Campus gets green house
A new experimental house will be constructed on the campus of Nottingham University that its designers say will cut ‘greenhouse gas’ emissions by 60 per cent.
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is helping to battle climate change on the home front with the construction of a new experimental house on campus that will cut ‘greenhouse gas’ emissions by 60 per cent.
University experts from the School of the Built Environment have designed the Stoneguard C60 research house, to help guide the architects and builders of the next 50 years.
Staff and students from the school will occupy and work in the three-storey house, and monitor every aspect of day-to-day life, such as heating, lighting, ventilation, energy and water consumption, over the next 20 years.
Features of the house include an earth-air heat exchanger system to improve thermal comfort, a grey water management system to re-use shower water for flushing and a rainwater-harvesting system to supply water for the washing machine, shower, gardens and external washing. There are also sunpipes to maximise use of natural light, passive and active solar heating and a ventilation/heat recovery system.
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