their emission by 91%

SuperHome Details
  Value
Money spent on retrofit65000
Energy rating of property before retrofitBand G for both energy and carbon
Energy rating of property post-retrofitNot yet reassessed but estimated B or better
Carbon savings
Carbon saving percentage0.91
Hydro turbineN
Solar PVY
Underfloor heatingN
Thermal/ Loft/ Floor/ Wall InsulationExternal, ceiling and roof insulation
Low energy lightingY
Water efficient devicesY
Other measuresTriple Glazing
Closed February 2012

The GBR campaign ran from 2009 to 2012 and ended with the passing of the green deal legislation.

Here are our successes
kevin
quoteThe campaign was set up three years ago with the ultimate aim of making it easier for owners to eco-refurb their homes. And to a massive extent we achieved just that. The Green Deal, which is a government policy which will enables all of us to refurb our homes with no upfront costs is a game changer and we are proud to have been a catalyst and indeed on occasion cattle prod to that happening. So now when the landscape of home refurb is changing dramatically, it is time for us to take a back seat too and let the politicking end and the real world Great British Refurb commence. signature