Homelands Passivhaus | Dundry

Client: Private Client

Replacement home in a greenbelt location on the edge of Dundry village. gcp designed this private home to Passivhaus standard, and to be easy to construct for a client who wished to build the house themselves.

Built using an insulated concrete form-work system by Nudura and finished with local stone excavated from the site, the house has been constructed with fantastic care for detail. A good indicator of this quality came on the build's first air-tightness test, where it achieved 0.45 ac/h - well below the Passivhaus target of
0.6ac/h.

With photo-voltaic panels providing renewable electricity, grey-water recycling, and heating provided by a thermal store charged from periodic firing of a wood-burning stove, the home is designed to provide near off-grid independence for future energy security.

gcp was able to provide a design solution which took full advantage of northwest views whilst still meeting the stringent Passivhaus requirements.

Services provided: Feasibility, Planning Stage Design, Planning Application, Detailed Design, Passivhaus Design, Energy Strategy